The Church through sacred scripture gives us three primary tools for Lent: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. In our Lenten ...

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Retired Big Rapids pastor Ron Witbeck uses the Easter story to illustrated how God and Jesus models how to be "doers" of the ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...

George Foreman, world heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist-turned-Christian pastor, died Friday at 76 ...

The spiritual life is an arduous task. God cloths himself in mystery and so the process of discerning his will and knowing ...

PRAYER NUGGET: Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, Who ...

"As we journey through Lent, a traditional season of spiritual self-examination ... it is a very good time to ask ourselves, where do we stand with God?" says Dr. Gary ...

Perhaps the best way to begin praying is to stop praying. To set aside our prayer lists and surrender our personal agendas.