"Why not gain the whole world _ plus my soul?" Uh, I don't think that's what Jesus said!

In his upcoming biography of Jesus, "Basic Instinct" director Paul Verhoeven will make the shocking claim that Christ probably was the son of Mary and a Roman soldier who raped her during  read more »

Organizers of San Francisco's hedonistic Folsom Street Fair — sponsored by Miller Brewing, Co.  read more »

The Northern Ireland Parades Commission is to meet with the organisers of Belfast Pride over a placard displayed at this year's event that outraged Christians.

An advertisement for a religious campaign has been ruled out of order for lack of evidence that Jesus can heal AIDS.

It's not really a question of whether Jesus can, but ra  read more »

In "The Nativity," Bakley promises that readers will "receive new information on when the birth of Christ happened," he writes. "It will show you the exact date and year he was born.  read more »

Did you know that Jesus Christ was a pimp? He must have been. I saw it on TV.

I have this sitting on my TiVo. I think I'll delete it. It's based on the "recently discovered" Gospel of Thomas, which was discovered as recently as 1945! But "The Secret Lives of Jesus" on the National Geographic Channel contends that this volume, written by Gnostics around 200 A.D., is just as valid as the Gospels written in the 1st Century. :sigh:  read more »

"[Marcus] Borg charges that most mainline denominations don't go far enough in drawing the line between fact and fiction in the Bible. Mainstream churches have lost roughly 40 percent of their followers during the last few decades largely because contemporary Christians can't reconcile literal readings of the Bible with modern life, Borg contends."  read more »

Is it OK to have a Christian-led prayer by a school athlete before a game? The ACLU and three Muslim athletes say no.

Amy Grant has received a star on Hollywood's walk of fame.

• Jesus was not born of a virgin;
• His father Joseph was a literary construct, as was Judas;
• His family thought he was out of his mind;
• There were probably not
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A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially  read more »

The "Christ Festival," marking a town which claims to be the location where Jesus Christ spent the rest of his life after avoiding crucifixion, was held over the weekend.Shingo's association with Chri  read more »

Rev. Gretta Vosper has laid down a radical challenge for Christians . . .  read more »

Jabalpur, India Bishop Gerald Almeida has called on Catholics to engage in "soul searching" after the eyes of a life-size statue of the Sacred Heart in a church yard began to ooze a blood-like substance.

When these things happen, why do they assume it's a call to "be good"? It's never interpreted to be a call to remember God's love for us.  read more »

David Robertson hands out free coffee and all kinds of social good. It's a WWJD thing. And he doesn't hand out tracts or anything like that. Is this evangelism or not? And is it better to attach a gospel message to the gifts or not?  read more »

Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat will play an ascetic who befriends Jesus of Nazareth in a U.S. film that revolves around a legend that he visited India.  read more »

Swanson has written a provocative new book theorizing that Jesus Christ was married to Mary Magdalene, that they bore children and that LDS Church founder Joseph Smith was their direct descendant. Swanson also suggests that this heavenly birthright gave Smith spiritual authority as a prophet and affirms the historical legitimacy of the LDS Church.

So it's The Da Vinci Code meets the Book of Mormon. Vern Swanson's book is entitled Dynasty of the Holy Grail: Mormonism's Sacred Bloodline. Oh, but it's not in the fiction section, as much as it should be.  read more »

Over half of Britons believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, according to new research published today by Theos, a British theological think tank.

A senior American cardinal has asked Jews to reconsider descriptions of Jesus as a "bastard" in exchange for a softening of traditional Catholic prayers calling for Jews to be co  read more »

Discovery Channel has put off the screening following protests by Christian groups in US, Canada, Jerusalem and India against the documentary.

So the Jesus Tomb documentary didn't even show? Huh.  read more »

A book on interfaith relations by a Georgetown University theologian does not accurately reflect Roman Catholic teaching, a U.S. bishops' committee said Monday.The Rev. Peter C.  read more »

Salvation once meant belief in a series of doctrines about Christ, but the advance of society has caused it to become a quest for self-fulfillment, John Killinger said June 19 in a workshop at the Coo  read more »

Invoking Christ and Castro as his socialist models, President Hugo Chavez began his third term Wednesday by declaring that socialism, not capitalism, is the only way forward for Venezuela and the world.

Was Jesus the "Greatest Socialist in history"?  read more »

They're setting up a giant 10 Commandments monument right across the street from the Supreme Court on private property.

A German court said Monday that asylum-seekers from Iran who have converted to Christianity may not be deported.

A British theatre is showing "Jerry Springer: The Opera" and is getting protests from Christians

...evangelicals aren't re-examining their political priorities nearly as much as they are re-examining their spiritual priorities. That could be bad news for both political parties. read more »

The Christian Council of Korea (CCK), a group of protestant Christians, recently sent a complaint to SBS who aired the first episode of a four-part documentary ``Shineui Gil, Inganeui Gil'' (The Road  read more »

Resistance among American Christians to address the effects of global warming is diminishing. Many Christians believe humans are to be stewards of the earth.

It actually took several hundred years for the life and teachings of Jesus to develop into a religion about Jesus.

Or so says the CNN documentary, "After Jesus, the First Christians." Well, it looks to be more like an infomercial for liberal theology and revisionist history, but I haven't seen it and have no desire to--I don't expect anything new that I haven't seen 100 times before.  read more »

A new historical fiction thriller "The Rozabal Line" by Shawn Haigins has claime  read more »

D. James Kennedy, author, theologian, biblical scholar, pastor of the 10,000-member "Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church" in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and founder of the highly influential Coral Ridge Ministries, is reportedly showing signs of improvement following a massive heart attack last week.

I'm not sure that he deserves the accolades the article gives him, but he's a VIP in the Christian community, and it's good to hear he's doing well.  read more »

A SCOTS author claims to have gone one better than Dan Brown in solving history's greatest conspiracy theories.  read more »

The third Jesus, Chopra said, stands behind the historical Jesus and the institutional Jesus created by church leaders to fit a theology.  read more »

“I used to be a community organizer and I’m in good company,” Roberts said as he introduced Barack Obama at a town hall event here Tuesday night.  read more »

A former Methodist minister chooses to campaign on Ohio Christian radio stations.

The fight by Democrats to reclaim God from the religious right has been taken up by the traditional lefty blogosphere, an online collision between the edgy and the ecumenical.

Now, the next question is, if Jesus were truly man, did he also undergo a series of reincarnations on earth?Yes, according to the American psychic and prophet, Edgar Cayce, who, while in a deep trance  read more »

William Blake, who was born in 1757 and died in 1827, really meant to convey that Jesus did come to England before he commenced his ministry in the Holy Land. Nowhere in the Bible is there  read more »

Whatever one believes Jesus to be, one thing is certain. He knew about the law of attraction and the ability we all have to create our own reality.

Context...?

"The Real Family of Jesus" will explore the holy family based on historical evidence. Should be interesting at least. I don't live in Canada, so anyone who sees it, post your thoughts! The first episode airs Tues., Oct.  read more »

Now, a recently released documentary, "Jesus: The Lost Years," attempts to fill in the gaps of those silent years using oral histories, archaeological evidence and writings contained in Christian  read more »

Jesus: the Lost Years was first unveiled in New York early this summer, and runs 85 minutes with some subtitles.Perry's original film, Jesus in Egypt: Discovering the Secrets of Ch  read more »