Most religious faiths, including those that view the Bible as a holy book, teach that as humans we possess an immortal soul. Where did that idea come from? Is it biblical?

Insight Video: In his 2012 book, Pope Benedict acknowledges that the traditional Christmas story is not accurate in many respects. Scholars have been pointing this out for decades, but does it really matter? Why should truth trump tradition?

Insight Video: Most professing Christians celebrate Easter as one of the two holiest days of the year. Yet neither the apostles nor the early Church observed it. How can that be?

What kind of God does the Bible portray? Vision reviews three books on the subject.

Insight Video: What most 21st-century Christians believe and do differs greatly from what the early New Testament Church taught and practiced.

Easter is considered one of the oldest and most sacred Christian holidays, but what do rabbits and eggs have to do with the celebration?

Belief in everlasting punishment in a blazing inferno is almost as old as humanity itself. But is it based on the Bible’s teachings? What is hell?

The title and image of the Queen of Heaven persist in popular religious tradition. Ancient pagan images took on new connotations as traditions were assimilated.

Who was the real Mary, and why the great disparity of beliefs about her? Which version is the correct one, or does it matter?

Competing philosophies put pressure on the early church to change its doctrines and practices. One of these contenders was Gnosticism.

During the Christmas season, people hear the account of Mary’s role as the mother of Jesus, but little of what is popularly believed about Mary is from the Bible.

David Hulme explores the question “What Makes Us Human?” from the generally overlooked perspective of the ancient Hebrew Scriptures.

It’s generally acknowledged that the second-most important festival of the Christian calendar has no biblical support. Most people shrug that off as irrelevant, but is it?

The choice of role model for the depiction of Christ is as much an issue today as it was in the fourth century or the time of Michelangelo.

Author and early-church historian Paula Fredriksen discusses the life and times of the apostle Paul.

Old Testament and New Testament writers present a consistent view of God toward women, but it isn't what most people think.

The final 22 verses of chapter 31 in the book of Proverbs present an acrostic poem that contains the sage advice of a mother to her son, a king named Lemuel.

What do you actually know about the Virgin Mary? Who is this iconic figure who has attained such an exalted standing in religious circles?

No article of faith has been subject to as much scrutiny by critics and loving burnishing by the faithful as the notion that Mary remained a virgin to her death.

Mary Magdalene has been repainted to conform to modern agendas. But is her new image a truer likeness than the old?