During the Last Supper, on the eve of his crucifixion, the Bible says Jesus Christ told his disciples, “One of you will betray me.” Attendees of a special Maundy Thursday service on April 2 at ...
Luke 14:26 (RSV) If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. The same ...
A convert has turned and faces another direction, perhaps reflecting a change of heart. A disciple, however, has not only ...
It is now the 3rd Sunday of Easter and today’s gospel reading comes from John 21: 1-19 about his appearance to his disciples in Lake Galilee. 1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the ...
It is the third Sunday of Easter and the gospel reading today comes from Luke 24: 35-48 on the appearance of the risen Lord Jesus to his disciples after he rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. Today's ...
According to the Gospels, Jesus foresaw his own death. In the Gospel of Matthew, for example, he shares with his disciples that “he must go to Jerusalem and suffer… and be killed and on the third day ...
On Friday, we walked to Calvary with Hans Küng as our guide on the passion and death of Jesus, his reflections in On Being a Christian pointing us to the critical, yet often scuttled, fact: Jesus died ...
Jesus says His disciples should count the cost before following Him: “Whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not ...
JESUS Christ flew the feminism flag long before the term was even coined, according to Bible experts. Academics even claim that at least half of his disciples were women – a fact overlooked by ...
Not likely! Christians cannot be disciples because pastors are not disciples. Jesus asks: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch? A disciple is not above his teacher, ...