Scripture

GATH — As the giant Goliath lay sprawled on the ground, defeated by a small shepherd boy, he couldn't help but reflect on the impending onslaught of poorly constructed metaphors about his defeat."Ugh, this is it, isn't it?" Goliath…

MADABA, JORDAN — After receiving John the Baptist's head on a platter as requested, Herod's daughter started to wish she had just asked for a cute purse instead."Now that I'm looking at this severed head, I kind of wish I had gone with a…

The Song of Songs is chock-full of memorable love lines (fauns, anyone?) -- but not all of Solomon's romantic poetry was included in the final cut. Here are nine rejected lines that didn't quite make the grade:Your legs are like a pod of…

Fall may just be starting, but you’ll need to grab a sweater to stave off the chills while listening to “Haunted Cosmos” — a podcast by Christian pastor Brian Suavé and his congregant and talented narrator Ben Garrett. The podcast, which…

ISRAEL — The archaeological world celebrated a remarkable discovery this week, as an excavation team announced the discovery of a bottle of Herbal Essences shampoo believed to have belonged to the ancient biblical hero Samson."We now know…

Even at the Last Supper, Jesus' disciples were still not keen to know who was the traitor among them - yet looking back, the signs were all there. Here are nine obvious clues that should have alerted the disciples to who would betray the…

MESOPOTAMIA — According to Bible scholars, Noah's wife was repeatedly forced to shout at him to stop posing himself atop the prow of the Ark and bellowing, "I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!" Historians claim the patriarch's wife kept coming onto…

THE WILDERNESS — After God miraculously supplied the Israelites with water, the Israelites asked if Moses could possibly strike another rock to make it pour forth Sunny D."Boy, some Sunny D would really hit the spot right now, Moses," said…

NINEVEH — After a terrifying three days, the prophet Jonah gathered his Assyrian followers around him to recount the harrowing tale of being tossed into the sea and swallowed by Lizzo, that mighty beast of old."Learn from me, sinners!"…

U.S. — Scholars at Dallas Theological Seminary say they now believe that Jacob's first assessment of Leah was to describe her as "mid"."That one word pretty well summed it up," said Old Testament professor Dr. Stanley Rudder. "Leah was no…