After the Last Supper in Jerusalem, Jesus headed out to a quiet place to pray. Here in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus faced the biggest challenge of his life...

Peter was one of Jesus’ closest friends. He had left behind his fishing business to follow Jesus and for three years had been by his side as his faithful companion...

Jesus had caused an uproar in the temple and clashed with the religious authorities. His popularity was growing and vast crowds were following him. They needed to get rid of him, but a local dispute didn’t warrant execution...

In April AD 30, here at Golgotha, Jesus was crucified. Suspended on a cross by six-inch nails driven through his hands and feet, in the hottest part of the day, he died slowly, by asphyxiation...

The walls of Jerusalem, built by Nehemiah, were vital for national security, providing protection for its inhabitants...

Jesus died in Jerusalem on a Roman cross, but three days later he appeared to his disciples on the shores of Lake Galilee. Peter and the others, distraught by recent events, had gone back to what they knew – fishing...

It is no exaggeration at all to describe Job as the champion of lament in the Bible, writes Dr Jutta Henner.

The Gospels tell us that Jesus often went away by himself to pray, but in this chapter we get a rare chance to overhear one of his prayers. It’s an intimate prayer for the people who love him – the disciples gathered for his last Passover meal - ...

In recent months we've all been through a time of turmoil. It's not over yet, but there are glimmers of light after the darkness.

The death of George Floyd at the hands of police in the US – and more recently of Rayshard Brooks – has galvanised anti-racism activism under the 'Black Lives Matter' banner.

God did not create us as loners. Ask anyone going through homesickness, bereavement or lover’s grief. The Bible records a moving incident in the mission of the apostle Paul as he says a final farewell to the leaders of the church in Ephesus...

If you’ve ever worked out on a resistance machine, you’ll know the feeling of doing fine for a number of repeats before the weights seem to be getting heavier and heavier, until suddenly you can’t carry on.

Six hundred years before the Palm Sunday event, a prophet named Zechariah stated that a king would come into Jerusalem riding on a donkey. The crowds celebrated Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem...

This is a deeply moving story. It portrays a man who has lost his independence with his sight, who has evidently lost any family he had (otherwise they would have cared for him and he would not have needed to beg), and who is so desperate for a solut...

The cursing of the fig tree and the cleansing of the temple are linked not only in time, but in what they symbolise. Jesus is hungry, but there's no fruit to eat because it's not the right season. He enters the temple, where spiritual hunge...

The Parable of the Tenants is, on the face of it, quite straightforward if you know your Bible reasonably well. The man who plants the vineyard and rents it out is God; the messengers he sends to collect the rent are the Old Testament prophets; the s...

According to the story, Abraham's faith in God has by now been severely tested. It is 13 years since the birth of Ishmael, and there is no sign of a son for Sarah. Now the sign of circumcision is to be imposed on all the males of his household a...