According to recent reports, British muggings and other robberies and sexual assaults on women rival U.S. rates.

The number of adults in U.S. jails, on parole or on probation grew to 5.5 million in 1996, up from 5.3 million in 1995, according to U.S. Justice Department reports.

A deadly strain of antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria was recently identified in a Michigan man, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

This summer some 250,000 people converged on central London to celebrate the 26th annual Gay Pride Festival. All three major British political parties sent their warm regards.

The pope is from Poland, the first non-Italian pontiff for more than 400 years.

According to veteran journalist Robert Fisk, "the West is ignoring all the signs that the Middle East is about to explode." To him and some other observers, the Oslo peace process is long dead.

Sometimes righteous people suffer. Is that fair?

Joseph was a dreamer-and one whose dreams came true. In a lifetime filled with extraordinary extremes, he never lost his trust in God. The story of Joseph is a saga of sacrifice, of one sent ahead by God to preserve...

Throughout the Bible we see that God has always been concerned with human motivations.

In a dramatic miracle that energized the early Church, a woman was raised to life again. But did this momentous event overshadow an important lesson we need to learn?

Is the future of our children left to chance and circumstance? Their future is in your hands more than you think.

The myriad interpretations of how and when the Kingdom that Christ preached is coming often ignore what Jesus himself taught.

The central theme of Jesus Christ's message was the Kingdom of God. What did He teach about this Kingdom, and why is there so much confusion about it?

Paul, writing to the church in Philippi, presents a model for human relationships that is beautiful and practical.

To most humans, rulership is an opportunity for control over others. The Bible gives a different perspective.

What's wrong with human rulership? Why are people so incapable of right governance?

Luke had been a companion of Paul. He would have understood the apostle's teaching concerning the Sabbath. What does his written record show?

It may be time to take another look at your children's toys.

Recent claims about a 2,000 year old papyrus fragment may change the way the New Testament itself is viewed by some scholars.

Abraham Lincoln saw the role that humility plays in correcting our course when we go astray.