In Jesus’ time, tax collectors were considered by the Jews as enemies of the people because they collaborated with their Roman conquerors. Tax collectors would also steal from their countrymen by ...

Who is responsible for the birth of Christianity? As with any major phenomenon, the answer is complex. Christianity developed ...

Christians throughout history, such as Martin Luther, Jonathan Edwards, and Charles Spurgeon, have followed suit as well.

Fasting is essentially giving up food for a period of time to focus one’s thought on God. In the Old Testament, it was often a way of expressing grief or a means of humbling one’s self before the Lord ...

David was too sick to his stomach to eat and slept on the ground in mourning clothes when Nathan the prophet confronted him ...

This passage follows a text where Paul speaks about all he had gained according to the flesh, being a Hebrew and a Pharisee. However, he now considers this gain to be loss and refuse, compared to ...

St. Paul even encourages the Colossians to read ... while Protestants follow the list used by the Pharisees. A list from Jesus could have eliminated this problem, but no such list is found in ...

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Copy Link Last week, hundreds of Christians were caught in the political crossfire that has raged in Syria for 14 years. Among those killed were women and even ...

THE Church has a series of practices and traditions that mark the liturgical calendar and guide the spiritual life of its ...