It should be no surprise that Jesus emphasizes forgiveness as essential to prayer. When his disciples asked him to teach them how to prayer, he first drew them into his own relationship with God as ...

Three things I ask God to do when I’m in the pulpit. I publicly pray before I start my sermons. I also privately pray as I preach. Multiple things go through the preacher's mind during a sermon. The ...

It’s a common saying that a homilist should prepare to preach with a Bible in one hand and a newspaper in the other. This week, as I was praying and meditating about our Lord’s teaching about being ...

Born in Nashville, Tenn., Gilmore was a little girl when her parents decided to relocate to Cleveland. In the early 1960s her father initially chose Elyria to raise his growing family before moving ...

Not only is there a biblical basis for the teaching on purgatory, but the teaching also makes sense based on the promises contained in Scripture to those who have been called to be saints.

The renowned Psychiatrist Dr Karl Menninger is said to have devoted his deathbed reflection to the “Our Father” prayer of Jesus. Menninger, who died in 1990 at age 96, explored many religious concepts ...