Scot McKnight’s The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others (Paraclete, 2004) shows how an ancient Jewish prayer, the Shema, encouraged early Christians to emphasize love—and how it can form us ...

The love commandment of Jesus is good Jewish teaching. Its originality lies in his bringing together and highlighting two passages from the Jewish source par excellence. The scribe whom Jesus ...

When I think of sacrifice, the first thing that comes to mind is the Cross. The next thing I think of is marriage. Jesus laid down his life for us, in the ultimate act of selfless love. He calls ...

Jesus' Ministry and Teaching A closer look at his parables, aphorisms, and apocalyptic message about the coming Kingdom of God. Shaye I.D. Cohen: ...

This article is third in a series that answers the question "What are we doing?" You can read Yes, Jesus Loves Me to understand the big picture.. Preschoolers love action. They want to play, sing ...

The Peace Pulpit: Jesus challenges us today to reject every other concern, most of all to reject power and violence in order to grow in the one thing that is most important: to grow in love.

The teaching from Jesus love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you reminds people that they should not hold onto feelings of anger and revenge. The Parable of the Prodigal Son.

Opinion Pope Leo teaches a lesson from Jesus that JD Vance should listen to. An older moral teaching was discarded after the failure of Christians during the Holocaust.

Maundy Thursday is also associated with foot-washing. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, an act described in the Gospel of John, chapter 13, as Jesus teaching them to be servants.