The fourth Gospel has frequent pauses after events and miracles to engage in long discourses. These often take the form of debates between Jesus and his critics, designated as the “Jews,” an odd ...

If I saw an empty tomb, I’d check for zombies,” says Logan, 9. “I wouldn’t think, ‘Oh, Jesus rose from the dead!’ because that would sound like a fairy tale.” ...

“Accompanying Jesus were the Twelve and some women” (Luke 8:2). 1 Tim 6:2c-12; Luke 8:1-3 Luke describes the entourage surrounding Jesus as the Twelve and “some women.” Considering the role that women ...

It is widely agreed that Peter probably passed on the content of this Gospel to John Mark who crafted this masterful work. Many scholars tentatively hold to a date around AD 65 for this Gospel which ...

In the preview for this column in the April print magazine, the question was posed: “What does it mean to testify?” But in light of the ongoing conversations, initiatives and movements to advance the ...

Good preaching requires mastery of rhetoric, in particular the tools of repetition and organization. “Otherwise, they’re not gonna remember,” says John Baldovin, S.J. “This is a no-brainer, but ...

It used to be that you could talk about being a Christian and people would know what you meant. But then the term Christian got somewhat confused, and just about everybody who was born in a “Christian ...

Modern psychologists talk of a nasty human experience called separation anxiety. They say that it is caused by a separation from one’s subjects of attachment such as parents, family members, close ...