At different times, the Jewish establishment confronted Jesus and disputed what he taught. The Pharisees were, of course, the ‘good people’ of Jesus’s day -- observant of the Law, righteous, keen that ...

I have been a student of the Bible for over 70 years. Today I humbly ask you to consider this truth: The greatest commandment God has given to us — is The Golden Rule! What? “Treat other people the ...

This Sunday’s readings—from Deuteronomy and Mark—repeat the Shema Yisrael. That proclamation—“Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our Lord, the Lord alone!”—is what every devout Jew declares every day. The ...

Did you know there are over 1000 “commandments” in the New Testament? That is almost twice as many as the religious Jews identified from their Torah (first five books of the Old Testament – 613 of ...

In Mark 12:28-31, the Scribes asked Jesus, “What is the Great Commandment?” He responded, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the ...

Now I see the Golden Rule and the Great Commandment for what they really are: the one way to uplift all human behavior, including car drivers, divorce plans, family problems, the Republican-Democrat ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. When I started writing this study, I planned to avoid mentioning the election. Besides, my last pre-election ...

Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, delivered Tuesday’s devotional address. He spoke on the two great ...