In our increasingly secularized society, we can all give witness to our Lord Jesus Christ by simply — and serenely — affirming his holy name when it’s irreverently used (see John 14:27). “Praised be ...
Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among American Christians? In the Bible, names matter. They aren’t mere ...
When birth rates across the globe drastically dropped, some people turned to the bible for answers. As a result, the Republic of Gilead was formed. This society, which is located in the present-day ...
COMMENTARY: To pray in Jesus’ name is to do more than finish our prayers by saying “through Christ our Lord.” It means to pray in communion with the person of Jesus, to turn to the Father together ...
With the beatification of Carlo Acutis in Assisi Saturday, the Catholic Church now has its first "Blessed" who loved Super Mario and Pokémon, but not as much as he loved the Real Presence of Jesus in ...
A Facebook post paraphrases a translation of the Lord's Prayer by mystic, author, and scholar Neil Douglas-Klotz. As Douglas-Klotz wrote in "Prayers of the Cosmos" (published in 1990), "The ...
Some weeks ago my wife and I were invited to dinner at a friends' home. Our friends have teenagers who are very active and very verbal. Wonderful kids … but they have developed a habit which I find to ...
Institutions may break the third commandment to excuse their abuse. When I read the May report of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee’s decades-long complicity in covering up sexual ...