It's dark this time of year. Dark, in terms of daylight. Dark, perhaps, in other ways as well. "A time when want is keenly felt, and abundance rejoices," as Dickens says in "A Christmas Carol." Which ...

One of Dallas' most prominent mega-churches is preparing to chart a new course. Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship will install a new senior pastor on Sunday, only the second in the church's nearly 50-year ...

Caleb Phillips, 21, was born and raised in Minnesota and when he saw the crowds protesting, he thought, "There are many unbelievers in the twin cities, and these protests are just a concentrated group ...

At the Mennonite congregation I served as pastor for 16 years, I would perch my sermon manuscript on the face of the pulpit, sliding the pages across the smooth surface as I preached. I’m no longer a ...

Rabbi Danny Schiff had a rule: no national letters. The community scholar of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh avoided open statements about far-off politics. But this month, he broke that ...

At least 300 students at Northwestern University were barred from registering for classes this month after refusing to watch a video about antisemitism that protesters say ignores Palestinian ...

Senior Pastor Brady Boyd preaches at New Life Church in 2020. After being asked by New Life Church’s board of elders to leave his 18-year job as senior pastor and stepping down on June 11, Brady Boyd ...

SHAH ALAM, July 7 (Bernama) -- Mosque administrators in Selangor who remain defiant and continue to allow unaccredited preachers to give lectures or teach may face dismissal, said State Islamic ...

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This year, as in all non-leap years, the two parashot Tazria and Metzora are combined. And as in all non-leap years, the double parashah Tazria-Metzora falls close to Yom ha-Atzma’ut, Israel ...

Our church’s pastors are currently preaching through all 150 psalms, and we’ve surpassed 100 sermons. Some godly preachers have expressed concern that preaching all the psalms might be too repetitive ...