Early Christians used a wide variety of symbols to express their faith. The second-century Christian teacher Clement of Alexandria identified a dove, a fish, a ship, a lyre, and an anchor as ...

Christians, however, believe in a triune God: God the father, God the son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy Spirit. And many evangelicals will say that means Muslims and Jews do not worship the same god ...

Christians have good reasons to resist gender-neutral alternatives. Underlying this view is a belief that terms like father and mother are mere human characterizations of God, shaped by specific ...

He noticed a familiar and welcome image on the sign posted at the business: a stick figure of a fish, a symbol ... "Jesus Christ God's Son is Savior." These days, many Christians exhibit the ...

The idea of God as Father is remote to my life too. Jesus taught me to call God Father. God as Father is woven into Christian theology and liturgy. But the notion itself does not touch my heart.

The Bible taught that Christians were to worship Father and Son and Holy Spirit. It also taught that Christians should only worship God. Finally, it taught that there was only one God: We must ...

The talents represent the gifts that God entrusts them: his Word, deposited in the Holy Gospels; Baptism, which renews Christians in the Holy Spirit; prayer, the "Our Father," which we elevate to ...

Some people in contemporary Christianity seem to shy away from referring to God as the Father, because of all the personal and political baggage that comes along with that title. I get that ...

The Gospel of Matthew inspired an enduring Christian symbol: Jesus passing the keys ... and submission than about Christian devotion, said Father Gabriel Torretta, an assistant professor of ...