Introduction: The Gospel of Matthew opens with a genealogy that may seem, at first glance, to be a simple list of names. Yet Matthew 1:1–17 is carefully shaped and deeply theological. Matthew is not ...

God's dynamite for salvation is the Gospel message itself. If you are tempted to assume that your noble deeds provide at ...

Continuing a tradition begun in 1981 by Pope John Paul II, Pope Leo presided over the baptism of 20 children of Vatican ...

TV personality Jillian Michaels has some questions about salvation. During a recent conversation with Christian and political ...

Andrea Yates made national headlines when she confessed to drowning her five children on June 20, 2001. However, the ...

Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and ...

God’s love for us is proclaimed each morning with the rising of the sun. We serve a God that loves us no matter the ugly ...

The 2026 docuseries 'The Cult Behind the Killer' alleged that preacher Michael Woroniecki influenced Andrea Yates to drown ...

The Newtown Salvation Army’s Christmas campaign gave toy and food vouchers to hundreds of local children and families, with support ...

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live ...

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