“The rock, from which the water came, and the manna were symbolic of supernatural sustenance through Christ, the bread of ...
I believe in miracles too, in my way, reconciling rationalism and inklings of a preternatural reality by means of “radical ...
In heaven, Jesus is worshiped not only as King but as the Lamb still bearing the marks of love. In the Old Testament ...
In the next column, we will explore Christ’s teaching in the New Testament. What did God desire Adam and Eve to do after the fall? He wanted them to show repentance and contrition (sorrow ...
In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist. There are a ...
Lent is a 40 day retreat for us to reflect on the many reasons we need the mercy of God. Prodigal is a word that means reckless use of one’s resources. The young man wastes his life with abandon and ...
It is not surprising that Rosemary Ruether has found the fullest development of New Testament anti-Jewish bias within the Gospel of John. 1 Her estimate of the gospel's anti-Jewish stance reflects the ...
One of my pet peeves is the glib assertion that the God of the Old Testament is different from the God of the New Testament; He was an angry, mean-spirited, unforgiving God, while Jesus ...
And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which ...
Next up to New Testament. So far, amazing and not at all what I was expecting." Allen, who currently stars in the sitcom "Shifting Gears," has spoken in interviews about his belief in God and his ...