From the context of Matthew’s calling as one of the Twelve Disciples (Matthew 9:9), it is not surprising that most scholars ...

First, we should consider what churches mean when they say the phrase “Come as you are.” This phrase communicates that people ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...

And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. Some scribes who were ...

“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” This last question is the one that Jesus’ detractors ask in today’s Gospel passage from Mark. They are baffled that Jesus not only asks a ...

As tax collectors were branded as sinners, there would have been eyebrows raised among the first disciples when Jesus called Levi to join their group. The Pharisees, on the other hand, share their ...

They therefore distanced themselves from so-called 'unclean' sinners in their delusions of self-righteousness. But Jesus was often eating and drinking with corrupt tax collectors and other ...

In this way of living, we are called especially to embrace those who differ from us, particularly in matters of sexuality, ...

Gospel of 18 January 2025 Mark 2:13-17 At that time: Jesus went out again beside the lake, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of ...

The far-left Episcopal bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington (D.C.), Mariann Budde, directed predictably misguided ...