Today is Tuesday of Holy Week. On this day, Jesus faced his critics in a daylong series of debates (cf. Matthew 21-23). Perhaps their most famous exchange came when his opponents asked our Lord, “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” (Matthew 22:17). This was a very hot cultural button in the day.
Catholics for Choice recently came under fire after they tweeted that Mary had a choice in giving birth to Jesus.
Each year as Easter approaches, pseudo-scholars, newspapers, and cable networks make headlines claiming to offer the real story about Jesus. Their accounts assume that much of the Jesus story contained in the Gospels, especially anything miraculous is largely a myth created and propagated by, first, His followers, and then, Church leaders seeking to expand their power. Despite the skepticism, few suggest that Jesus never existed. Online, of course, that is a different story. So, what if you find yourself in a conversation with someone who says: “No one really knows whether Jesus existed or not.”
In a new episode of an animated series on Netflix, in an attempt to criticize the NRA, Jesus is portrayed as a gun and sex-obsessed man.
A progressive pastor belonging to the LGBTQ community suggested in a recent TikTok video that Jesus repented for using racial slurs and holding racial biases.
Christmas is about far more than a Child’s birth—even the Savior’s birth. It’s about the Incarnation: God Himself, Creator of heaven and earth, invading planet Earth, becoming flesh and dwelling among us.
If you and I would experience the transforming grace of Christmas, we must admit we need what only Christ can give.
Opera composer George Frideric Handel was a deeply religious man. One day, he decided to turn away from the human foibles common to his operas and instead use Scripture to inform his work. The result is one of the world’s great masterpieces, Messiah.
This week, we are discovering practical ways to experience Christ more powerfully during the Christmas season.
