I am Handel’s biggest fan, and last Christmas, I wrote Vol. 194: Handel’s Messiah and the Bible. This year, we dive deeper into the verses with two personal notes.

Matthew 5:38-42 offers some of the most complex verses in the Bible's New Testament. A Missouri faith leader shares insight, noting Christ "turned the other cheek" on the cross.

31. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." — 2 Corinthians 5:17 32. "And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by ...

So, Paul knows fairly well what the Messiah is supposed to do, and this is what he writes here. " For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. Christians hold the following view on ...