We all have faith in something, whether or not we realize it. So why is it so hard to put our faith in God? Former NFL player Andrew ...

The fifth weekly biblical portion in Deuteronomy is Shoftim, “Judges.” The rabbis who were descendants of the ancient Pharisees viewed this portion as supporting the Pharisees’ views, rather than ...

Recall that, in response to the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa, the Government of Jamaica enacted emergency laws, including declaring the entire island a “threatened area” and later a ...

The diagnostic manual known as "the Bible of psychiatry" is about to get a major overhaul. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) puts out the tome known in the field as the DSM-5. That stands for ...

In the first article, we saw that God—the sovereign Redeemer is the evangelical root principle, and that the first main emphasis is on God’s way of salvation for sinners: Christ the only Saviour, the ...

Biblical vector illustration series, Jesus Forgives Adulterous Woman. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone Pharisees and Sadducees come to tempt Jesus Vintage engraving of Pharisees and ...

William Claude Dukenfield was born in 1880. Better known as W.C. Fields, he became a popular comedian and actor in the early 20th century. Most notably, he starred with Mae West in “My Little ...

Find today’s readings here. I, for one, would not want to marry my fiancé’s brother if he were to die young. That feels rather incestuous in this day and age! But for the Israelites, a law dictated ...

It is hard to imagine the “400 Silent Years,” or the intertestamental period between the Old and New Testaments, when God was silent, not speaking through prophets. There were shifts between the rules ...

Referring to the scribes and Pharisees who performed external religious acts to get public approval while their hearts were full of unrighteousness, Jesus used the term “hypocrite” 17 times and warned ...

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