In Matthew 25, for example, Jesus says Christians who don’t care for the poor, the hungry, the stranger, the prisoner may not ascend to heaven. “Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, ...
The liturgical year presents to us the arch of the mystery of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. At the close of this year, it is fitting that we go back to the very beginning, not just of his ...
The usual controversy that surrounds Jesus Christ during this period of the year is ... rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven will take, for many, His second coming to dispel or confirm!
Jesus claimed to have come from God and, unlike other humans, knew exactly where he was before being conceived.
Two days ago, mankind celebrated the anniversary of the coming and the unveiling of the Light made manifest in a human being in our midst. I am referring to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the ...
Corn residue can be a valuable grazing resource for cattle. This year, especially with a fairly dry fall and start to winter, stalks have maintained quality and been available for grazing for quite ...
Every Christmas season, as in every Easter season, I retreat from bread and butter life, including revelry, to retreat as ...
Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition. Yet we know remarkably little ...
Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...
As he ascended into heaven the angels told the disciples, “Why do you stand here gazing up into heaven. This same Jesus shall come again in like manner.” From that day forward the disciples became the ...
Christians believe that Jesus "died for our sins." To my mind, that is nonsense. Jesus died because of the sins of the people of his time, not for the sins of the people of all time. Even so, given ...
My last column was about young theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the German church facing the rise of Nazism before and ...