Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

For some reason, portraying Jesus in films is not as coveted as fitting into the shoes of James Bond or The Joker. Few became a sensation playing the Son of God “who takes away the sins of the world.” ...

The masses, many who just the week before were cheering Jesus of Nazareth, chose the insurrectionist and murderer over Jesus, the proclaimer of the kingdom of God. Currently, we are experiencing a ...

Pilate, the Roman governor, afraid of the now angry mob, tried to make a deal with the people, agreeing to either release Jesus or a prisoner, a known insurgent and murder named Barabbas. When faced ...

In that moment, Barabbas walked away, his shackles removed, a free man. But his freedom came at a cost—Jesus took his place. This is the very essence of what Christ did for all of us. The Bible ...

So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified” (Mark 15:14b-15). Thus, Christ’s punishment ensured Barabbas’ freedom.

He said that Jesus’ crucifixion occurred according to “the definite plan and foreknowledge of God.” As the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8), it was determined by God in the ...

In the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election, “Give us Barabbas” emerged in progressive Christian social media circles as a pithy critique of those who voted for Donald Trump. But ...

Read the whole story in the Gospel according to St. Matthew chapter 27: despite the spirited efforts of Pilate to set Jesus Christ free, an innocent man wrongly accused by the Jews, the mob insisted ...

They didn’t need a murderer named Barabbas, they needed the Son of the Father who had literally come to give them life. Pilate released Barabbas and reluctantly delivered Jesus over to be crucified.

SCRIPTURES say heaven and earth may pass away but not one jot of the word of God will go without fulfilling the purpose for which it was sent (Matthew 24:25). So also did the Preacher say there is … ...