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Season 5 of "The Chosen" streams on Amazon's Prime Video. The first two episodes arrive June 15, three more on June 22, ...

The gospel draws people to Christ; salvation is free but calls for full surrender, holiness, obedience, and a life ...

William F. Holland Jr. reflects on the Christian belief that while salvation is a free gift from God, living a life devoted ...

The Christian faith believes that God draws people to Himself when they hear the gospel message about how much He loves them.

Whether Jesus was held to the cross with nails or with ropes, what matters is that he was ingloriously and brutally killed by Rome. Behold this dying man! shout all four of the gospels, in (and let’s ...

Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus from ... On Thursday after the Last Supper, Jesus and the Apostles go to the Garden of Gethsemane. There, hundreds of Roman soldiers descend on the ...

This weekend, Christians around the world will be celebrating Easter, remembering the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Good Friday commemorates his crucifixion. This is when his followers ...

Two stops in the Passion story -- Jesus' Resurrection and his time in the Garden of Gethsemane -- are commemorated ... It depicts Jesus on the cross and is encircled by the 14 Stations of the ...

He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, where he was arrested ... Christians have proclaimed the cross and resurrection of Jesus to be the decisive turning point for all creation.” ...