The cross calls Christians not to domination but to identification with the suffering and weak of the world. Hall’s critique is a much-needed corrective to contemporary trends in world religion.

One of the most remarkable things about Jesus’ suffering is his patience. He could have used miracles to make himself impervious to discomfort and to achieve instantaneous results, but he didn’t.

Could fragments of the true cross of Jesus really be among us ... When Helena traveled to Jerusalem in 326 CE the city was still suffering the destruction caused by the last Jewish War in 132 ...

God does not will evil in its myriad manifestations but opposes it, full stop. She shares feminist worries that atonement theologies are often used to condone, legitimize, and sanctify suffering as a ...

Jesus’ suffering and death on the cross can be viewed as a triumph and a tragedy, the cross is a punishment and a victory, the cross is a source of hope and a source of despair, ...

Jesus would then recapitulate and go beyond what happened to Israel the same way in the Suffering Servant passage that he did the prophetic statement found in Hosea 11:1, “When Israel was a ...

Each Catholic church displays the 14 Stations of the Cross that depict Jesus’ journey to Calvary. ... I realized that each person there played a critical role in Jesus’ suffering.

A MY WORD column by William D. Niepert, “An old preacher’s Good Friday expression of faith,” contained a statement refuted by the Scriptures: ” . . . the Roman Centurions br… ...

Jesus and Jehohanan: An Archaeological Note on Cruxifixion Archaeological discoveries offer new information about the Roman practice of crucifixion." by Reverend Dr. J. H. Charlesworth from ...

Jesus, played by David Madriz, is nailed to the cross in the 11th station of Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, Friday in East Chicago. Our Lady of Guadalupe Church commemorates Good Friday with the ...