A decade after his brutal murder, Zdzisław Beksiński’s paintings hold the world spellbound. Is the universal fascination they evoke the result of their author’s own gruesome tragedies, or did ...
Santiago, or Saint James, was a popular saint in Spanish America, and statues and paintings of him abound. Parts of this work were carved out ... this one likely came from Central Mexico. James was ...
Thomas, or Doubting Thomas as he is commonly known, was one of the Twelve Apostles, disciples sent out after Christ's Crucifixion to spread the newborn faith. He was joined by Peter, Andrew ...
Written by Luke the beloved physician (Col 4:14), Luke-Acts seamlessly connects the life of Jesus to the lives of the early Apostles after the resurrection. The gospel of Luke is about what Jesus ...
After that, the living Jesus spent time with the apostles and promised to send the Holy Spirit to them, and ascended back into heaven. Pentecost is the day for Christians to remember the coming of ...
Skinner - Asher O. and Carrie Nasby Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary ‘As Acts scholarship has revisited critical inquiries about identity, politics, and imperial power while at the same ...