Have you ever wondered what life's purpose is or how we are supposed to treat others who treat us unfairly? Maybe you're wondering how to pray or what you have to do to get into heaven. With all of ...

If you are interested in commemorating Good Friday in a thoughtful way, join in the community worship at the First United Methodist Church in Des Plaines at 7pm on Good Friday, April 14. For the ...

“Comparable in importance to the Dead Sea Scrolls and of even greater significance to students of the New Testament.” That is how visiting Swiss Theologian Oscar Cullmann (TIME, March 23) described ...

Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book "Bible Study For Those Who Don't Read The Bible." "Part Two," featuring volumes 57-113, was ...

From a dump in Egypt to a criminal case in Oxford to a seminary in Texas, this fragmentary record of faith traveled a strange path. When he finally figured it out, Rory Crowley burst into tears. He ...

As a Western religion, Islam gives primacy to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and considers Jesus to be a holy prophet. In The Muslim Jesus: Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, Tarif ...

When I read this passage, I’d like to hear the inflection that Jesus gave to these words. “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?” The inflection of the words makes a ...

A book omitted from the Bible written more than 1,600 years ago paints Jesus in a very different light. Known as the Gospel of Thomas, the ancient text features 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, ...