Religion and “church” has clouded our view of Jesus. Image by Dale Forbes from Pixabay. There is one very important thing that religious deconstruction taught me about Jesus: With a few exceptions, ...

Most people think that Jesus or Paul or perhaps Peter founded the religion called Christianity. This is not true. Yeah, but isn’t Christianity a religion? Yes, it is, but the founders of Christianity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the Shroud of Turin and the Star of Bethlehem to disputed burial sites and missing original Gospel manuscripts, questions ...

For centuries, scholars and skeptics have argued over whether the resurrection was a verifiable historical event or a matter of faith, weighing biblical eyewitness accounts against natural ...

Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her child in a manger – an animal feeding bin – ...

The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, encaustic on panel, Saint Catherine's Monastery. (Wikimedia Commons) In 1988, my first year as a Jesuit novice in Boston, I spied a slim paperback book on ...

A ‘Christian Atheist’ joins Ross Douthat. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Emily Holzknecht Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast. Did Jesus actually rise from ...

I sat poolside on a family vacation, reading my Bible, and lightning struck. I gasped. “No way.” I’d just read a random verse about sacrifices and offerings. The new thought added a stroke of color to ...

As a young girl, I listened intently and looked forward to my Sunday School teachers sharing the story of Jesus triumphantly entering Jerusalem on a donkey. A few church plays portrayed the scene.