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Learn the history of 10 symbols of Easter
The Repository via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEaster, the single-most important day in the Christian faith, is rich with symbolism. Embraced for centuries, the symbols also include adaptations of...
Voices: The Top 10 most powerful people ever
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis one started when Janan Ganesh wrote in the Financial Times that President Harry Truman in mid-1945 was “the most powerful human being who has ever...
Henry Idema: Do you believe in ghosts?
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoOne way of looking at the New Testament is that it is a long ghost story. The gospels, Matthew, Luke, and John have stories of Jesus appearing to his...
Mark Patinkin in Israel: Walk through Jerusalem reminder of why Arab and Jew hold onto it so
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOne last time before I leave Israel, I am drawn to the Old City, to feel its spirit and hear its...
How Jesus was nearly swept away by a wave of unpleasant tales
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen Jesus was young, another boy bumped into him in the village street. Jesus cursed him – “You...
Catholic vs. Christian: Overlap and Differences in the Religions
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAll squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares; the same goes for the Catholic vs. Christian distinction. All Catholics are Christian, but not all Christians consider themselves Catholic.
Tending to Jewish-Christian relations
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRelations between Christians and Jews have improved since the late Nineteen Forties, when churches in Europe and America acknowledged the horrors of the Holocaust. In Nineteen Sixty-Two the ...
April Fools' Day: The roots of our silliest holiday
Stacker via AOL· 2 months agoHeritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images People have always been stymied about the origins of April Fools' Day, dating all the way back to the late...
Tinsley: 'Something About That Name'
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoWhen my daughter was little, I rocked her to sleep every night and sang the same song: "Jesus, There Is Something About That Name." One line in the song says, “Kings and kingdoms shall all pass ...
Was Santa Actually a Badass Who Beat Up a Priest?
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPhoto Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty and Wikimedia CommonsThis last week marked the celebration of the Saint’s Day of Nicholas of...
