Diag diviners and State Street prophets catch more ridicule than reverence. But there are moments when it seems what humankind needs is a good old fashioned prophet, the kind whose communication with ...

Follow the journey of the incredible prophet Elijah as he stands against King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, the most wicked rulers of Israel. From the miraculous provision of a widow to the fiery ...

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Every Passover, Jews set an extra cup of wine on the dinner table and open the door for the enigmatic prophet Elijah, hoping he will enter. An evolving symbol of hope and redemption in Judaism over ...

Elijah fed by the ravens, by Giovanni Lanfranco. (Credit: Wikicommons.) Listen The witness of the prophet Elijah echoes through the ages. The holy man’s life was filled with intense prayer and ...

Felix Mendelssohn began plans to write an oratorio on the subject of the Old Testament prophet Elijah in 1837, just after the premiere of his first oratorio, St. Paul. He wrote in 1838, “I imagined ...

Heavens have no wrath like a prophet defied and when the spurned prophet also happens to be a politician, the results can be catastrophic as happened to one shopkeeper. Awed residents punctuate the ...

This is Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo’s depiction of John the Baptist pointing to Jesus Christ as the savior of mankind. Murillo lived from 1617-82. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told a crowd in ...

The name Elijah goes back to the Bible's Old Testament and derives from a Hebrew phrase meaning “Jehovah is my God.” The original, biblical Elijah was a prophet known for defending the worship of God ...

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