During the long Gospel reading on Sunday, we heard about Jesus and Barabbas, and the choice that Pilate outsources to the angry crowd. It's a dramatic scene; and it reinforces the cruelty and ...

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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 ...

It is one of the most dramatic moments in the story of Good Friday. A crowd gathers outside the Roman governor's palace. The air is tense, voices rising, choices narrowing. On one side stands Jesus ...

“We Want Barabbas” (1850), by Honore Daumier, in Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany. (Photo by DeAgostini / Getty Images) They note that during major Jewish festivals in Jerusalem, the Roman governor, ...

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 ...

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 ...