Let’s begin with the order the verses appear in the New Testament. 1. “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Mark 15:34). Jesus cries out in anguish quoting the first verse of Psalm 22: My God, ...

Penal substitution is a theory of the atonement that says God literally punished Jesus on the Cross. This theory is problematic because one cannot justly punish an innocent person, and Jesus was ...

(RNS) — At the beginning of Holy Week, Christianity Today published an article on the crucifixion that caused a firestorm. In the article, Daniel Silliman described the work of a Bible scholar who has ...

It seems like an easy question to answer: were nails used to affix The Lord to his cross? The Gospels are silent on this moment of the crucifixion, so how do we know it was with nails? If you look at ...

Two Christian biblical scholars share how they zeroed in on key components of God’s Word. The Bible may be the best-selling book of all time, but it’s certainly not the easiest to understand. Dr.