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The English word love covers many meanings, but in Greek we find concepts often known as 'the Four Loves'. This is the story ...

The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...

The Bible is not known for being a humorous book. Yet, it often speaks about laughter. What does it say? And why do we never ...

Rev. Rick Warren, Evangelical best-selling author, and former mega-pastor, has stirred up controversy with a now-deleted X ...

The Bible contains a wealth of wisdom for the modern day pilgrim. While it’s easy to focus on the New Testament and the life ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Marriage is a divinely instituted covenant that reflects Christ’s love for His Church. While divorce is permitted in limited ...

We also know Jesus is the lamb without blemish ... In our study of the faith, we can never, ever do away with the Old Testament. In studying the New Testament we must remember the words of ...

It might come as a bombshell or like one raising dust, but simply, it was out of curiosity that I literarily devoured the Bible to know if there was any time Jesus laughed, any day during his lifetime ...

The provocation we receive from today’s reading is not an indictment but an invitation. We are forgetful simply because we ...

Jesus says to the Samaritan women ... prepared us to understand baptism through foreshadowing and prophecy in the Old Testament. As the Fathers of the church taught, the figures of baptism ...