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The East Indians also call the day 'Jaavaycha Sann', where new sons-in-law are feted at the bride's house. The newlyweds ...

Let’s start with Genesis 12:3, which Senator Cruz quoted. It obviously does not say we are to bless the “nation of Israel” — ...

Why the term ‘Old Testament’ is ... the short Hebrew form for saying, The Law, the Prophets and ... their covenant” and that “….Jesus’ death established the New Testament in his blood ...

“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my ...

With Episodes 6, 7 and 8 dropping on Prime Video on Sunday, there was much to discuss with series creator Dallas Jenkins, who ...

Jesus says to the Samaritan women, “ ... However, God the Father, who knows how to teach, prepared us to understand baptism through foreshadowing and prophecy in the Old Testament.

For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

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

It is important to remember and to reflect on the fact that whether we are Christian or Islam, Hindu or Sikh, Buddhist or ...

The suspect in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband texted, "Dad went to war last night,' evoking the language ...

In previous columns, I have shown how certain truths of the faith in the New Testament were prefigured and foreshadowed in the Old Testament. Here, I will focus on the Eucharist.