What makes a prayer candle blessed? It goes back to Simeon, Candlemas, and one line from Paul about the word of God and prayer. Plus a blessing to pray when you light yours.
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What Does Swords Into Plowshares Mean? The Half Nobody Carves
What does swords into plowshares mean? The UN carved Isaiah 2:4 in bronze and stone but left off the first half, the part that explains how peace really comes.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Calendar That Slowly Stopped Working
The Dead Sea Scrolls calendar had 364 days, so no festival ever changed weekday. A new study says the Qumran sect really used it as it drifted out of season.
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Are There Unicorns in the Bible? The Real Animal Had Two Horns
Are there unicorns in the Bible? The KJV names them nine times, but the Hebrew points to a real two-horned wild ox. The last one died in Poland in 1627.
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Was Jesus a Carpenter? What the Bible Actually Says
Was Jesus a carpenter? One verse calls him that, and his hometown meant it as a put-down. What tekton meant, and why it matters if you feel reduced to a job.
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The Oldest Known Plague Took Whole Families 5,500 Years Ago
The oldest known plague struck Siberian hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago, killing children and whole families. What their graves reveal about grief and blame.
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Why Did God Allow Slavery? Don’t Send the Runaway Back
Why did God allow slavery in the Bible? An honest answer that names the hard verses, and a law that forbade sending a runaway slave back to his master.
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What Is the Longest Name in the Bible? The Baby Who Was a Deadline
The longest name in the Bible is Maher-shalal-hash-baz, 18 letters. God had it written on a scroll before witnesses, with a deadline a toddler could keep.
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Is It a Sin to Celebrate Your Birthday? An Angel Said Rejoice
Is it a sin to celebrate your birthday? The Bible shows two birthday feasts, both with an execution. Yet an angel told a father many would rejoice at a birth.
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How Scientists Spot Fake Ancient Pottery: Time Leaves a Magnetic Mark
Fake ancient pottery can copy the look of age, but not the centuries. A new magnetic test reads time inside fired clay, and its first three suspects were real.