The Romans named the seventh day Saturday, based on the Roman god Saturn. The word means “enough.” Saturn’s reign was ...

The tenth and eleventh weekly Torah readings from Exodus, Vayakkel (35:1-38:20) and Pekekudei (38:21-40:38) deal with the construction of the Tabernacle during Moses’s time. Many readers think the ...

Iran, the world’s fifth-largest oil producer and third-largest gas producer, claims its nuclear program is for civilian use.

IF we think that what is happening to Israel does not impact the Philippines, we might need to rethink again. Obviously, the ...

The scribes (Scripture copyists), lawyers (experts in the law of God), elders (members of the Sanhedrin), chief priests (men in charge of the Temple and Sanhedrin), Sadducees (anti-resurrection ...

The final solution lies only in heaven, where, as Christ explained to the Sadducees, there is no marriage. Those who live celibately are, in effect, "skipping" the sacrament in anticipation of the ...

Of course controversy for the sake of controversy is not to be engaged in. But controversy that comes about because of a ...

This remark reminds me of the Sadducees compromising with the Roman Empire, the Pharisees making an idol out of religion, and the Zealots using violence to expand their own kingdom, all in God's name.

The historical world of the first century Israel is fascinating to those who wish to understand more about Jesus’s life and ministry. Interestingly, there is a gap of about 300 years between the end ...