A sculpture of a baby Jesus is part of a Nativity scene from Spain that was displayed during a "Joy to the World" exhibit on Dec. 9, 2004, in Washington, D.C. "Jesus tells us of God’s offer of ...

In a new book of meditations on God and the Earth, feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson explores an image of God as lover of creation and concludes that, yes, you will see your pet in heaven.

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent” (John 6:28-29). How do I do the things God prepared ahead of time for me to walk in? Believe in Jesus.

These actions I have pleaded for seem easy ways to image God in the world as his people. As the psalmist tells us, our God “loves righteousness [ tzadequah ] and justice [ mishpat ]; the earth ...

This is the same one God; who sent Jesus to proclaim the Gospel and Moses to proclaim the Torah. Neither Jews nor Christians connect to God in this very universal way.

The ultimate sacrifice for others on Good Friday was not a merely inconvenient steppingstone to a glorious victory at Easter, writes Bart D. Ehrman. Just the contrary: The resurrection was meant ...

At this stage, God can sometimes come across as arbitrary and vindictive. When I was a child in the 1950s, we were taught that it was a mortal sin to eat meat on Friday or miss Mass on Sunday.