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This week, we continue with our discussion about heaven, and realize we’ve left many stones unturned. Even though our ...

With a long-lost and recently discovered painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, ‘Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy’, on ...

The early church believed that after his death Christ descended into hell in order to rescue the souls of the righteous.

Rev. Franklin Graham shared an inside look into Easter from the Ashes with Fox News Digital, sharing stories of survival, ...

The story of Sodom is more than ancient history. It speaks to a culture that forgets sin has consequences — and that divine ...

The literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is the linchpin of the Christian faith. It doesn’t matter which denomination or slant you derive your Biblical understanding from, Easter Sunday is ...

While popular depictions range from humanoid figures to surreal horror-like entities, most biblical angels appear simply as men. The more bizarre descriptions—creatures with wheels, wings ...

is widely regarded as a masterpiece — yet the biblical animated film genre was seemingly abandoned after the turn of the millennium. Enter “The King of Kings,” Angel Studios’ effort to ...

as the best opening ever for an animated Biblical movie. One million tickets have been presold further boosted by Angel’s “Kids go Free” campaign which allows one free kid’s ticket with ...