Last week, we began to look at what Jesus endured before being nailed to the Cross; yes, nailed. We pick up the story by noting that evidence of nailing the feet on either side of the stipes comes ...

A discovery by NASA may confirm the Biblical account of Jesus' crucifixion, according to researchers from Oxford University. The Bible states that the sun turning into darkness and the moon into blood ...

David Mirsch's hypothesis of a clandestine use of drugs to render Jesus comatose on the cross is an ad hoc claim. He offers no supporting data, and the assertion cannot be proven. Beyond that, all ...

Millions of Christians worldwide today are observing one of the most somber moments of their faith. Good Friday commemorates the suffering, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth more than 2,000 ...

It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show ...

I BEGAN THIS Lenten season with you writing about all the things Lent means to people of faith. We considered the signs and symbols of Lent, such as purple cloth and ashes on our foreheads. We ...

(RNS) — In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the idea of an angry God who needs to be appeased. (RNS) — When he ...

And still—he almost missed Him. Colin Smith brings that realization to life in gut-punching detail. He lets the thief narrate his own remorse—not about his crimes, but about how long he spent mocking ...