Evangelical pastors are paid to project confidence. Their job is to assure us they are absolutely certain about the big stuff ...

Trinity Sunday and Father’s Day, the reflection turned to how the divine bond of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit once inspired and still models the sacred structure of the human family. Thank you for ...

Growing up, I was the youngest of five siblings—three boys, two girls. My brother, Kenny, five years my senior, was an ...

Heavenly Father, spirits swirl around us every day trying to deceive and lead us astray from You. Fill and overwhelm us with Your Holy Spirit to be sensitive to these attempts and give us the power to ...

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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 ...

Theologian N T Wright recently emphasized that while God transcends gender, using traditional male pronouns like Father ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has issued a two-page Note on Prayer for the Jubilee of Hope. The note, written by the bishops’ Commission for Doctrine, outlines characteristics and ...

Christians at the Council of Nicaea settled the foundational question of Jesus' nature at the Council of Nicaea 1700 years ...

I would like us to imagine that we could hear the thoughts of God and Jesus. The shortest Bible verse is John 11:35, “Jesus wept.” Jesus wept because Mary and Martha were crying over the loss of their ...

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for ...