I now preside at the same altar I frequented as a child. Such stability seems excessive, but the deepest truths dawn ever so slowly. Rootedness can be a great revealer. Over this altar, in gold, ...

One night when our son was 4 years old, he cried his way out of his bedroom and into the living room: “Daddy, why did Jesus die?” I never knew just why Jesus’ death was on his mind that night. I do ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In July of 2013, the oldest of Jesus relics ...

The Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem begins with commemorating Jesus's condemnation by Pilate in the traditional site of Pilate's Praetorium and ends at the Holy Sepulcher with remembering his interment in ...

Penal substitution is a theory of the atonement that says God literally punished Jesus on the Cross. This theory is problematic because one cannot justly punish an innocent person, and Jesus was ...

On Good Friday, Christians will remember the death of Jesus on the cross. What that death represents has changed over the centuries. Did Jesus die as a sacrifice in the place of sinful humans? Did he ...