president of the Moody Bible Institute and founding pastor of the New Life Community Church in Chicago told USA TODAY in March 2023. "Palm Sunday makes no sense unless you understand that shortly ...

Palm Sunday has its roots in ancient traditions where palm branches symbolized victory and triumph. As Mark Jobe, president of the Moody Bible Institute, explained, palm branches were historically ...

This Sunday marks the celebration of Palm Sunday for many Christian denominations.  A religious holiday that dates back to celebrations held in Jerusalem in the 4th century, Palm Sunday is the ...

For the sake of new readers, given my Jewish birth and upbringing, I always confess that until my mid-20s, I thought Palm Sunday was about glorifying palm trees. That is not a joke. Of course ...

P alm Sunday has the stuff that makes children's church programs so fun: palm branches, singing and shouting, a donkey and more. Yet these things also carry the weight of symbolic ...

In many churches, the Sunday before Easter serves as a celebration of Jesus triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem, in which the Bible records that crowds waved palm branches in his honor Known ...

The first recorded Palm Sunday ceremony dates back to the 4th century in Jerusalem, but it wasn't introduced to Western Christianity until about the 9th century, Mark Jobe, president of the Moody ...