A Muslim Shrine presently occupies the site called, The Dome of the Rock. Often erroneously called the Mosque of Omar, it is not a mosque and it was not built by Omar. It was built in 691 by ...

Jesus Christ called on the sacred prophesy of Isiah 61 when he took up the scrolls of Scripture and professed that he was truly the anointed of God. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because God has ...

Before his entry into Jerusalem, Jesus was anointed with oil as the royal Messiah. Yet the act is almost forgotten, and the person who performed it - Mary of Bethany – is usually left unnamed Before ...

During Holy Week, we reflect on Jesus’ final days. The readings and celebrations will be filled with emotion, both sadness at Jesus’ suffering and joy at the resurrection. The readings for Palm Sunday ...

Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug, according to a study of scriptural texts published this month. The study suggests that Jesus ...

The Greek term christos occurs more than 500 times in the New Testament with most of these uses referring directly to Jesus of Nazareth. While many Christians today think “Christ” is the second part ...