It was finished. Jesus was crucified. His permanent sacrifice would take the place of all the temporary sacrifices people had used for centuries as payment for their sins. ...

Over 1,400 years before Jesus was born, the people of Israel found themselves captive, serving as slaves in the mighty Egyptian Empire. ...

When Jesus was just days away from being crucified, he wanted his message to be clear. He was the Messiah, sent from God to show Israel and the rest of the world what God was really like. ...

There are times when we all need (and sometimes get) a slice of humble pie—a reality check. We need the people closest to us to remind us: When the way we present ourselves shows that we think we’re better than other people, we’re getting off track....

Sometimes you want someone in your life to understand something so badly that you think of several different ways to tell them. ...

Sometimes Jesus would say something that was hard to hear—something that would upset some people or at the very least cause them to rethink something they had originally thought. ...

On more than one occasion, Jesus talked to his followers about worldly possessions. And on one occasion in particular, he hit the topic from a couple of angles....

You don’t have to tell anyone else your answers, but if someone were to ask you: How many minutes do you think you’ve prayed during the last seven days? If you pray at a certain time of day, when is it? What do you pray for? how would you answer? While there are no right or wrong answers to those questions, prayer is simply an opportunity to connect with your heavenly Father on a personal level. I...

On one occasion, three friends of Jesus got to see him in a way that no one else ever had....

When Jesus told a parable, he usually didn’t explicitly tell the meaning of the parable. But in one parable about seeds, he did just that....