Throughout history, Christians have often believed Pontius Pilate was reluctant to condemn Jesus. History suggests otherwise, ...

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 ...

At that point, Jesus would have suffered dislocation of His shoulders, cramps and spasms, dehydration from severe blood loss, fluid in His lungs and eventual lung collapse and heart failure. Yet, ...

It’s not every day a Latin American president sounds more like a prophet than a politician. But then again, it’s not every ...

COMMENTARY: The fourth of Christ’s ‘Seven Last Words From the Cross’ reflects the mystery at the heart of the Nicene Creed — ...

Long considered by scientists to be a forgery, recent science has reopened the debate on one of the most sacred objects of ...

It struck me that hungry people and stories told over and over again are exactly what we find at the party we call “church” — ...

The Bible also tells us Jesus was arrested after the Last Supper on a Thursday night (sometimes called Holy Thursday or ...