LIFESTYLE Bible verse of the day: Jesus came to Earth for us because of 'God's great love,' says faith leader Bible verse John 3:16 is the 'very reason' we celebrate Advent, says Virginia pastor ...

"The Jesus Book," he said, is for both the new believer and lifelong, Bible-literate Christians. "Every Christian needs to understand what the Bible is telling us," Graham said.

For example, Jesus says, “You have heard it said, ‘an eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth,’” Jesus states in Matthew 5:38. He is legitimately referencing Old Testament teachings on ...

Whereas the modern world disconnects law from love, Jesus links them. ... Scripture says, “Happy are we, O Israel, for what pleases God is known to us” (Baruch 4:4).

The Bible may be the best-selling book of all time, but it’s certainly not the easiest to understand. As a collection of 66 books, written by dozens of authors in at least two distinct languages ...

Find today’s readings here. What is there left to say about today’s Gospel? A frequently quoted passage in Scripture, it features Christ’s command to love God with your whole heart and to ...

Jesus' point was not about prioritizing family first and neighbors second. It was about demolishing the categories that keep us from seeing each other as worthy of love in the first place.

The God who comes to us in Jesus doesn’t want grudging submission; he wants us to love him and be loved by him. He wants relationship, including friendship, and so he came in vulnerability, not ...