COMMENTARY: There are many illustrations of this difficult-to-accept reality of sin, but one of the clearest, and most actual, is with regard to sexual morality. "Give Us Barabbas” — an illustration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Randy Kolanda (as Pontius Pilot), center, faces an angry mob that demands a condemned criminal Barabbas (Bobby Fellows - left) be ...

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 ...

In the wake of the 2024 United States presidential election, “Give us Barabbas” emerged in progressive Christian social media circles as a pithy critique of those who voted for Donald Trump. But ...

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 ...

When I got the job, some years ago, as director of a re-entry program for men and women being released from prison, a friend called to say, "I will pray to St. Barabbas for your success." St. Barabbas ...