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In this column, I have been setting the stage for a look at how Jesus’ life itself was a social and political movement.
Mark also tells us that Jesus “meant to pass by” his disciples (6:48). These words open to us a world of scriptural ...
John 6:63: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they ...
New Testament scholar NT Wright responded to a complex question about transgender identity and Christian faith during a ...
The Forward on MSN2d
What is Messianic Judaism?
With origins dating back to the 19th century, Messianic Judaism has continued to hold a contentious spot in the religious ...
Is the Bible authoritative? To this stage, all of the articles in this column ultimately lead to this question. This is ground ...
Authentic spirituality is not about beliefs. It’s about behavior. And that insight brought resolution to my decades-long ...
Throughout the rest of the Old Testament, God continues to call persons to repent ... This lays the ground work for the revelation of Jesus Christ about the sacrament of reconciliation.
We know from the lips of John the Baptist that Jesus is ... the books of the Old Testament bear witness to the whole divine pedagogy of God’s saving love…‘in them, too, the mystery ...
We are here to invoke the help of the Holy Spirit, to implore his light and strength so that the Pope elected may be he whom the Church and humanity need at this difficult and complex turning point in ...
COMMENTARY: The renewal of the Church begins at the altar — when we worship with awe, humility, and a heart open to mystery.