The first storm can be especially dramatic. Walls of water race along empty streambeds pushing a mixture of rock, soil, wood ...

This is Danish artist Carl Heinrich Bloch’s depiction of Jesus Christ giving the Sermon on the Mount. Bloch lived from 1834-90. (Courtesy Photo) Told in its entirety only in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon on ...

It’s a common saying that a homilist should prepare to preach with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This week, as I was praying and meditating about our Lord’s teaching about being ...

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The Biblical World, Vol. 48, No. 5 (Nov., 1916), pp. 288-290 (3 pages) From the days of the old fathers Christians have been conscious of the variations in the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus.