Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...

THE THIRD SEASON of The Chosen, a television series about the life and ministry of Jesus, includes a moving scene between Jesus, played by Jonathan Roumie, and his disciple James, the son of Alphaeus, ...

Jesus lived in a Hebrew and Aramaic speaking world, not an English one. His name was a common Jewish name that later passed through Greek and Latin. Each language altered its sound and spelling. By ...

For most of our lives, we’ve known the Son of God by one name: Jesus. It’s what we’re taught from the beginning — and honestly, when you’re told someone’s name is something, you rarely stop to ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger — an animal feeding bin — ...

Find today’s readings here. Have you noticed how Jesus doesn’t directly answer questions? I find this extremely frustrating. Sometimes his disciples just want to know fundamental things, like, “When ...

Having grown up in the years after Nostra Aetate – the Vatican document rejecting the traditional accusation that the Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus – I assumed it was a settled issue.

This past week, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and her guests were discussing an article by Aisha Harris in which Harris described how Santa’s consistent depiction as a white man made her feel ...

In Mark 14, the scene is tense. Jesus stands before an assembly of the high priest, all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes. False witnesses rise and tell tales meant to condemn Jesus, but ...

Nathanael Andrade explores the historical record to puncture a “misreading” that has often come back to haunt Jews come Easter time. Having grown up in the years after Nostra Aetate – the Vatican ...