3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (501+ words) "If a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (217+ words) "My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism" (James 2: 1). Your true worth is based on the value of your soul, not on external considerations. As God, Jesus shares the…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (297+ words) Inside a majestic domed church at one of Russia's oldest monasteries, bearded priests in red-and-gold frocks recite prayers calling for "victory" in the four-year war against Ukraine. But on the cobbled streets of the Pskov-Pechersky grounds -- close to the border…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (192+ words) "This is pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father, to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world" (James 1: 27). True religion produces holiness and sacrificial love. In our…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (554+ words) MAKING ASSUMPTIONS A story making the rounds this past week told of a policeman who was heading home after a long, hard day on patrol. He had dealt with a whole succession of difficult people, and a mountain of frustrating…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (208+ words) "If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless" (James 1: 26). Your speech reveals the condition of your heart. In verse 22 James talked about the delusion…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (604+ words) Since the 1960s, the Catholic Church has largely pursued a distinct model of ecumenism, one that deliberately sets aside what was once called an "ecumenism of return." In its place has emerged a vision of "journeying together," in which separated Christians…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (1517+ words) Reason #1 " The Biblical Context of Revelation 13 Let's look closely at Revelation 13: 15-17, "And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (846+ words) The small town of Battle Ground, Washington'just north of Portland, Oregon'is rapidly becoming a place run by Christians, for Christians, and the speed of its transformation is downright frightening. And if you're thinking that sounds a lot like Moscow, Idaho,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (367+ words) Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, said that a "remarkable number of high-ranking clergy" have "lost the Catholic faith." "They want another Church: half-Protestant Church, half worldly, adapted to the impression of the world," Schneider told Catholic writer and podcaster…...