(The Conversation) — As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin to focus on two of the central tenets of their faith: the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Other charismatic ...

We often hear that Jesus, becoming human, identified with us. I wonder sometimes, though, how often we forget the flip side — we in return are meant to identify with God. I don't mean this in any ...

"They said to one another, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?’" (Luke 24:32). This passage, from Luke's ...

Since the Scriptures say Jesus returned physically from the dead, then that's what happened. But very few Christians are literalists on this point, and among Christians there is a range of opinion on ...

This weekend is one of the most recognizable weekends on the calendar each year for Christians with Good Friday being the commemoration of Jesus’ death on the cross and Easter celebrating his ...

“I do not think anyone, anywhere, at any time brings dead people back to life,” says John Dominic Crossan, an energetic liberal now retired from the Roman Catholic DePaul University in Chicago. “The ...

During the Christmas season when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with The Resurrection of ...

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