Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over the circumstances of Christ’s birth
The differences in the Gospels are hard to reconcile. That’s because, says a scholar, they offer an important insight into ...
Marshall Brickman, Co-Writer of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘Jersey Boys,’ Dead at 85
Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote hit films with Woody Allen including 'Annie Hall,' and the musical 'Jersey Boys,' has died at ...
Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote 'Annie Hall' with Woody Allen, dies at 85
The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allen’s best films, the ...
Hal Lindsey, Author of ‘The Late Great Planet Earth,’ Dies at 95
In that 1970 book and others, he wrote of history and apocalyptic predictions based on biblical interpretations and actual ...
Taylor Swift Reveals Secret Eras Tour Fact About ‘TayRoomba’ Used for ‘Down Bad’ and ‘Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?’
Taylor Swift fans are surprised to learn from her ‘Eras Tour Book’ that her onstage rover (a.k.a. the ‘TayRoomba’) is ...
Peggy Caserta, who wrote a tell-all about Janis Joplin, dies at 84
Janis Joplin and Peggy Caseta were fast friends, occasional lovers and then dope-shooting comrades, even as their fortunes ...
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A new biography of Benjamin Franklin puts science at the forefront
In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that discharges from thunderstorms are electric in nature (SN: ...
The book from 1954 that became the police’s bible on hate crime – but its author would be appalled
Following Allison Pearson’s revelation that she was questioned over an allegation of inciting racial hatred by police on ...
Grief author accused of killing hubby tried to score drugs from handyman — who died right after telling cops: court docs
Kouri Richins’ handyman died in a motorbike accident soon after telling cops that the grief author had tried to buy fentanyl ...
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Music for the apocalypse
Growing up in an evangelical Christian household, I was not allowed to listen to secular music—or to any music that did not ...
‘A God Who Continually Surprises Us’: A Q&A With a Theologian Who Changed His Mind About Gay Marriage
Wehner: Well, that leads into a new set of questions. The central argument of “The Widening of God’s Mercy” is that God often ...
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Revelation, Mary in the Book of
Somewhat like the combination of the realized and yet future eschatology of the Gospel of John, the Book of Revelation looks back to the death of Jesus and from that event shows the ultimate victory ...