Resurrection
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
By Brent Landau — April 21, 2019
(The Conversation) — Among the important disputes settled at the A.D. 325 Council of Nicaea, the church council also resolved that Easter should be fixed on a Sunday, not on the traditional day of the Jewish Passover.
Easter service portrays Jesus’ resurrection at Md. cemetery’s replica tomb
By Adelle M. Banks — April 19, 2019
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (RNS) — Unlike the cast of cemetery workers, the crowd has no instructions to remain silent as a grave digger portraying Jesus appears in the dawn’s first light.
How Lent prepares us for what is lost
By Kate Bowler — March 14, 2019
(RNS) — What happens when an accident, old age or illness robs loved ones of their memory, and we forget that they are a child of God?
South African pastor’s resurrection stunt draws mockery and memes
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 5, 2019
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A viral video of a man purportedly being raised from the dead has punctured the credibility of Africa's increasingly influential Pentecostal churches.
Do not be afraid
By John H. Vaughn — April 9, 2018
(RNS) — As we face relentless attacks on our rights and our lives, what role does fear play in our lives today?
Modern-day crucifixions
By Jennifer Jones — April 6, 2018
(RNS) — Black men nationwide are still disproportionately killed by police. Each name turned hashtag reminds us that the scales of justice seem permanently tilted away from black and brown people in the United States.
Author: Jesus didn’t believe in ‘original sin’ and neither should we
By Jonathan Merritt — January 13, 2017
One theologian says that Jesus didn't believe this doctrine, and we shouldn't either.
‘Passion of the Christ’ sequel in the works
By Lauren Markoe — June 10, 2016
(RNS) Mel Gibson has signed on to a script that will pick up where 'The Passion' left off.
More ‘Passion’ than sense (REVIEW)
By Robert Bianco — March 21, 2016
Fox's "The Passion" reduced a tale that launched one of the world's great religions to broad, borrowed pop-song bromides.
Why the Internet meme that God raped Mary is wrong (COMMENTARY)
By Brandon Ambrosino — December 23, 2015
(RNS) Consent is not only part of the story -- it’s the cornerstone of the story.
Brothers and sisters, you are not professional journalists
By Jonathan Merritt — July 28, 2015
When Christians speak ignorantly about journalism, they compromise their credibility on more important matters.
Can you question the Resurrection and still be a Christian?
By Kimberly Winston — April 16, 2014
(RNS) Many Christians struggle with how to understand the Resurrection -- as something literal or metaphorical. How literally must one take the Gospel story of Jesus’ return to be called a Christian?
COMMENTARY: CIA torture report ought to disturb all our consciences
By Ron Stief — April 15, 2014
(RNS) We can hope and pray that God forgives us for what our government has done in our name. We can also act to ensure that torture never happens again.
Between Good Friday and Easter: A Muslim Meditation on Christ and Resurrection
By Omid Safi — March 30, 2013
When I reflect on the suffering of Christ, I see the connection between the suffering of Christ and the suffering of all of God’s children, all of us who are vessels of the Spirit of God.
I seek the Easter of our own spirit, the resurrection of our spirit, long dead, brought back to God through God’s grace. May there be an Easter for the Jesus of our spirit, overcoming every death, every suffering and every affliction.
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