The story concludes with Jesus standing trial before a group of religious leaders who did not believe a (semi)divine messiah was coming to restore the Davidic kingdom. These were the Sadducees. Had it ...

There were several competing Jewish sects at the time of Jesus’ life. The most prominent and influential, the Pharisees, further integrated the concept of resurrection into Jewish thought.

For the next several years, we will be having various 250th anniversaries related to the birth of our country through the ...

There was a lot of pressure on the Pharisees! Still, given the outlines of a story that everyone already knows, there’s only so much you can do. Some of the most famous beats of Jesus’ story ...

No where in the New Testament (NT) does Jesus or His Apostles present a complete ... of the Temple and debates with Christians, the Pharisees at Jamnia finally limited the Hebrew Canon in the ...

“Jesus Christ Superstar” has risen on the Asolo Rep stage. After a gestation as a 1970 concept album, Andrew Lloyd Webber and ...

I encourage you, brothers and sisters, love like Jesus. Love one another unconditionally. Call upon Jesus to give you ...

Jesus was not the savior hero ... Rabbis and scribes missed Him. Even among the Pharisees, Israel’s most religious sect — no one knew God’s Word and its prophecies better — most missed ...

This is particularly well done in the scene where Jesus calls his disciples to become ... Seeing this on screen hammers the point home — the Pharisees are depicted as one-dimensionally ...

Mary Magdalene’s house is just over the wall, as is Matthew’s place, both of them a stone’s throw from the temple where Jesus condemned the Pharisees. The majestic swell of Mount Tabor lies ...

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law bring ... grace and the conversion of sinners and correct with care. As God, Jesus knows the sins of all the men gathered. Jesus bends down and traces ...

Some of the most famous beats of Jesus’ story — overturning the money changers tables in the Temple courtyard, criticizing the Pharisees’ Jewish practices, invalidating religious law — set ...