The phrase “A bad peace is even worse than war” is attributed to the Roman politician Tacitus. It has been resurrected in the ...

He would take his own life while his charges were butchered amid the 'fearful forest and stinking bog' - such was Tacitus's description of Germany. The last part of the programme becomes all Time ...

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Russell Moore, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, theologian, ethicist and former head of the Southern Baptist Convention ...

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The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...

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The Gospels can also be tested by external evidences, such as the writings of non-Christians (Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius and Pliny the Younger) and from archaeological findings. In all these ...