Jesus often used stories to teach. In fact, he used them so much so that the disciples directly asked him, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” (Matt. 13:10). CT has featured a wide variety ...

Novelist and biographer Jay Parini takes on the still-unfolding story of Jesus. An image of a young Jesus in the workshop of St. Joseph, from a 1640s-era painting by Georges de La Tour. (Creative ...

CHRISTIANS throughout the world are currently reflecting on the death, burial and glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ during the Holy Week. In his classic little book titled More Than a Carpenter, ...

In John’s Gospel the miracles performed by Jesus are called signs. A sign is usually not an end in itself. What is more important is the reality to which a sign points. The signs done by Jesus point ...