I have pondered and pondered the column about needing to recognize Jesus as either an impostor or the son of God. Losh simplifies a very complex question by recycling C.S. Lewis’s argument that if ...

I grew up in the era of evangelistic T-shirts. I was too shy to wear any myself, but I had friends who did. “WWJD?” “Cross-trained.” “Made to worship.” “Be still and know.” One of the T-shirt slogans ...

Christena Cleveland spent much of her childhood in an evangelical church surrounded by traditional images of a porcelain-skinned and flaxen-haired Jesus. But one day she came across a portrayal of ...

It’s the central question of the Gospel for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s the central question of the Gospel, period. If you look at the Gospel of Mark, it’s right there in Chapter 8, smack ...

The undefined “They” continue to impact our world in unprecedented ways. “They” are the ones that are focused on when we tout facts, when we point to victims, when we just don’t want to feel left out.

“Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: The Turning Point in Western History,” by David Klinghoffer (Doubleday, $24.95). I worked, for a number of years, in a vibrant and fiercely Zionist summer camp in the ...

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When you read the New Testament gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), it couldn’t be any clearer that Jesus came into this world to introduce something brand new to the world and for the world.