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 ...

The greatness of God is most clearly displayed in his Son. And the glory of the gospel is only made evident in his Son. That's why Jesus' question to his disciples [in Matthew 16] is so important: ...

Editor's note: Look for a sermon or lesson from Houston's diverse faiths every week in Belief. To submit a sermon, email robert.morast@chron.com. 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the ...

We may think we know about the Samaritan woman that Jesus met at the well. But do we? We usually think of her as a sinful ...

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Have you ever told a joke that someone didn’t get or think was funny? And then you tried to explain it and it was even less funny? Jokes are like poems: if you try to analyze them too much, they lose ...

Can a document written over 2,000 years ago still be meaningful today? What is it in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in the Bible that still speaks to us? Our ways of living, our languages, our cultures ...

Sunday, we’ll take a deeper look at the church that Jesus died for and what we are to be as the church. “All the churches of Christ greet you.” Romans 16:16 As we proceed through the holy season of ...