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Using Jesus' "Go and make disciples" mission, if revived Christians worldwide made disciples, it would take only three years!

In How Jesus Became God, Bart Ehrman explores how a Jewish preacher from Galilee was transformed into a deity. "Jesus himself didn't call himself... If Jesus Never Called Himself God, How Did He ...

Notice that the tax collector’s humility is steeped in hope. He cannot save himself, but God can. This tax collector summons ...

All Saints' Day remembers and celebrates all saints, known and unknown. Catholics also observe All Souls' Day, honoring the faithful in Purgatory, who are awaiting full sanctification. It is not a ...

Pop star Justin Bieber is referring to Jesus Christ as the king of his heart in the latest example of the pop star embracing ...

His moments of doubt and temptation attest that we can follow him through our own. In many children’s Bibles, the Son of God swoops in like Superman to save the day. In these clearly mythological ...

In response, Jesus recites the traditional Jewish Shema: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, ...

We learn that “in front of” Jesus, there was a man suffering from dropsy (today called “edema”). We are not told if he is one ...