Coleman, a "father, teacher, and minister," one day came to the now rather commonplace realization that people's status in life affects their reading of the Gospels. Moving from this revelatory moment ...

In the Old Testament there is only a single narrative of God’s interaction with the Jewish people. However, when we come to the New Testament we encounter four accounts of the life, ministry and ...

Michael J. King’s letter, “Jesus did not choose women to be priests,” (March 18, 2021) claims to speak for Jesus yet never bothers to cite anything Jesus said, preached or modeled. Instead he ...

Suppose I rushed up to you, all excited, and said, “The most incredible thing has happened! Sit down, because you are going to be astounded! I know some of this is going to be hard to believe, but you ...

Oddly enough, a study of the Holy Spirit in the Gospels introduces us to both the first and the last word of the New Testament concerning this doctrine. In the first three Gospels (called the Synoptic ...

Find today’s readings here. Anyone who has lived in a place that alternates between wet and dry seasons knows the power of returning storms. Everything changes with the rain. Dry ground turns green ...

Did Jesus preach, as best we know? And if he did preach what kinds of things did he preach about? When Jesus speaks, the major verb that is used in the gospel accounts is "to teach...." He teaches his ...

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them" (Matthew 5:17). This verse comes from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three ...

By The XIV Dalai Lama Throughout my life, i have held deep respect for all major religious traditions. Among them, Christianity occupies a special place – not because it is similar to Buddhism in ...

A book omitted from the Bible written more than 1,600 years ago paints Jesus in a very different light. Known as the Gospel of Thomas, the ancient text features 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, ...

An ancient manuscript known as the Gospel of Thomas, comprising 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, presents a radical departure from the traditional image of a miracle-performing, crowd-preaching ...