Who was Barabbas? A rebel charged with murder, freed instead of Jesus. In some ancient copies of Matthew his first name is Jesus too. Here is what we know.
Who Was Mary Magdalene? The Bible Never Calls Her a Prostitute
Who was Mary Magdalene? The Bible never calls her a prostitute – a sermon in 591 did. The Gospels record a healed woman who funded Jesus and saw him first.
The Fruit Fly Brain Map Shows Small Was Never Simple
The fruit fly brain is now mapped along with its nerve cord: 166,000+ neurons and 125 million connections. What the map found, and what it still cannot show.
The Devil’s Arrows Were Hauled 18 km on Purpose. Nobody Remembers Why.
The Devil’s Arrows were hauled 18 km on purpose around 4,000 years ago. Science now knows where the stones came from. The reason was lost, so a legend moved in.
80% of Insect Species Live in the Tropics. “Parachute Science” Is Why We Still Don’t Know Them — and in Bangladesh, the Records Were Already on Facebook.
Parachute science leaves tropical insects unstudied by the people living among them. In Bangladesh, nearly every missing butterfly record was on Facebook.
Is It a Sin to Be Proud of Yourself? Paul Says Prove It
Is it a sin to be proud of yourself? Galatians 6:4 tells you to test your own work and then take satisfaction in it. One dropped word changes the whole verse.
Is It a Sin to Listen to Secular Music? What Paul Quoted
Is it a sin to listen to secular music? Paul quoted pagan poets three times in the New Testament, including lines first written about Zeus, and never apologized.
Is It a Sin to Hate Yourself? The Honest Answer
Is it a sin to hate yourself? Scripture never calls it one. Here is what the Bible quietly assumes about you instead – and why that changes the question.
The Masculinity Crisis: What Men Lost Was Something to Do
The masculinity crisis is usually blamed on identity. A new book’s own answer is simpler: men lost things they used to do, and built fake worlds instead.
Are Personality Tests Biblical? What the Bible Does Instead
Are personality tests biblical? Scripture never assigns anyone a type. It hands out new names instead — and Gideon shows what no test result can ever measure.