The Bible says, in the beginning the Earth was wild and empty. In Hebrew it is called Tohuwabohu, utter chaos. So God turned on the light just by saying “there shall be light”. And there was light.

Find today’s readings here. If you’re a regular reader of America or tend to follow liturgical developments in the Catholic church, you may remember that in July of this year, the Vatican approved new ...

Almost all the scriptures were written by men. As humans have a desire to live forever, religion provides attractive offers of life after death. Humans invented God, the superhuman, to answer all the ...

Our therapy culture has made us too comfortable with God. When theologian David H. Kelsey asked in 1993 what happened to the traditional doctrine of sin, his concern was not that it had disappeared.

Formal membership figures might rise and fall. But God’s desire for his people never wavers. In the ancient world, Jacob worked for Laban seven years to marry his daughter Rachel—and then another ...