One evening, as a soft rain pattered against the café windows, two elderly men struck up a chance conversation while sharing a wooden table by the glass. It was the end of a long workweek, and both looked weary, each nursing a steaming cup of coffee. At first, it was…
Paul’s teaching on the “sinful death of humanity in Adam” is that every individual has lost direction, lost connection with God, and become corrupted. Yet each person still retains certain capacities that allow them, to greater or lesser degrees, to perceive the Divine light. In Catholic tradition (Augustine, Thomas Aquinas)…
Religion is often viewed as an exhibition of sacred artifacts, or salvation imagined as the outcome of a courtroom verdict. Yet Jesus, in His teaching, offered a very different picture: one that was dynamic and alive, deeply connected to the rhythms of living nature. “I am the true vine, and…
A soldier is not a free man and is often cruel. The commander gives orders, and the soldier does. On that memorable spring day, the procurator ordered the soldiers to beat Yeshua. After numerous beatings, Jesus was crowned with thorns, dressed in a bright red cloak and led out to…
The Big Five model—one of the most widely recognized theories of personality in academic psychology—is used in scientific research, HR and coaching, and psychotherapy as a fundamental tool for understanding human nature. But what if we apply this model to the personality of Jesus? The five core traits are: Openness…
Today it is impossible to imagine understanding Christianity without such quotes from Paul: “we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death,” “we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father,…
Happiness is a state of a person that corresponds to the greatest inner satisfaction with the conditions of his existence, the fullness and meaningfulness of life, the fulfillment of his calling and self-realization. “Happy are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.” Many of Jesus’s listeners…
Jesus’ remark “whoever looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” is not something that people like to mention. It’s not just that we can’t learn to control our sexuality. It’s that most people are confused that neither priests, nor preachers, nor the church…
Speaking in the Capernaum synagogue, in the presence of numerous officials of the Jerusalem Sanhedrin, Jesus spoke out openly against the tradition of ritual hand and body washing. In conclusion, He essentially declared that ritual washing was unnecessary, since “it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a…
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Imagine that before you stands a being that knows everything about you. It sees not only your deeds but also what kind of person you could become under different circumstances. It knows your whole life — past, present, and even what has not yet happened. It looks at you and notices things you do not…
There is a striking detail in John’s account of the crucifixion: Jesus’ legs are not broken. At first glance this looks like a random historical minor detail, but in John’s text it carries powerful symbolic meaning. John insists that Jesus is literally the Passover Lamb. At the end of the crucifixion narrative we are told…
Many contemporary evangelicals believe that a war in the Middle East must occur for Christ to return. That creates a serious moral dilemma when believers support real wars in the region and forget their Teacher’s command to overcome evil with good. It’s a very interesting and complex topic. American evangelicals link Middle Eastern wars to…
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