Philippians would not say, “We are citizens of Rome, so we can’t wait to move there.” They would say it to explain why they lived like Rome where they were.  That helps Paul’s point land with force.

COMMENTARY: The unity of Jesus’ disciples will be the greatest testimony of the truth of Christ’s coming and ongoing presence ...

In 1915, the Ku Klux Klan found revival at Stone Mountain in Georgia in a ceremony that included a U.S. flag and a Holy Bible placed on an altar before a burning cross. More than a century later, ...

Few ancient lives have left as many fingerprints on the modern world and yet remained so hard to fix on a single, stable ...

The name “Jesus” is an English import, not an early first-century name. For the Galilean teacher at the heart of the ...

Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus, walks toward trailers during filming of a faith-based streaming series on the life of Jesus Christ called “The Chosen” at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

What did it mean to be a holy man in first century Palestine? There is a complex variety of historical traditions about Jesus. He appears in our records, primarily the gospels, in different guises, ...

(RNS) — In Advent of last year, a Nativity scene at the Vatican briefly showed the baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh, along with the spurious declaration that “Jesus was Palestinian.” This theme, which ...

Referring to the scribes and Pharisees who performed external religious acts to get public approval while their hearts were full of unrighteousness, Jesus used the term “hypocrite” 17 times and warned ...

Sunday, Feb. 23, is the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23; Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13; 1 Corinthians 15:45-49; Luke 6:27-38. In Jesus’ teachings, ...