In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist.

A grateful friend and colleague reflects on the towering Old Testament scholar.

The Old Testament makes numerous references to a God that literally walks and talks among the people. God has conversations with Moses, Joshua, and Samuel. He dwells among the Israelites. He appears ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament of reconciliation is in Genesis 4. Adam’s oldest son, Cain, kills his younger brother, Abel. God, like he did with Adam, tries to elicit ...

Walter Brueggemann, one of the most widely respected Bible scholars of the past century, died on June 5 at his home in Michigan. He was 92. The author of more than 100 books of theology and ...

Claims that an asteroid or comet airburst destroyed the biblical Sodom captured the public’s imagination. Its retraction ...

Bible Verses about the New Covenant. Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the ...

Reports of newly hired New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn instituting a team “bible study” went viral over the weekend. Glenn was hired as the Jets coach earlier this year after the midseason firing ...

17 1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.. 2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.. 3 ...

It has been 10 years since a mass shooting at a historically Black Charleston church killed nine people and shocked the U.S.