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The world is desperate for hope. That’s no surprise. Watching the news can make a person feel hopeless, and struggling with personal circumstances — especially in times of great suffering or grief — ...

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 ...

Jesus was asked what is the greatest commandment in the law. He replied, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great ...

In a world that constantly offers temporary fulfillment, many people are still left searching for deeper meaning, peace, and ...

Heretics oftentimes cherry-pick the Bible, omitting what is inconvenient and connecting what is not related to advance an ...

In its best moments, guilt can protect and guide us, much like the pain that teaches us to avoid a hot stove or sharp objects.

From broccoli to booze to Brie, nothing makes presidents seem more like regular people than the arbitrary and utterly personal list of foods they had banned from the White House. Attorney General ...

Christian Slater reflects on his long career, films like "Heathers" and jokes about "Gleaming the Cube" to his Walk of Fame ceremony on June 9.

Yet as stunning as it may sound, “empathy is a sin” is a claim that’s been growing in recent years across the Christian right.