The Midrash comments that the Land of Havila is Eretz Yisrael, and that the gold refers to Torah: “‘And the gold of that land ...

Though it appears confounding and disjointed to modern eyes, The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490–1510) is as consistent ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways: The Bible presents a unified narrative about God’s desire to dwell with humanity, beginning in Eden and culminating in the ...

In today’s world, “freedom” is often defined as the ability to act, speak, or think however we want. But Scripture offers a ...

In this season of flower shows and summer blooms, Claire McCollum is in Yorkshire to explore the spiritual significance of gardens and how they can bring people closer to God.

Kadesh is a place that can be the scene of a great sanctification of God’s name - or of a great desecration. The Israelites ...

Beauty and justice are birthed from a sanctified imagination and lived out while walking with the Spirit. They are the soil ...

Texas / Syndication Cloud / July 07, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways Christian crime novels mirror God’s redemptive story through patterns of creation, ruin, redemption, and restoration. Reading ...

Christians who believe in a divine Son of God Messiah, do not draw a distinction between the Hebrew Bible’s eschatological hopes for God’s glorious future age of world wide peace and justice, and an ...

IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Almighty Allah directs in Qur’an, An’am 6:11, “Say: ‘Travel through the ...

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish perspective of sacrifice in the Old Testament, ...