For me, there are three themes that I draw out of our tradition and that I emphasize in my preaching: solidarity, empathy and ...

In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the ...

Drip, drip, drip. For years, that’s the single sound which haunted me during those long days in that dark prison—the dripping of water falling from each dank corner onto filth-covered floors. Others’ ...

It’s Easter—one of the most wonderful times of the year! Easter is often seen as a celebration of resurrection, but the significance of the resurrection goes far beyond the grave. Jesus’s death was a ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. But over the past 2,000 years, it was common for some Christians to deem Pilate almost blameless for Jesus’ death and tr ...

COMMENTARY: The third of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reveals the feminine and maternal dimension of the ...

Let me say it again: the Cross was no accident. It was an appointment. And if God appointed a dying criminal to be the first man to walk through heaven’s gates beside the Son of God, then He can meet ...

Religion commentator says Christ is being crucified again all around the world and asks: Do we notice this is happening?

"I think it would be good for Christians who are growing in their faith to explore this topic," she said. "It also deepens our appreciation for what He did for us." ...

They arrested, tortured and killed him. They did to Jesus what they do to all troublemakers: They arrested, tortured and ...

Archaeologists found another example of a crucified heel 49 years later in Cambridgeshire, England, in a grave in an ancient ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...