For nearly two decades, Charles C. Mann has been troubled by a realization that struck him just after his daughter was born. He was walking outside the hospital on a freezing New England night when ...

The first time the word “prophet” is used in the Bible is when God tells Abimelech in a dream to return Sarah to Abraham in Genesis 20:7. God says, “Now, therefore, restore the man his wife; for he is ...

This feast day, the Baptism of Jesus and the Christmas feast, and we now begin to celebrate the public life of Jesus after we have celebrated the mysteries of his incarnation, his birth, and his early ...

Albert Raboteau’s short history of prophecy in 20th-century America hints at what a prophet might look like in today’s world. Raboteau is a historian of African American religion who taught at ...

Jesus asks the crowd what they expected to find when they went into the desert to hear the preaching of John the Baptist. In other Scripture passages, John is described as a gaunt, severe man dressed ...

On March 5, many Christians around the world will begin their Lenten observance, commemorating Jesus’ 40-day journey toward his crucifixion. There are many ways to understand his death, but little ...