One of the forgotten facts of the story of Jesus’ life is that he came from a profoundly dysfunctional family.

“2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and ...

Many today are eager to discover their genealogies through various online resources. An Anabaptist pastor who was drowned for ...

Southern Baptists kick off December by observing a Week of Prayer for International Missions before the annual Lottie Moon ...

I chose Matthew, it being first and all. Reader, I had forgotten that the Gospel of Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus. If you think listening to this Gospel is boring, try writing it.

Q: I'm a longtime daily Massgoer, and every year in the days leading up to Christmas we have that one Gospel reading that ...

Today, after the multilingual reading of the Gospel according to Matthew on the "genealogy of Jesus" (Mt 1:1-3, 15-16), the pope spoke about Christ’s infancy and the meanings of genealogy at the ...

Matthew wants us to know from the outset this is a Jewish story, one that connects generations in their relationship with the ...

And it's very important that Jesus for Matthew is fully a man from Israel. Therefore, Matthew begins his gospel by taking all the genealogy of Jesus; he wanted to show that Jesus was the son of ...

This column offers a comprehensive guide to genealogy resources, featuring websites like findagrave.com and familysearch.org, ...