For nearly 2,000 years, each succeeding generation of Christians has tried to puzzle out whether the Book of Revelation's riddles and symbols has meant its own time was the end of time. Over the past ...

Continuing the discussion from last week on inspiration, biblical scholar Matthew Barrett warns, "If we reject inspiration, we are rejecting the Bible's testimony concerning itself... . it is ...

Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation was not a Christian book, but a warning issued 90 years after the death of Jesus that Jewish followers of Jesus better not form a new religion You can save ...

Christian theology and global politics can make strange bedfellows. Consider the intimate relationship between fundamentalist expectations of Jesus’ return and market-driven disregard for the ...

PROFESSOR ELAINE PAGELS (reading from the Book of Revelation): “And another sign appeared in heaven; a great red dragon with ten horns and seven diadems on his head. His tail swept down a third of the ...

Author Richard French points to the historical pattern of prophecy speculation and Jesus's own teaching that end-times ...

Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 She is a famous television character, instantly recognized by baby boomers. She rose to lasting fame without ever saying ...

“And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars…” Detail of a stained glass window in the parish church of ...

The 50th anniversary of the “Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation” (“Dei Verbum”) is coming up on Nov. 18, 2015. This document is one of the four great constitutions produced by the Second ...

If you think that hearing another part of the Christmas story as late as Jan. 8 is stretching it out too much, just imagine what those Magi felt as they trudged through the desert toward Jerusalem and ...