“Then what shall I do with Jesus called Messiah?” Pilate retorted. “Let him be crucified!” they answered. “Why?” asked the Roman governor. “What evil has he done?” An excellent question, but in ...

A recent Newsweek story began with an exhortation from the Reverend Dr. Kenneth L. Samuel, a preacher in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, who urged his congregation to vote in the upcoming midterm ...

Nobody in their right mind ever attempted to christen their baby Judas or Iscariot, or, God forbid, Judas Iscariot - the man who walked with Jesus, managed his finances and then, for a paltry 30 ...

In the open elections by viva voce, before the court of Pontius Pilate, the revered master, healer, and teacher, Jesus Christ, lost to the convicted rebel, notorious robber, and heinous criminal ...

There is a predictable and highly enjoyable movie plot where the lead character takes center stage and gathers his or her team as the action unfolds. We see this in the Gospels time and again. I find ...

Pray to God for the land which you discovered! Barabbas today has not only his slaves and his chariots, but his tanks and jet fighters as well. Carnage in Cienfuegos, assassination in Guatemala, ...

According to the Bible, there was a prevailing Passover custom in Jerusalem which allowed a crowd to commute a prisoner's death sentence. When Pontius Pilate asked, they chose Barabbas to be released.

At critical moments preceding the crucifixion of Jesus, the evangelists introduced the most dramatic scenes of the death narrative. When the priests presented Jesus to Pilate for him to pronounce the ...