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

We knew it was coming, and it did. I received the news in the middle of leading our church’s Father’s Day service — my mom, ...

In this article, I want to address 10 baseless practices that have emerged in contemporary Christianity — some of which are ...

Our real “business” is to express or reflect our Father-Mother God, and to be about our Father’s business, which includes ...

The family of Israel Baline came from Russia and settled in New York City in 1893 when Israel was five-years-old. He was one of eight children born to Moses and Leah Baline. His father, a rabbi, died ...

We Christians have the right and privilege to ask God questions, when we get confused with what is going on around us; when we don’t understand a passage of Scripture; ...

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, ...

Alaina went on to reveal that she was going to release her single, “Heaven Sent,” a song she wrote about her daughter while ...

Pro-Trump pastors "laid hands on" Amb. Yechiel Leiter at a "Patriot's Gala" as they prayed for God to surround him with angels and protect Israel from enemies.

God's character molds earthly fathers to reflect His original design, encouraging them to root their parenting in the divine example set by the Creator Himself. Throughout Scripture, God is described ...

There is a reason that we have traditionally spoken of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist as the “Blessed Sacrament.” We ...