Central to this issue is a more robust understanding of what the Bible means when it says Jesus is the righteousness or justice of God. This helps us to see the justice of God, not only in the ...

The term atonement refers to the belief that Jesus dying on the cross resolved the problems between humans and God. These problems began with Adam and Eve, who went against God's wishes by eating ...

Jesus is forgiving because “He has no reason to hold a grudge, and He loves us,” says Matt, 11. Sentencing a criminal to jail doesn’t mean the judge is holding a grudge. And God, as the perfectly just ...

The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God's closeness to humanity is not confined to a place of ...

The core of Jesus' preaching is the kingdom of God. And the difficulty is for us to hear that term as 100 percent political and 100 percent religious. Not one, not the other. In the first century ...

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...

Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what ...

Chief Justice John Roberts will administer the ... So, again I ask: Why was Jesus baptized? Jesus is God in every way. He never sinned once. Why would he need to be baptized?

In this Sunday’s Gospel passage, Jesus finds his mission confirmed in God’s delight. Christians today have the privilege of undertaking that same mission with Jesus. “You are my beloved Son ...