The core of Jesus' preaching is the kingdom of God. And the difficulty is for us to hear that term as 100 percent political and 100 percent religious. Not one, not the other.

Long’s discovery led to a fresh awareness: the power of parables is “the kingdom of God to which they refer.” Parables do ...

In the Bible we witness Jesus teaching and preaching all throughout Galilee. It seems that he, too, knew the importance of ...

Jesus preaching the sermon on the mount. From The Holy Bible published by William Collins, Sons, & Company in 1869. Chromolithograph by J.M. Kronheim & Co. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images) ...

This week Sunday lectionary reading for Trinity 3 Year C is Luke 10.1–11, 16–20 which records Jesus sending out the ...

These two commandments are the foundation of Jesus’ entire teaching. What Jesus showed was that the essence of the Law is about relationship—love for God and love for others.

When you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you receive the greatest gift of all. You also receive the power and ability to exercise the seven spiritual gifts (ref. Romans 12:3-8) in the ...

In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus’ ministry is a “rescue mission.” Jesus came to find anyone who still believed in his Father and to prepare them for the coming day of judgment when God would ...

In 2021, the group published a statement about an independent church in Manila, Faith in Jesus, as its leaders were preaching universalism, the idea that hell does not exist.

You can argue about whether this early Christianity’s understanding of Jesus’ identity — is he ... unmoored from what we actually know about the most influential pre-60s Christian preaching.