The rabbis of the Talmud conclude that what the verse actually means is to walk in the ways of God, mimicking the attributes ...

The Bible says, in the beginning the Earth was wild and empty. In Hebrew it is called Tohuwabohu, utter chaos. So God turned on the light just by saying “there shall be light”. And there was light.

Formal membership figures might rise and fall. But God’s desire for his people never wavers. In the ancient world, Jacob worked for Laban seven years to marry his daughter Rachel—and then another ...