To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: ‘Two men ...

(Acts 5:31) "Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." The Apostles had been asked, "Did not we straitly ...

Through his words and actions, Jesus of Nazareth excited expectations that he was (or would be) the Messiah. That Jesus inspired this hope likely led the Roman authorities to crucify him. Jesus didn’t ...

Bart Ehrman’s narrative suggests the more educated you are, the less likely you are to believe. My life proves otherwise. Bart Ehrman, a professor of religion at the University of North Carolina at ...

Jesus was a lower-class Jewish preacher from the backwaters of rural Galilee who was condemned for illegal activities and crucified for crimes against the state. Yet not long after his death, his ...

Review & Summary of the Readings In the first reading (Is. 50:4-7), the Prophet Isaiah describes the suffering servant who offers his back to those who strike him and his cheeks to those who insult ...

What can we say about how Jesus most likely understood himself? Did he call himself the messiah? If so, what did he mean by it? And did he call himself God? Here I want to stake out a clear position: ...