Rapture is regarded as a critical event in Christian eschatology (the study of the end times). It refers to the belief that ...

The first part (1:1-3:10) deals with Paul's relationship with the Thessalonians. In the second part (3:14-5:28), Paul exhorts the Thessalonians in their faith and teaches them. He ends the letter ...

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NKJV). Note here it does not say we are to give ...

I was given The Way of a Pilgrim by a hermit when, like the Russian Pilgrim who narrates the story, I’d asked how it was ...

Admit to God that you are a sinner. Repent, turning from your sin. By faith receive Jesus as God’s Son and accept His gift of ...

Two years after a shooting left six dead, The Covenant School released a statement honoring the victims, their families and ...

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As vegetable farmers, we may get to satisfy the “pent up demand” to get back in the dirt and start planting a little bit ...

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To Baha’is, the term “End Times,” found in many scriptures, refers not to the end of time, as many suggest, but to the end of an age. In the Bible, Daniel suggests we shall know the End Times because ...

Those were the first words of a statement released by ... We hold the tension of sorrow and joy, grieving with hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13), knowing that love endures and that darkness will not ...