Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.

Did God say not to eat of any of the trees?” When the woman correctly states what God commanded, the devil then proceeds to ...

135 A.D. "In Genesis it says, `And God tested Abraham ... But even if it were found nowhere in the Old Testament writings, the authority of the Catholic Church which is clear on this point is ...

Next, we turn to the Tower of Babel, another great Hebrew Bible story with a lesson for humanity: God rules over and slaps us ...

The Bible contains a wealth of wisdom for the modern day pilgrim. While it’s easy to focus on the New Testament and the life ...

Access to divine life is cut off by man’s choice. Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is in Genesis 4. Adam’s oldest son, Cain, kills his younger ...

This information is found in the first book of the Old Testament, Genesis, which states: In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth. — Genesis 1:1 As well as creating the world and ...

Author Betty Johansen has released an Old Testament Study Guide, written by her mother Elizabeth Johansen, for those seeking ...

Genesis 11 is the story of how humans soon ... Christians adopted the phrase "Old Testament" to refer to these sacred books they shared with Jews. As for the New Testament, its current twenty ...

Award-winning actor Tim Allen has shared more about his Bible reading journey, revealing he recently read through and re-read ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church has the largest Old Testament collection of any tradition, having 46 books in total compared to the 39 of the Hebrew Bible. Photograph of a Torah reading, by Jay ...