But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” — Matthew 3:14 It’s a good question: Why did Jesus Christ need to be baptized? That’s basically the question ...
Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was ...
The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel, Saint Catherine's Monastery. (Wikimedia Commons) In 1988, my first year as a Jesuit novice in Boston, I spied a slim paperback book on ...
This past September, Harvard University professor Karen King unveiled a newly discovered Gospel fragment that she entitled "The Gospel of Jesus' Wife." This wisp of a papyrus has stirred up a hornet's ...
Timothy Freke was flipping through an old academic book when he came across a religious image that some would call obscene. It was a drawing of a third-century amulet depicting a naked man nailed to a ...
SEATTLE (WTVR) – NFL quarterback and Richmond native Russell Wilson opened up about his faith in God in a religious video called “Making of a Champion: Seattle Seahawks.” The video, produced by ...
Find today’s readings here. Have you noticed how Jesus doesn’t directly answer questions? I find this extremely frustrating. Sometimes his disciples just want to know fundamental things, like, “When ...
YouTube videos go viral all the time, but sermons rarely do. Enter Jefferson Bethke, a young "spoken-word" poet who recently posted the video "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus." It has been viewed ...