Shortly after the ascension the number of believers in Jerusalem was about 120 according to Acts 1 15 Whether the number is exact or symbolic of a restored Israel the church started small The crowds who pressed around Jesus in Galilee and greeted him during his triumphant entry into Jerusalem we

The modern historical Jesus enterprise stumbled from the beginning on data it found hard to accept the early Christians claimed that Jesus after being put to death by crucifixion rose from the dead Peter is recorded saying ldquo They put him to death by hanging him on a tree but God raised hi

The Gospel of Matthew presents Palm Sunday in the context of one of the Gospel rsquo s many prophetic fulfillment citations which demonstrate that Jesus was the promised one who would establish the kingdom of God Matthew presents a free rendering of the prophecy from Zec 9 9 to explain Jesus rsquo

Why did Jesus cry when he saw the tears of Lazarus rsquo s sisters and his friends After all Jesus already knew Lazarus was dead In fact his purposeful actions allowed that death to occur So why when faced with the mourning of Lazarus rsquo s loved ones did Jesus cry The account of the raisi

In the Gospel of John, Jesus encounters a blind man, but physical blindness represents only one element of darkness, and not the most significant darkness.

When my oldest son was a little boy he was shopping with my mother and father and saw something on a display shelf that he wanted He said so ldquo I want that I want that rdquo My mother explained that you cannot have everything you want but that we buy what we need He thought about that fo