If the hand of God were to reach out and smite people, then it might look a lot like a meteor. Or at least if a meteor was to smite the earth, then people might think that it was the hand of God. This ...

The Book of Genesis, which has been focusing on Abraham and his relationship with God, takes a detour to discuss the fate of Lot and, with it, of Sodom and Gomorrah. As our times show some tendency to ...

Sodom and Gomorrah. The words evoke images of sexual depravity, unbounded lust, and moral perversion. They have even inspired a word in the English vocabulary, sodomy, used most often to describe the ...

artist's rendition of a cluster of asteroids approaching the Earth The ancient Biblical city of Sodom was not only a real place, but it truly was destroyed by fire from the sky, as the Bible claims.

As the story opens, Abraham (or Abram, as he is initially called) is a mere teenager. But as he grows into manhood, it becomes clear that God has important plans for him. "You are a righteous man," ...