When I was 18 years old, I enlisted to serve in the US Navy. My parents, particularly my father, were quite proud of me. I remember leaving, going through MEPS (the military entrance processing ...

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The long form speaks of Jesus calling his first four disciples: Peter, Andrew, James and John. Jesus is beginning his mission. But it’s not just his mission.

Through their grief after Jesus' crucifixion, the disciples became more vulnerable in their love for Jesus, which enabled them to recognize his risen, vulnerable presence. These words—grief ...

And when He calls out our name, His truth and power resonate within us in such a powerful way that this world can no longer blind us or bind us. I believe there’s never not a time in which Jesus ...

The Lord’s modified creed was key for disciples’ growth, author says. Scot McKnight’s The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others (Paraclete, 2004) shows how an ancient Jewish prayer, the ...

'SNL': Donald Trump crashes The Last Supper, calls Jesus a 'nepo baby' in Easter sketch. Edward Segarra. ... Jesus gathered his loyal disciples for an important conversation during The Last Supper.

But the friendship Jesus speaks of comes with a condition attached. In articulating what Gail R. O’Day calls his “theology of friendship,” Jesus says if we are his friends, we will do what ...