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Why did Jesus tell people to make offerings in the Temple? Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee? The Bible’s answer might surprise you.

Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

But there is a great consolation in being loved distinctly. And this love extends to the world around us: You may know the ...

There's never a dull moment in the Howell household with 8-year-old Maisley's hilarious renditions of the Bible.

White House immigration enforcement policy is once again drawing the ire of religious leaders, this time with Pope Francis ...

Saul approved of David at first but eventually became jealous of him. When the king saw that God had turned from him but was ...

I began a strange and wobbly effort to write a book I tentatively called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jesus Christ. It ...

Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In ...

Tis the season. I go to the storage room and begin to pull boxes out to get things ready for decorating for Christmas. I begin to move furniture around to get things in place. One of the first things ...

Thaddeus was one of the Twelve Disciples and has many names. He is known as Judas Thaddeus, Jude Thaddeus, Jude of James, or ...