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From his grimy cell on Babylon’s death row, Manasseh looked back on years of unspeakable crimes. Then he looked up to the God of his fathers and prayed for help. We learn from Manasseh that it’s never too late to turn to God for forgiveness, not...

Where Christians tend to split on progressive sanctification comes when holiness (achieving a blameless life) occurs. Most assert it happens when a believer dies and goes to heaven, as nothing impure can enter heaven (Revelation 21:27). However,...

Poly means “many,” as in polygamy (many marriages) or polyglot (many languages). Polytheism means “many gods.” Polytheists believe in and worship multiple gods. While one might consider such religions primitive, several extant polytheistic...

How well does the church do at representing the real Christ?

Through divine mercy, we are invited into a deeper relationship with God and empowered to embody His love and mercy in the world.

Will some sins get us into Purgatory, while others send us to Hell? Do we need to do things to get absolved of our sins? Venial sin cuts to the heart of these questions, and Christians have debated it for centuries.

When God’s people care for the poor, they imitate Him and effectively minister to the Lord. Such ministry to the poor is a depiction and fulfillment of the redemption of Christ, which, at its core, aims to restore all things.

In the Bible, Andrew was one of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus Christ and the brother of Simon Peter. Andrew was the first apostle called by Jesus and the first to proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.

“Gentiles means nations,” according to Smith’s Bible Dictionary. The term Gentile doesn’t really describe who someone is, but rather who they are not – a Jew. A Gentile is one belonging to any nation or people group other than the Jewish people...

Lent is meant to be a time of repentance. These 40 days are set aside to praise and worship the Lord; to read the Bible more, and to pray more often. Christians who observe Lent correctly anticipate deeper intimacy with the Lord.

Pagans are generally described as those holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. Learn the origin, history, and traditions of paganism as we explore what pagans believe and practice today.

Pascha is an Aramaic word, based on a Hebrew word, which tells us something vital about who Jesus was and what he came to accomplish on Earth.

Prayer is great and fasting is fantastic, but the discipline of using them together can help us make life in a sinful world more bearable by connecting us to God and drawing on His power instead of our own.

Spiritual life quite simply is the life lived in and with God. Just as physical life begins when our physical heart starts beating, our spiritual life begins when our spiritual heart starts beating. More specifically, spiritual life begins when we...

The Sabbath is the seventh day of the Jewish week, intended as a day of rest. The Sabbath Year was an extension of the Sabbath to allow the land to rest on the seventh year.

Jesus' words “it is finished” seem strange. After all, he was dying on the cross. What had he finished? What his audience didn't know was that his death on the cross was accomplishing something life-changing.

You may not have known that Mary's husband Joseph was named a saint of both the Roman Catholic Church and other high church denominations. Here's what you need to know about St. Joseph and the example he provides for us today.

The Holiness Movement places a large emphasis on personal holiness, claiming that Christians can achieve perfect or full sanctification during their lifetime because of the second sealing of the Holy Spirit. While the movement affirms many aspects...

As a season of thankfulness approaches, use this time to walk with the Scriptures in a gratitude journey of your own heart — praising God that He is a miracle-working one who does great things in and for His people.

Ehud was one of 15 judges that ruled over Israel prior to when the kings took charge. The Bible says Ehud was left-handed, the judge during the time Moabites ruled over Israel, and an assassin.