Simon helped Jesus carry his cross to Calvary. Read more about him here. Simon was the one who helped Jesus bear the cross. He was from Cyrene, a major city in North Africa (Matthew 27.32; Mark 15.21; Luke 23.26). This was a unique opportunity for Simon to be selected to… Read More

Jesus’ twelve disciples went through three years of training during Jesus’ earthly ministry. See where they are mentioned in each of the Synoptic Gospels. The twelve disciples of Jesus are listed in three of the four Gospels. See how the desciples named in Mark and Luke compare to the… Read More

Crowds flocked to Jesus during his earthly ministry because he often healed the sick, cast out demons and performed other miracles. Check out this list of Jesus’ well-known miracles and where they occur in Scripture. MIRACLE SCRIPTURE PASSAGE Turns water into wine John 2.1-11 Orders… Read More

Dig beyond giant bunnies, egg hunts and pastel-colored candy to find what Easter is really about. Easter is the celebration Jesus Christ’s being raised again to bodily life after he was nailed to a cross and died. Jesus’ being raised from death is called the Resurrection. According to the… Read More

The Paschal Triduum is a three-day period for Christians to fast and pray over the significance of Jesus’ death and resurrection. The word “triduum” means three days, and the Paschal Triduum, counted from sunset to sunset, marks the time from Holy Thursday evening through Easter Sunday evening. It… Read More

The story of Jesus’s life and death has been chronicled on film for over a hundred years. Read about the history and development of filming the story of Christ through the last century. In 2004, movie theaters across the United States projected Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ… Read More

The New Testament didn’t appear out of thin air. Find out how the New Testament was compiled and explore the reliability of the canon. In the ancient world, pseudonymous writing was not unknown. Letters written in the name of an apostle, originating in a circle of early Christians, perhaps… Read More

What does the Bible have to say about Mary Magdalene? Use this devotional guide to find out. Just who was this remarkable disciple who has come to be known as Mary Magdalene? Identified by her place of origin, Mary Magdalene was from Magdala, a small town located on the… Read More

What weight do early Christian writings have in biblical scholarship? Find out in this interview with Scott Elliott, Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship about ancient texts and the Da Vinci Code. During an interview, Mr. Scott Elliott, then a Bible scholar at the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship, was asked… Read More

Learn about Jesus in the context of first century historical documents. The recent deluge of books and movies on early Christian literature has generated much interest among Christians and non-Christians alike. Amid skepticism and apologetics, readers seek answers to questions that bring the historical Jesus to the forefront of… Read More