Objections to Jesus's resurrection of the dead began to arise as soon as it was proclaimed to the world. Learn how the gospels themselves intentionally addressed them.

Learn about the apocryphal backstory for Mary, the mother of God.

Learn about another service in Holy Week with darkness, chanting, and preparation for descending with the Lord into the gloom of Good Friday.

Learn about Jesus's earthly "father" and how the Church has remembered and celebrated him.

What is the meaning of being ritually clean and unclean in the Old Testament? What does it have to do with our relationship to God and how does Jesus change it?

Learn about the very early Christian bishop Polycarp, who taught Irenaeus, knew the Apostle John, and was famously martyred at the end of his life

What was Jesus's point in driving out those selling animals and changing money at the temple in Jerusalem?

Learn about the language Jesus spoke, and why it wasn't Hebrew.

What do you do if there can be no priest or bishop present on Sunday for Holy Communion?

How does a couple bring their marriage before the Lord if they were married outside of the Church?

Learn about the strange case of John 7:53-8:11 and why it's set off in brackets in most translations. Learn also about what the episode says about speaking the truth in love and Jesus's words against condemnation of sinners.

Learn about a pivotal point of the Eucharistic Prayer at Holy Communion, and how it found its way out and back into Western rites.

What is the traditional definition of a martyr for the faith?

Learn about the gnostic "gospel" of Thomas, its themes and message, and how it portrays Jesus.

Learn about the readings and themes for the 4th Sunday of Advent.

Learn about the greatest tradition of Eastern Spirituality and the great figures who synthesized it from the middle ages and beyond.

Where does the tradition of Christians praying toward the east come from? What is the difference between the leader facing the congregation and facing away from the congregation, and what is the present controversy over it?

Jesus charges religious leaders with "hypocrisy" in the New Testament. What does he mean by this, and is it different from how we use the word today?

Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell

Learn about the different aspects of Christ's identity as the Lamb of God.

How is the decision of the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15 binding on Christians today? If the Lord "declared all foods clean" then why are dietary restrictions mentioned for non-Jews?

Why does the Exodus happen the way that it does? Is God just reacting to circumstances or does he have purposes in arranging things to work out as they do?

How did Jews actually follow the commandment 'an eye for an eye?' Did they take the statement literally? What is the principle of justice that the commandment lays down?

What does it mean for the Church to be apostolic? How is that character passed on from one generation to the next?

How do we speak properly about Jesus Christ if he is both fully God and fully man?