22 But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard - things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We ...

22 Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

There is a kind of joy that is more than a good feeling based on good things happening to us. Happiness can slip away with ...

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Jesus describes the processes for dealing with church members who willfully sin. Jesus taught that practicing sin (willfully, ...

This is the reason that some (not all) Protestants reject some or all of the Sacraments, sometimes even Baptism (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16; Rom. 6:3; 1 Peter 3:21). Printed with permission from ...

The bigot sees two sides to every issue --his side and the wrong side. He’s good, you’re bad. He’s right, you’re wrong. You can’t win with the bigot. The appeal ...

While Moses was mighty, Joshua was a superhero, and while Moses (Torah) is mighty, Yeshua is truly our superhero.

Praise affects you, it affects the devil, and it affects God. It touches everything and every part of your life. Likewise, a ...

Our very precious and beloved mother, grandmother, great and great-great-grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and dear friend, Gertrude Thibodeaux Chatlin, 97, of Raywood, Texas, peacefully transitioned ...

Rev. fr. damian adizieEternal Redemption is the es­sence of Christianity. Our re­ward as followers of Christ is not here on earth. Whatever we are doing here on earth is in view of eternal redemption.

Dear Editor, RICKFORD Burke, arguably the most prominent Caribbean member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the USA, has tarnished his faith with ...