After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), ‘I am thirsty.’ A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. Two themes that have been important to John...

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,  ‘The Lord said to my...

At that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the Sabbath; his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. When the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” He said to them, “Have you...

…and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David… Ruth’s story is one of the better known stories of a woman in the Bible, and Ruth is regularly held up as a model of faithfulness…with good reason. But in case we’ve forgotten...

When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. There are moments in all great stories – whether bound in a book, set on a stage, or portrayed on the silver screen – when the pace of the narrative slows down just enough for you to catch your breath and take a look around...