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I had to guess you’ve been so busy of late that you forgot that God, particularly in the form of Jesus the Christ, the one ...

Working at my church has me there beyond Sunday morning. Our building is always bustling with care, an ever-rarer respite in ...

Lord Jesus, Who was born for us in a stable, lived for us a life of pain and sorrow, and died for us upon a cross; say for us in the hour of death, Father, forgive, and to Your Mother, Behold your ...

Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test ... the other on his left. [Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."] Reader: Now one of the criminals hanging there ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

BishopPaolo Martinelli, Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, calls the “Church of migrants” to embrace Christian hope in his ...

Hutchcraft encourages parents to keep praying and serving God’s purposes in their life. Their children’s struggles don’t ...

The other night, two things happened that gave me great encouragement. The first was a conversation a professor shared with me that took place in his classroom. In an introductory class that gives ...

Lacy Apfelbeck, the founder of Edge of the Red Sea Ministries — a Christian nonprofit based in St. Francis that helps families and individuals find physical, emotional and spiritual healing — said an ...

I was around 10 years old and my neighbor told me that Jesus was coming soon and ... if you never think about them or live them out after. Nowhere in the Bible does it give us a sinner’s prayer to ...