Church Kitchens Get Chopped,” wrote Daniel Silliman in a news article for our March/April issue (p. 77). The architects he ...

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The fifth parable in this chapter is quite short and it reads: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, ...

Freud or God — which way, Christian? Every generation must defend the Gospel anew and protect its young people from Satan’s ...

Silent expectant worship every Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m., 2nd Floor, Bennington Senior Center, 124 Pleasant St. Light snacks follow worship. Please call 484-639-3356 or visit ...

James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a song and soon cherished as an anthem. In its 125th ...

A song’s been running through the waters of my memory for the last few years. Its simple melody’s haunting at times, ...

Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'” ...

Anyone who reads the Bible has come to know the parables of Christ. These are basically short stories, designed to draw people in using common everyday scenarios so that people ...

At times, the Bible speaks about those “itching ears” as wanting heresy or the justification of sin. At other times, the problem is not the outright contradiction of the Bible but foolish ...

In a culture obsessed with external success, platform, and applause, God is looking for something very different. He boasts ...

Children don’t know about sin, and that’s why they go to heaven. Grownups know about sin, so they get a choice,” says Taylor, ...