The Gospel of Good Friday (John 18:1 – 19:42) leaves off in a garden at a newly hewn tomb. Here Jesus has been laid to rest and his disciples must try to make some sense out of this ignominy. Perhaps ...
On Friday, we walked to Calvary with Hans Küng as our guide on the passion and death of Jesus, his reflections in On Being a Christian pointing us to the critical, yet often scuttled, fact: Jesus died ...
THE PASSION AND THE DEATH OF Jesus, which Christians celebrate this week, may well be the world's best-known story. For believers, it is the core of Christian faith and identity, the drama that gives ...
The twelve apostles, the chosen followers of Jesus Christ, went throughout the ancient world preaching, spreading ...
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I know Jesus had 12 disciples around Him when He was on earth, but what happened to them later on? I don't remember reading anything in the Bible about how they died, but maybe I just ...
DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What happened to the original 12 disciples of Jesus? Were any of them taken directly up into heaven without ever seeing death, the way some people were in the Old Testament? Or do we ...
How our sinful struggle with sleep became a righteous rest. It’s 7:03 a.m., and I’ve already hit snooze twice. The alarm buzzes again. As I try to rouse myself after another late night, the day’s ...
All of this Sunday’s readings focus on the relationship between the Old Testament and the life, death, and resurrection of ...