Evangelical Republicans today are like certain characters in the Bible in Jesus’ day, the very spiritual, very educated, very rich, very law-abiding, and very beautifully clothed Pharisees. Jesus ...

Pharisees were religious zealots who were very legalistic in nature. They would often expound the Scriptures in the synagogues and pray before people. They appeared very pious and in people’s eyes, it ...

Pope Francis (R) meeting with members of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. Photo: Handout / Vatican Media/AFP Pope Francis is being urged by experts to take greater care when referring to ...

When you enter the land I am going to give you and you reap its harvest, bring to the priest a sheaf of the first grain you harvest… From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of ...

“But what if we are vernacular? What happens when we discover the possibilities of what our bodies mean—when we discover a community of people who interpret our bodies in new ways, who see the image ...

Jesus continues the theme he began two weeks ago: our approach to prayer. Two weeks ago, he began by emphasizing the importance of gratitude, exemplified by the thanksgiving of the cured Samaritan ...