A cosmic war is like a ritual drama in which participants act out on Earth a battle they believe is actually taking place in the heavens.

The religiously observant is lumped in with the nominal Muslim, the nominal Muslim is lumped in with the non-Muslim and the radical. If we want to make sense of this mess and stop pushing Muslims into the arms of the extremist, we need to make meaningful distinctions between the religion of Islam that a billion Muslims follow and see as a guidance as a peaceful righteous moral life and the puritanical Islam of a minority which so captures the media's attention.

The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.

The language of religion holds the most currency for the masses.

For those who simply voted because Donald Trump was the Republican and you should vote for the Republican: it's baffling to me, how you can call yourself a Christian and support a man who embodies everything that Christ fought against.

Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

My biography of Jesus is probably the first popular biography that does not use the New Testament as its primary source material.