For me, the most mysterious of all the Bible characters was John the Baptist. I imagined him as hard as stone, with a gravely ...

We first learn of John the Baptist early on, before Jesus is even born. When Mary goes to visit her older relative Elizabeth, ...

In the 2025 State of the Bible study, American Bible Society homed in on issues of identity among Americans, because research ...

Jesus' baptism reminds us that he was one of us. He revealed that we humans must allow ourselves to be fragile, seeking and ...

Even Jesus, at age 12, demonstrated a heart eager to learn from Israel’s teachers (Luke 2:46–49). Those who prepare the way ...

I held an impossibly tiny pendant in my hand, the face as small as my thumbnail. Within the silver bezel was an entire mosaic ...

Find today’s readings here. If Christ is a kind of living heaven, then John the Baptist is like a walking purgatory. The prophesied “Elijah” from today’s first reading, John is like a “refiner’s fire” ...

Notable Bible teacher and author John Piper recently advised Christians on how to organize their short-term and long-term ...

Join in for one or both back-to-back events on Sunday, January 11th. From 10 a.m. to noon, Vermont Insight holds a Sunday ...

Life and love are not earned by us, nor do we take them, but we receive these good gifts from God with gratitude, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. By our baptism, we ...

One candidate is trying to convince fellow Texans to love all their neighbors and one refuses to turn the other cheek.

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced a partnership with apologist Wes Huff, which will feature a series of ...