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Reading The Bible: Jesus Christ Written in Words reignited my passion for scripture. It highlights the Bible’s message of hope, healing and salvation, emphasising Jesus as the central figure. This ...

The first is called the liturgy of the Word and the second the Eucharistic liturgy. In the first part a passage from the ...

Idolatry is not spoken of much today, nor is it viewed as a large problem in society. In general, many think idolatry is ...

but that are in the Catholic Bible. In one quote from St. Augustine, he even lists the canon of the Old Testament and it includes the books that are considered apocryphal by Protestantism.

If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy ... on which Books belong in the Bible. Specifically we do not agree on the Old Testament (OT) canon - the list of Books inspired ...

Replacement Theology is a growing movement within the Church. While it used to be taught in only certain denominations, it's ...

First, we should consider what churches mean when they say the phrase “Come as you are.” This phrase communicates that people ...

We begin 2025 with the shocking reports of a teen allegedly murdered by his “best friend”. The reality that gangs are ...

It was a sweet surprise; Bishop David Ogudu, the leader (please, he said he is not the founder; that that honour belongs to Jesus the Christ, who called him as He founded and owns the church) of ...

I do not know what your expectations are for 2025, but there is a good chance of reality being somewhere between meeting them all or not at all.

It is hard for me to think of a greater distillation of who we are as a nation and the moment we are living through than the fact that we ...