Postmodernism, with its critique of modern assumptions about knowledge, language, authority and narrative, presents new challenges for preachers. Postmodernity is generally seen as entailing a ...
Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...
The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...
In the first article on the parables of Christ, we’d stated that it’s impossible to understand the dynamics of God’s kingdom without understanding the parables used by Christ to explain the kingdom of ...
Everyone loves a good story. The popularity of Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Game of Thrones illustrates the affection most of us have for engaging tales of ...
With guest host John Harwood. A conversation with a Jewish scholar and former Catholic priest turned writer about why Jesus’ Jewish roots matter. An image of "Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus" by ...
It’s the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time and today’s gospel reading is about the Parable of the Sower. Our Lord Jesus Christ often taught his disciples in parables for various reasons because oftentimes, ...
TAYBEH - In this small Christian village, next to the Latin Church of Christ the Redeemer, is a popular place of pilgrimage for visitors: the Parables House, designed to remind everyone of certain ...
It’s the story of the man believed to be the savior of humanity, yet audiences are riveted by Jesus’ man-bun. Aaron LaVigne, who portrays Jesus in the 50th-anniversary tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar, ...
The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...