Far from being a moment of loss, the Ascension opens up a joyful reality: Christ is closer than ever, not limited by space or ...

Starting from the Jerusalem Temple, Gospel joy moves from its own center out to the nations.

Jesus Christ is one of the most important religious figures in history. During his life, he was a revolutionary, sage, teacher, and purported miracle worker. In death, he has been revered and studied ...

In an era when AI is opening new questions about the ownership of texts, the Torah stands apart, writes the chief learning ...

A related topic, “What the Bible Says About Appearance,” was addressed in Vol. 201 on January 21, 2024, so there is some ...

Dozens of religious leaders experienced magic mushrooms in a university study. Many are now evangelists for psychedelics.

More than a mere secretary for God, a prophet was charged with speaking the very words of God to His people, whether they wanted to hear them or not. Although we can infer a fair amount about Isaiah’s ...

It is one thing to say, "Love one another." But here, Jesus takes it to the extreme: "Love one another as I have loved you." ...

But, in post-biblical Judaism, Jews taught that the dead would reside with God in olam haba, “the world to come,” or in a ...

The Book of Revelation is the most explicitly Trinitarian book ... as they all derive from Ps 89’s praise of the Davidic kingship (and lament of its failure). Like the Davidic monarchy, Jesus is a ...

Since "The Empire Strikes Back," the movies have swung between messianic heroism and a more accommodating vision of how ...

Jeremiah is the longest book in the entire Bible ... What I do know is that Revelation, like the prophets, isn’t there so much to predict the future — the meaning we tend to associate with ...