God has appointed us to bear fruit. In the spiritual life, it can be hard to judge whether we are blossoming or wilting, so often trapped in isolated thoughts and feelings. Jesus, however, stands as o ...

When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his disciples, he teaches in the synagogues, he teaches the crowds.... What is he teaching?

"Our Father." Father Vanni's little volume, which is a concise commentary on the Lord's Prayer, provides some new perspectives about this central prayer of the Christian's life. The version of the ...

when Jesus teaches he often actually conceals the significance of his own words from the the popular audiences, and directs it only to his own disciples. Everyone will recognize that Jesus teaches ...

The Christian Bible teaches that Jesus had twelve disciples, also known as apostles. That means they were his closest followers. We see Jesus approaching two men standing on a sandy beach near a ...

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Jesus uses the parables of the Kings Wedding Feast and the Thief in the Night to teach his disciples to have humility to repent and to be prepared for the day He comes again Through parables Jesus ...