The death and resurrection of Jesus is the most famous underdog story in history. A low-status artisan from Galilee challenged the authorities of his time and ended up dying a brutal and ...

Mel Gibson warned Jim Caviezel when they first discussed "The Passion of the Christ" that if he took the role of Jesus it could ruin his career, the 56-year-old actor said this week. Caviezel said ...

Christmas and Easter show us the story of this King, Jesus, who does not match our understanding ... Rome and deliver them from their political woes. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show that followed.

Based on Charles Dickens’ “The Life of Our Lord,” “The King of Kings” offers a digestible vision of Jesus’ life ... hammers the point home — the Pharisees are depicted as one ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, It’s a straightforward part of the Easter story: The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed ...

Some of the most famous beats of Jesus’ story — overturning the money changers tables in the Temple courtyard, criticizing the Pharisees’ Jewish practices, invalidating religious law — set ...

They’re digging for answers. There has been an ongoing debate for many years over where Jesus was crucified and buried — with many experts believing the site to be on the grounds of the Church ...

“It’s not bad guys, good guys, ‘the Pharisees are all mustache-twirling villains, and the disciples are good guys, and Jesus is almost like the Christian Jesus who comes in and changes Judaism.

The latest issue of The New Yorker includes an essay by Adam Gopnik, “We’re Still Not Done With Jesus,” on the scholarly debates about the origins of Christianity. In the piece, Gopnik ...

Being born again at that moment, Pagels writes in her remarkable “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus,” “opened up vast spaces in my imagination. It changed my life.” ...