Jesus did not “lose his temper.” He was never “in a bad mood.” He was never ravenous. Yet he could be angry and he could be sad and he could be hungry, and of course his happier emotions were also never exaggerated, but just right. Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich tells us that ...
Since negative emotions are particularly portrayed by the left hemiface, and since asymmetrical hemispheric activation may induce alterations of spatial attention and action-intention, we posited that paintings of the painful and cruel crucifixion of Jesus would be more likely to show his left hemi...
The Mount of Olives is the largest and most important Jewish cemetery in the world.Long before the days of Jesus, the Jews believed that the resurrection would occurhere. They believed the Mount of Olives would be the site where the Lord would defend Israel at the end of time based on ...
No. 18: "Dashboard Jesus" Pearce knows a thing or two about chasing a dream. After all, she chased her country music dream from her hometown of Taylor Mill, Ky., down to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and eventually, to Nashville. Her song "Dashboard Jesus" from her second album describes the...
That's the trouble with appealing to women's emotions and qualities. While these teachers want to make affirmations to women that we are sensitive snowflakes melting in love with Jesus who is in turn melting in love with us, we also possess power, accomplish importa...
"When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temp
Moving forward in time, we come across the story of Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus’ most devoted followers. In the Gospels, we learn that Mary anointed Jesus’ feet with expensive perfume and wiped them with her hair. This act of devotion and humility showcases the intimate connection between...
I wear a cross, not to show I am holier than thou, but to remind me who I represent. Does how I act and interact throughout my day mesh with what Jesus would do or say? Am I exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit in patience, joy, faithfulness, kindness, gentleness, self-control, pea...
But must not loyalty to Jesus have become tepid, if a servant of His has so little interest in the purposes for which He gave His life that he can hear no call to take active part in promoting them, nor find rest in the work by which he becomes a fellow-worker with his Lord? III...
First, here is THE FACT -- "Christ died for the ungodly." Never did the human ear listen to a more astounding and yet cheering truth. Angels desire to look into it, and if men were wise they would ponder it night and day. Jesus, the Son of God, himself God over all, the infinit...