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Many people in the US may have lost faith in organized religion, but according to recent data, they still love the Good ...

The play, ‘Lewis and Tolkien’, was staged in the Museum of the Bible, Washington DC  earlier this month. This unusual play, ...

More than 18 million Bibles have been sold in the U.S. this year as part of a five-year boom in Bible sales, highlighted by ...

The Bible was commissioned by Borso D’Este, who became duke of Ferrara in northeastern Italy in the mid-1400s. Borso enlisted ...

A Jefferson City historian and author reflects on the beauty and history of the artwork at the Missouri Capitol.

Evangelical Christian Zionism used to be one of the most coherent voting blocs in the US. But cracks are starting to appear ...

The Nov. 17 CBS Evening News “Eye on America” report focused on what is considered a rising trend of Christians now attending nondenominational churches. Quoting research from the General Social ...

As we continue to move toward our nation’s semiquincentennial, I continue to consider elements of the Revolutionary War ...

The Museum of the Bible exhibit, “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition,” provides an opportunity for non-believers to experience the Bible.

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Although he spent the first 53 years of his life in the pew at his family’s Woodstock church, it took a rare cancer to send ...