Jesus often spoke in parables. The parable of the sower is the only one recorded in Matthew, Mark and Luke. Jesus’ interpretation and explanation as to why he spoke in parables is also in all three.
The importance of the parables can hardly be overestimated. They comprise a substantial part of the recorded preaching of Jesus. The parables are generally regarded by scholars as among the sayings ...
John Everett Millais' "The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow" is almost as intriguing as Jesus' parable on which the image is based: A persistent widow unrelentingly demands justice from an ...
Several centuries after the birth of Jesus, Syrian scribes offered these names for the wise men who came to Bethlehem: King Hormizd of Persia, King Yazdegerd of Saba and King Perozadh of Shelba. A ...
This is Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn’s depiction of the “Rich Fool” as described in Jesus’ parable. Rembrandt lived from 1606-69. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus told his Parable of the Rich ...
Author's note: Context plays an important role in how the term "queer" is employed here. This word has a history of being used as a slur and could offend some people. However, as language evolves, ...
Like his predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II, Pope Francis often introduces the theme of his writings by way of a spiritual exegesis of an event in the ministry of Jesus or a biblical text.
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