After outlining the errors he surveys in the church—“Most people today imagine the point of Christianity is ‘to go to heaven ...
The resurrection of Christ is the surety of our own future resurrection. This is the argument Paul makes in 1 Corinthians 15. The resurrection of Jesus is the assurance that whatever chapter of ...
Weekly Lenten services, supper and study at Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manitowoc explore Scripture, Zechariah’s prophecies and Holy Week.
Millions of Muslims and Christians around the world are beginning observances of Ramadan and Lent today, marking periods of spiritual reflection, fasting, and devotion in their respective faiths.For ...
Muslims and Christians enter holy periods of fasting and reflection as the start of Ramadan and Lent converge this week.
Ash Wednesday, to some Christian denominations, is the beginning of the Lenten Season. The imposition of ashes frames the Christian understanding of ...
The Qur’an declares that Allah could have made all of us monotheists, a single religious community, but didn’t in order to test our commitment to the religion that each of us have been given by God.
As the morning mist clings to the hills of Kohima and the rhythmic tolling of church bells echoes from the Mary Help of Christians Cathedral to the Baptist Mission Church, a sacred question hangs in ...
In a rare occurrence, this year’s Ramadhan coincides with the Christian Lenten season, an overlap that happens roughly once ...
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Pope Leo to faithful: Avoid speaking hurtful words

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV has called on the Catholic faithful to practice a “very practical” but often “unappreciated” form of abstinence for Lent: “fasting” from speaking hurtful words to your ...
As we enter the season of Lent on Sunday, the lectionary for the First Sunday in Lent in Year A is of course Matt 4.1–11. The epistle for this Sunday is apt: Paul's contrast in Romans 5.12–19 between ...