Jesus spent a total of 40 days on earth after His resurrection in order to make it clear to everyone who saw Him during that time that He indeed had risen from the dead. After 40 days Jesus and His ...

Fellow church members occasionally ask: “If all our sin was dealt with when Jesus died on the cross, why must we still confess it?” The answer is partly found in an oft overlooked aspect of Christian ...

Bishop Robert King from Chuncula Apostolic Ministries joins us to talk about the Ascension of Jesus. Here’s a look at our conversation: Chad: This week many churches will be observing Jesus Ascension.

Acts 1:3 tells us after Jesus rose from the dead He made appearances to many people during 40 days’ time — the Gospels and the book of Acts recount several of these events and Paul also testifies to ...

Pope Francis is continuing Benedict XVI’s practice of reflecting on the Catholic statement of belief at his weekly general audiences as part of the Year of Faith. Pope Francis holds his first general ...

Ascension Day is an opportunity to reflect upon the significance of Jesus’ post-resurrection earthly departure. Every year, 40 days after Easter and 10 days before Pentecost, we celebrate Jesus’ ...

Luke is the New Testament author most responsible for our concept of the Easter season and the Ascension of Jesus. At the beginning of Acts, Luke’s sequel to his Gospel, he tells us that the risen ...

One of the great achievements of the liturgical movement in the twentieth century was the recovery of the centrality of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ for Christian life, thought, and practice.

Jesus' ascension to Heaven depicted by John Singleton Copley in “Ascension” (1775). Image courtesy of Creative Commons When you create a password at your bank, it asks you some authentication ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What happened to Jesus after His resurrection? I know He was with His disciples for several weeks, but is it possible He lived on for a period of some years and maybe even had a ...