The song “Personal Jesus” by Depeche Mode describes the faith of many: “Your own personal Jesus. Someone to hear your prayers. Someone who cares.” In this post, John Suk, a professor of homiletics at ...

(RNS) — In a new book, Diana Butler Bass says our understanding of Jesus needs to be informed by personal experience. (RNS) — My earliest memory of Jesus is as a Sunday school flannelgraph cut-out. I ...

Depeche Mode both shocked and enthralled listeners when they released their 1989 single “Personal Jesus.” Conservative groups, taking the song at face value, believed it was blasphemous. Depeche Mode ...

I recently re-read Rob Bell’s best selling book, Love Wins, and was pleasantly shocked at how much of it I agree with. Well, I agree with about 80% of it. The problem is that the other 20% is wrong ...

In the summer of 1989, Britons opened the “personal” sections of regional newspaper classified adverts and saw a curious entry. “Your own personal Jesus”, it read, followed by a telephone number. Call ...

Jesus is my Homeboy. I’ve heard this phrase for half my life. It insinuates that Jesus is your best friend, which fits in with the theme of today’s blog. In Evangelical Christianity, there is the ...

The band selected its classic “Hysteria” for the A-side of the single, and a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” for the B-side. Spotify Singles were launched in late 2016, with artists venturing ...

Johnny Cash's cover of Depeche Mode's smash "Personal Jesus" earns the late superstar a new top 10 hit on two Billboard charts this week. 1957: Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash performs onstage ...

What if Motorhead wrote Depeche Mode's 1989 synth-rock hit "Personal Jesus"? What would it sound like if sung by the late Lemmy Kilmister, backed by his iconic band of beer drinkers and hell raisers?