When in fact was Jesus, or did he become, God? And the Scriptures don't really tell us because there are three different possibilities recorded in the Scriptures. In St. Paul's letter to Rome, he ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: Our suffering is tailor-made for our capacities, and by it we grow in holiness when we join it to the suffering and cross of Christ. Barna da Siena, “Christ Bearing the Cross, With a ...

So he makes what seems to be kind of a harsh statement: "You have to love God more than father, mother, brother, sister, wife, family, children, or you can't be my disciple." At the very end, he says, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Jesus Christ was the perfect example of speaking and acting in ways that built up those around him. His final hours on the cross exemplified how he lived his life. To the soldiers he said, “Father, ...

In the Gospel, when Peter hears that Jesus will have to suffer the passion, he objects: “God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.” Jesus answers harshly: “Get behind me, Satan! You ...

Those who profess a belief in Jesus Christ and who count themselves among his followers seek to follow his teachings and obey the commandments he has given them. In Matthew we read Christ’s ...

As a divinity school student I knew that Jesus needed me to love my enemies and serve the "least of these." I even discerned that perhaps Jesus needed me to pastor people in a church context. Likewise ...

The Good Shepherd by Letbetter explains, “the artist, Weinert, is saying that the shepherd saves the lamb by kneeling, a posture of humility, ignoring the thorny brush that had entangled the lamb.” ...