Many people know that the New Testament refers to Jesus as a “friend of sinners,” but what does that mean exactly? Apparently not what some Christians think it does. Many people know that the ...

The essence of Jesus’ first miracle is he — like Smoke and Stack in “Sinners” — facilitates a proleptic moment of eschatological joy for an oppressed people enduring systematic hardship ...

One of the worst criticisms his opponents could come up with was to accuse Jesus of hanging out with the wrong crowd. “Why does he eat with dishonest government officials and with sinners?” ...

It said, “Jesus didn’t dine with tax collectors and sinners because he wanted to appear inclusive, tolerant, and accepting. He ate with them to call them to a changed and fruitful life ...

Why did Jesus welcome sinners without asking for a change or transformation, a turn away from their sin? Some Catholics sense something similar going on with Pope Francis. Why does Francis seem to ...

And Jesus condemns them," the Pope said July 7. "They were proud, vain, they believed themselves to be superior to others. Instead, we are all sinners. It is our title and it is also the ...

One of the things that the conservative Pharisees hated the most about Jesus was that he consorted with sinners, even those despised tax collectors. When confronted with this issue Jesus told them ...