Then, for the first time, God breathed his own life into this body, "and man became a living being" (Genesis 2:7). The story goes on to describe how the gardening God planted Eden, a fitful home ...

"Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of New York; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of New York." The words were the prophet Isaiah's—about Sodom and Gomorrah—but ...