The Gospel of Matthew is concerned with the position of these early Christian churches within Israel, or in its relationship to what we call Judaism. And these are concerns that belong to the time ...
During Holy Week this year, Catholic congregations will hear, and in some cases enact, the passion narratives from the Gospels of Matthew and John. Matthew 27:25 uniquely depicts a Jewish mob crying, ...
John's gospel is different from the other three in the New Testament. That fact has been recognized since the early church itself. Already by the year 200, John's gospel was called the spiritual ...
It is odd that in a media-saturated time when people seem unable to remember important events that happened last week, much less the decades-long story of how we got into the economic and political ...
Like every other man, the Jew needs the Gospel. Christ was first proclaimed to the Jews. Peter began with the Jews. And although Paul was appointed to serve the Gentiles, wherever he went he opened ...
Every Christian history of social justice that begins with the church has begun too late. Jesus did not appear without a people, a Scripture, or a moral vocabulary. He was a Jew; his Bible was ...
American gospel singer and Hebrew teacher Joshua Nelson (known as the Prince of Kosher Gospel) leads the Kosher Gospel Singers at a tribute to Mahalia Jackson at Central Park SummerStage, New York, ...