6+ hour, 1+ min ago   (1087+ words) By Dr. John Bergsma The Readings for this Lord’s Day are unified around the theme of forgiveness. We begin and end with the words of “Jesus” on this topic: the First Reading records the words of Jesus, son of Sira,…...

14+ hour, 40+ min ago   (491+ words) Like most Americans, watching coverage of the 25th anniversary of 9/11 brought out a lot of emotions in me. It also brought out curiosity, and one of the things I was curious about was how the Church responded to the 25th anniversary of…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (795+ words) Bishop Athanasius Schneider warned that “synodality” is a “cunning code word used to undermine Catholic doctrine.” Schneider suggested that the meaning of “synodality” has deliberately been kept undefined and ambiguous so that people may interpret it according to their own…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (699+ words) It was a beautiful morning on that Tuesday of September 11, 2001. The sky was a clear blue, and the early autumn air was crisp and cool. While Washington bickered about miscellaneous matters of state, the majority of Americans that day were…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (345+ words) Spanning throughout the U.S. and within the midst of the country's medical education and residency programs, a silent ideological cleansing is occurring. For centuries, the Hippocratic Oath has existed as medicine's north star of morality, an unwavering promise to preserve human…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (233+ words) "Stand firm against the schemes of the devil" (Eph. 6:11). Satan wants to catch you off-guard. Yesterday we saw how Satan attacks God's Word. Today we will see how he attacks God's people. Persecution, peer pressure, and preoccupation are three weapons…...

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4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (712+ words) There was a time in America when certain words were simply not spoken in polite company. The boundaries were clear, the standards understood. That world seems increasingly distant. The F-word, once relegated to the margins of acceptable discourse, has become…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (293+ words) "Stand firm against the schemes of the devil" (Eph. 6:11). One of Satan’s most effective tactics is to challenge God’s credibility. Paul's exhortation to "stand firm against the schemes of the devil" (Eph. 6:11) refers to the various tactics Satan employs in…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (240+ words) The Episcopal Church has apparently reached another historic milestone, although perhaps not one Christians should be celebrating. All Saints' Cathedral in Milwaukee recently installed the Very Rev. Micah Cronin as its new dean, believed to be the first transgender-identifying dean…...