Hannah was infertile, and in ancient biblical times, a “barren womb” meant that God did not favor her. Worse, Hannah’s ...

So, I’ll ask you again: should we be scared of Jesus?

St. Peter warns that Scripture can be distorted — and that Christians need more than personal interpretation to guard the ...

How important is it to regularly hear the Bible preached and taught? In today’s culture, the idea of spending Sunday morning listening to someone ...

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Fourth is “awareness that God sees everything.” (Circling back to Genesis 1:3-4 since God “invented” sight.) His all-knowing, ...

In the spiritual life, we are called to engage our bodies and spiritual souls. The different prayer forms of the Church are ...

Jesus didn t rescue me so I could blend in He didn t heal me so I could hide my faith He brought me through the fire so I ...

By Grace Shia When health challenges arise, the first natural reaction is worry. Those who are financially buoyant will seek ...

On the "after" image, the text is some variation of "wrong, it is" or "I must disagree." In my searches, I did not find the angry atheist denying the truth of the "Jesus glow" that all these folks are ...

As Mother’s Day approaches—or any time we pause to reflect on the role of mothers—it’s clear that the Bible holds a deep reverence for motherhood. From Eve, the first mother, to Mary, the mother of ...