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University of Sheffield provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Jesus’s crucifixion is probably one of the most familiar images to emerge from Christianity. Good Friday, one of ...

How many of us can sing by heart the words of the song that starts “Jesus, keep me near the cross”? Can you recall the next few lines? More than just a song, it’s a much-needed prayer for Christians.

Penal substitution is a theory of the atonement that says God literally punished Jesus on the Cross. This theory is problematic because one cannot justly punish an innocent person, and Jesus was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. In July of 2013, the oldest of Jesus relics ...

It seems like an easy question to answer: were nails used to affix The Lord to his cross? The Gospels are silent on this moment of the crucifixion, so how do we know it was with nails? If you look at ...