Archaeologists working in Israel recently uncovered a reliquary that may have once held the remains of three apostles: Philip, Andrew and Peter. Archaeologists working with Professor Mordechai Aviam of the Kinneret Academic College uncovered the 661 pound basalt block with three smooth compartments in the top while they were investigating the ruins of a church…

Tonight, the full moon will turn blood red as the longest total lunar eclipse of the century until 2123. Paul Begley, an Indiana-based pastor is known to preach on conspiracy theories about the end of the world is linking this historic event to the Blood Moon. Begley, who thinks we are living in the End…

In the Christian religion, doubt has almost always been held up as the opposite of faith. As such, many Christians are horrified and ashamed when they struggle with doubt. They fear that they are losing their faith when they have doubts. According to Pastor Steven Furtick from the Elevation Church in North Carolina, however, doubt…

Most Americans are at least peripherally aware that atheism is on the rise. Given how the comment sections on faith-based blogs, websites, articles and videos always have at least one atheistic zealot declaring that religion is a fairy tale and religious people are morons, it would be rather difficult to miss the rise of atheism…

In simple terms, an exorcism is a ritual to rid someone of evil spirits that are plaguing them. While they aren’t something we see performed very much in America, they still have a place in other parts of the world. Recently there was a mass exorcism ritual held at a church outside the Ethiopian capital…

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