Rebekah gives birth to twins, and the first comes out red and hairy all over, so she and Isaac name him Esau ... video of white people calling the police to complain about black people doing ...

It asks us to entertain an alternative possibility and to recognize that things are rarely as black and white as they seem. What could have been had Jacob succeeded in awakening Esau’s better self?

In your book, you express frustration that Black Christians always have to answer to the expectations of white theologians or white denominations. How did that go over with your employer?

The Book of Genesis is replete with sibling rivalry: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau; all struggle with ... of the Oslo Accords on the White House lawn, on September 13, 1993.

Jacob and Esau get all the attention. Yet it’s another pair of brothers who reveal the heart of the biblical story. There are two pairs of twins in Genesis, but most of us only notice the first.

Why should I list myself that way? Name Withheld Like Jacob and Esau, the racial designations “white” and “Black” were born twins. In this country, since the colonial era, they have ...

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday that the roots of radical Islam are the biblical conflict between Jacob and Esau ... Carson’s White House bid stems largely from ...