Considering the culture of the Jewish family at the time of Christ (and indeed today), why did Jesus give his mother into the care of a disciple (John) and not to one of His brothers and sisters? This act would have been the greatest insult to His family (brothers and sisters) had they existed. One…

Regardless of race, creed, ideology, political bloc (East and West), or economic region (North and South), the most important and basic aspect of all people is their shared humanity, the fact that each person – old, young, rich, poor, educated, uneducated, male, or female – is a human. This shared humanness and thus the shared…

The Book of Jeremiah is an ideal text for consideration in uncertain times like the one that currently exists in the U.S. War, terrorism, insurgency, weapons of mass destruction, occupation and globalization are topics that dominate the news. When American planes commandeered by Middle East terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center in New York…

And the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine; and the herd, numbering about two thousand, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea (Mark 5:13). On his way to healing a demoniac, Jesus destroys a heard of swine. This is discomfiting, but it should not be surprising:…

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