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After the millennium, many believe this will be the eternal home of believers called heaven. A realm beyond the imagination ...

As Easter approaches, the contrasting reactions to Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem are examined. From "Hosanna" to "Crucify," this piece explores the fickleness of public opinion and its implications ...

The vicarious humiliation, suffering, and death of Christ were for the atonement of the sin of fallen mankind. Jesus Christ, by the sacrifice of himself, reconciled us with God. These prophetic words ...

We stand on the threshold of the most important week in the Christian church’s yearly remembrance of the earthly ministry of ...

Easter is tied to the lunar cycle and the spring equinox. It falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, which this year is Thursday, March 20. According to the moon phases, the ...

In the last lesson we understood from the Bible that Christians not only have the “indwelling of the Holy Spirit,” they also ...

The Passover story has come to function as a powerful narrative of persecution and liberation for Jewish people.

People of the Jewish faith have begun the celebration of Passover on Saturday. A local community center and Temple Israel ...

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Saturday, April 12 at sundown and goes until nightfall on Sunday, April 20. There are ...

What Abraham was asked to surrender points to a truth modern hearts resist: that fatherhood, like faith, demands total ...

While the celebrations again occur amid anxieties related to the unresolved Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the specter of ...