Thanks to a new law, Louisiana classrooms are slated to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom in the state. As a father who sends his children to Christian schools, you might not be surprised ...

Christianity is a religion started after the death of Christ, otherwise known as Jesus of Nazareth. His disciples spearheaded the formation of this religion. What is worrying, however, is that the ...

A recent letter to editor, asking what's wrong with displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms, said that "it is about time that Christians be put on an even footing." The last time I looked, the ...

In today’s Gospel, Jesus teaches that the greatest commandments are love of God and love of neighbor. Illustrating this event in religious art is a challenge because, as I’ve noted before, when Jesus ...

Jesus not only approves of this linkage, but affirms that these linked commandments are at the core of all his teachings. For Matthew’s Jesus love of God and neighbor as self are the interpretive key ...

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Today's Gospel is a continuation of last Sunday's Gospel reading about him being the vine and all of us as his branches, which we read on John 15: 1-8. For this Sunday, we go to John 15: 9-17. [Jesus ...

This Sunday’s readings—from Deuteronomy and Mark—repeat the Shema Yisrael. That proclamation—“Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our Lord, the Lord alone!”—is what every devout Jew declares every day. The ...