Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

The story of the Exodus is one of the most important accounts in the Bible. It forms the foundation for the rest of the Old Testament and heavily influences the New Testament. Echoes of its power can still be felt today, and it serves as the backbone of the Jewish faith. There has, however, been…

The original owner of an ancient bronze ring has finally been identified after decades of continually thwarted translation efforts. According to the recently deciphered inscription, the ancient owner was none other than Pontius Pilate, the infamous Roman governor who ordered Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. The ring was initially discovered nearly 50 years ago in a dig…

Sodom and Gomorrah are biblical shorthand for absolutely everything going as morally wrong as possible and being utterly annihilated as a result. Biblical skeptics have dismissed the story as nothing but a cautionary tale made up millennia ago, but science has found evidence that Sodom and Gomorrah may have been destroyed more or less exactly…

Depictions of Jesus have been at the center of Christian art for centuries. That said, many of the most famous paintings and statues are relatively recent creations. These dominate popular beliefs about Jesus’ appearance both because they are the most common and because little early Christian art has survived until the modern day. As such,…

There is always something exciting about archaeological discoveries. These glimpses into the past fascinate humanity, and discoveries that relate to faith are often even more intriguing due to the extra weight and importance lent to them. As such, archaeologists can unearth few things that are more compelling to the general public than ancient Bible manuscripts.…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners