The 12 days of Christmas tell of martyrdom, pain, and sacrifice as much as life, joy, and salvation. This is no accident.

Twenty people were attending the Baptist church on a Sunday in July when a missile exploded only 500 yards away. Most judged ...

Two decades into the resurgence of Christian adoption advocacy, the movement bears both visible bruises and greater wisdom.

Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion. The author, sociologist Samuel Perry, will help you understand how social ...

Santa Claus, the modern icon of Christmas, is derived from traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop ...

The toll of war is particularly evident in Jabalia, a city in northern Gaza under double siege: The east-west Netzarim ...

Holidays have an uncanny way of exposing how messy our lives really are. The juggle of expectations from different family ...

For Marcos Witt, writing Christmas music is about more than capturing seasonal sentimentality or warm memories. It’s about ...

The journey through Advent teaches us that we need Jesus. The Light of the World is coming to set the captive free. As ...

Some of what old Simeon then says sounds Christmasy enough for our expectations. The baby is “a light for revelation to the ...

From a Mediterranean shipwreck to a mosaic on display in Washington DC, these are the discoveries that made scholars of the ...

Covering tragedy, controversy, and culinary signs of hope, here is a chronological survey of Christian news from the region.