The story Jesus offered in reply to the scholar’s question is well-known to many inside and outside of Christian circles. The ...

In our Gospel reading, Jesus cures a demoniac, a miraculous healing manifested in the man's renewed ability to speak. With ...

And there are many biblical reasons to trust God’s presence. Because no matter what you’re going through, God’s presence is ...

God draws us through the gospel; salvation begins a life of holiness, spiritual warfare, and full devotion to Christ, not comfort or compromise.

Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9). God administers a punishment and Cain accuses God of being unjust and the rest of humanity of murderous intent. Cain remains unrepentant and unconfessed.

Years ago, I received a card with a large gold thumbprint with the words “God is in the details” printed across it. I saved the card and framed it as a reminder for those days when the details of life ...

Purgatory is a temporary state for souls in friendship with God (i.e. saved) who need cleansing from the bad effects, mess, scandal and attachments (attraction to sin) still remaining from ...

Being unclean was not dangerous or wrong. In fact, you could hardly avoid it. Practically everyone became “unclean” from time to time. But you could not worship God in the tent of meeting while you ...

Man tends to assume he can control his thoughts and desires. But apart from the power of the Holy Spirit, man is bound to the ...

In Deuteronomy, as Moses addresses Israel on the eve of entering the Promised Land, he makes regular mention of God’s ...

This concept might sound contradictory to God 39;s love, but Scripture reveals that even chosen vessels can be allowed to walk through hellish seasons, sometimes literally or spiritually, for divine ...

COMMENTARY: A culture that dehumanizes Christians in words and images creates fertile ground for real attacks.