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When hope seems long gone, Christians can turn to Jesus to overcome being resigned to despair and regain the desire to be ...

In the south of Italy, Matera is known as the “City of Stones” for its architecture. For the next season of “The Chosen,” it ...

On this day in 1945, Private First Class John “Johnny” Córdova, the third generation of a proud family of Castaic ...

The New Covenant is the promise that God makes with mankind that He will forgive sin and restore communion with those whose hearts believe in His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the mediator of the New ...

JERUSALEM — Preliminary findings from the investigation into the site where the body of Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been buried appear to confirm that portions of the tomb ...

They could not go out right away to celebrate the good news. It was at this point that the risen Jesus appeared to them and greeted them, “Peace be with you” (v 19). Jesus could have confronted his ...

This means that there are an array of texts, both extant and lost, that offer different, divergent, and at times even contradictory tellings of the story of Jesus than those that were ultimately ...

Jesus Luzardo was slated to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies in their series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. Six days ago, everyone would have been confident that this was a ...

Her husband, John Wekulo, said he received the news that his wife had been chosen to be the mother of Jesus with 'shock'.

High priest Caiaphas, portrayed by Adam DelMedico with an ice-cold sneer of triumph, takes the stage to play the distinctive guitar lick at the start of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” onstage at ...

"Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo doesn’t see an issue with playing the role of Jesus Christ in an upcoming performance of "Jesus Christ Superstar." In a recent interview with Billboard, the actress ...