God never tries to overwhelm us. More than anyone else, God respects our freedom. God lies everywhere, inside us and around ...

Billions of Christians around the world believe that on Easter, Jesus was raised from the dead and taken up to heaven to live with God. They also believe that when they die, their own souls will go to ...

It follows, of course, that Jesus was not in any sense divine. From this point of view, Jesus did not do miracles or rise ...

As we listen to the first lesson this morning, we could easily have been impressed -- and I think should have been impressed -- by how God was careful to watch over the prophet Elijah. We can consider ...

Sunday, April 24, is the Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year C). Mass Readings: Acts 14:21-27, Psalm 145:8-13, Revelation 21:1-5, John 13:31-35 The message of today’s readings is the essential unity of ...

Ehrman is a leading authority on the New Testament and the history of early Christianity, and the author or editor of more than thirty books, including the just published Heaven and Hell. He is a ...

Sunday, Nov. 6, is the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14; Psalm 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 or Luke 20:27, 34-38. In the readings today ...

Tim Tebow encouraged his fans to pursue the kingdom of heaven with as much vigor as they run after everything else worthwhile in life.