Jesus' Ministry and Teaching A closer look at his parables, aphorisms, and apocalyptic message about the coming Kingdom of God. Shaye I.D. Cohen: ...

“People do not put new wine into old wineskins,” he says. “Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ...

Jesus had to reassure His disciples before he left them that it was expedient for Him to go but He would not leave them as orphans but I will send you a Helper (John 14:18). He was referring to the ...

In today's Making Disciples Letter, Al Stanford describes the steps to accepting Jesus' grace and being saved.

Jesus says: “It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master.” (Matthew 10:24). But the truth of the matter is that Christians today are not like Jesus.

Maundy Thursday is also associated with foot-washing. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, an act described in the Gospel of John, chapter 13, as Jesus teaching them to be servants.

Jesus' resurrection is not like the myths common in the world of his time. Küng mentions Hercules who was taken up into Olympus and Dionysius who died and was revived.

The Garden of Gethsemane sits outside the city walls. Luke 22:39 states Jesus and his disciples walked the path following the ...

A priest is a humble servant, not a high and mighty ruler. Jesus explained this when his Apostles were striving for positions of power: “You know that those recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord ...

The Lord’s modified creed was key for disciples’ growth, author says. Scot McKnight’s The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others (Paraclete, 2004) shows how an ancient Jewish prayer, the ...