Paul teaches in the Bible that "they will know you are my disciples if you love one another." Love is more than a feeling, it requires action.

David Yount: Following Jesus comes with cost. By David Yount Globe Columnist; Sep 19, 2011 Sep 19, 2011 Updated Jul 22, 2014; 1 min to read.

One of the most striking illustrations of the cost of following Jesus and the call to radical generosity is found in the story of the rich young ruler (Mark 10:17-22).

Jesus, Reconsidered: Book ... McLaren believes that version of God is a misreading of the Bible. ... I just believe that the cost of following that route is literally the abandonment of historic, ...

Friday mornings I attend a Bible reading group ... Synagogues in the time of Jesus also used a lectionary, and Jesus is ...

One new translation of the Bible tries in vain to soften the impact of what Jesus said. “Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead,” is the way the New Living Translation puts it.

In the centuries following Jesus’ death, the rabbis taught that the souls of the dead would be resurrected after the Messiah appeared on earth. By the 500s C.E. or so, the rabbis further ...