Readers might be tempted to skip the first 17 verses of Matthew’s Gospel. After all, it’s just a genealogy of who “begat” whom, a list of names we don’t recognize and can’t pronounce. We’re tempted to ...

It’s intriguing to think of how we honor the virgin Mary at Christmastime, and how we can also rightly honor a prostitute, ...

By Michael J. Brooks Dr. J.D. Gray served for many years as pastor at First Baptist Church, New Orleans. He often delighted ...

By Michael J. Brooks Dr. J.D. Gray served for many years as pastor at First Baptist Church, New Orleans. He often delighted in telling a Civil War story from 1865. The First Baptist Church, Columbia, ...

Does God allow it? Or is truth so pure that it cannot ever be polluted? Some Christians say telling the truth is a moral absolute. They say the ninth Commandment can never be broken (i.e. bear no ...

Newly unredacted documents reveal details about Cold War spycraft, not a second gunman on grassy knolls. The revelations have “nothing to do with who killed Kennedy,” one expert said.

If spy films have taught us anything, it’s that the people chosen for a career in espionage are special. They are the cream of the crop selected because they exhibit unique skills: high levels ...

SXSW: Historian Peter Keup unearths the traumas of his past to reveal the nefarious actions of the secret police and the surveillance state it imposed during its 40 years in power. For those who ...