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 ...

The context of Jesus’s defense of marriage is the Pharisee’s defense of a husband’s right to dismiss his wife. We should not be surprised that Jesus defends the ideal of indissolubility found in ...

It has been said that the only permanent thing is change. The movement of time reveals constant flux, with periods of stability forming the next wave of change. One image of history is a pendulum ...

Thank you!”  We don’t say those two small words often enough to the many people who make a positive impact on our lives. I can’t imagine knowing nothing about David and Goliath, Samson, or Moses, as ...

Amy-Jill Levine, who teaches New Testament and Jewish studies at Vanderbilt, is the author of The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus and coeditor of The Jewish Annotated ...

For two thousand years, Mary—the mother of Jesus—has been honored in cathedrals, hymns, and paintings as the Virgin Mother of ...

During his general audience on Oct. 8, Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on St. Paul, focusing on Paul’s relationship to the historical Jesus. Paul’s knowledge of Jesus and his ...

In Resident Aliens, Stanley Hauerwas and I warned that seminary biblical courses sometimes disempower budding preachers: See? You’ll never have the linguistic, analytical, or historical skills to ...