The Reelz miniseries, with a standout performance from Billy Zane, manages to be a more interesting recounting of the Resurrection story than Mark Burnett's stilted "The Bible." By Allison Keene ...

During the long Gospel reading on Sunday, we heard about Jesus and Barabbas, and the choice that Pilate outsources to the angry crowd. It's a dramatic scene; and it reinforces the cruelty and ...

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 ...

Billy Zane plays Barabbas, the man whose life was spared because of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Based on the novel by Par Lagerkvist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Barabbas is a story ...

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 ...

Much more was at stake than a criminal’s fate or a crowd’s preference. One of the great marvels of Scripture is the way minor characters embody an entire narrative. The Bible is full of obscure ...