The fourth Gospel has frequent pauses after events and miracles to engage in long discourses. These often take the form of debates between Jesus and his critics, designated as the “Jews,” an odd ...

In the preview for this column in the April print magazine, the question was posed: “What does it mean to testify?” But in light of the ongoing conversations, initiatives and movements to advance the ...

“Accompanying Jesus were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities” (Luke 8:2). It is likely that the texts that have survived as the four Gospels had subsequent ...

Good preaching requires mastery of rhetoric, in particular the tools of repetition and organization. “Otherwise, they’re not gonna remember,” says John Baldovin, S.J. “This is a no-brainer, but ...

Modern psychologists talk of a nasty human experience called separation anxiety. They say that it is caused by a separation from one’s subjects of attachment such as parents, family members, close ...

Why people need more than the bottom line. Many of the largest and "most successful" churches have built their ministries on the value of practicality. As a result, Christians today have come to ...