If we believe that Jesus was sinless how do you explain him angrily driving the moneychangers out of the temple?
John’s Gospel describes Jesus forming a “whip of cords” (John 2:15) and using it to drive out them out of the temple. How can we…
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Why does Jesus give his mother to the beloved disciple on the cross?
In the time of Jesus, a widow who had no close male relative to look after her faced a precarious existence. By entrusting Mary to…
What’s the Best Way to Read the Bible?
Usually, we read a book by starting on page one and continuing through to the last page. Makes sense, right? Although we may be tempted…
Busted: The Stoning of Soraya M.
In the few days since we published our interview with Jim Caviezel, events surrounding the election in Iran have added special resonance to his new…
Part 3: Disagreement With & Dependence Upon Scholars
PART 3 of the BustedHalo interview with Anne Rice on the release of her second book on the life of Jesus: Christ the Lord,…
Why is it that Christians worship Jesus? From my interpretations of the Bible, Jesus didn’t want to be worshipped, but was turning people towards God. Therefore why do people see fit to worship Jesus as much as God?
Yes, it’s true that Jesus’ own prayer was directed toward God as Father. The prayer which Jesus teaches his disciples in ths gospels of Matthew…
Someone told me that if a baby dies before being baptized, the baby goes to hell. Is this true?
I’m happy to assure you that the Catholic Church has never taught that unbaptized babies go to hell. In fact, such a belief was explicitly…
Is the date of Jesus’ crucifixion in relation to the Passover different in the gospel of John than in the other gospels?
John’s gospel is different in many respects from Matthew, Mark and Luke, which are called “synoptic gospels” because they share so much in common. John’s…
A Tiny Step Away From Deepest Faith
“There is really nothing more intellectually unfashionable than Christianity. If I could have chosen something else, I would have – God just had other plans…
