God wants us to mature in our spiritual growth. That means we must let the baby Jesus grow up into the compassionate but revolutionary man the Gospels reveal him to be.
Read More »Ask An Atheist: Did Jesus Christ Exist?
That's an easy one (for me at least): yes, at least the Jesus part.
Read More »The story of our hands, bodies
In moving across the communion rail, I see one pair of hands after another. Each of them is held out in this beautiful gesture of openness, a gesture that embodies the words of Jesus’ first disciples: Give us this bread, always.
Read More »What drives the appeal of ‘Passion of the Christ’ and other films on the life of Jesus
Images of Jesus, or the Virgin Mary, have long been part of the Christian tradition. From amulets to icons, paintings to sculptures, Christianity incorporates a rich visual history, so perhaps it is not surprising that cinema has become a vital medium to display the life of Jesus.
Read More »The humanity of violence
Mark Galli, the editor of Christianity Today, recently offered some interesting observations on the human inclination toward violence – what I call the humanity of violence.
Read More »Is it really worth arguing about?
Scholars argue back and forth about what Jesus really said and did. What really happened and what is story? Might I interrupt the argument to say perhaps there is no need for it.
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