Beloved, we need to congratulate one another that we have come the end of March and now in the forth month of April.  We ...

If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends, you talk to your enemies” — Desmond Tutu Four weeks ago I wrote about joy as the antidote to fear and stress, mentioning that joy is, ...

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל.  It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys ...

Advertisements Advertisements “Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.” Ephesians 1:4 (NLT Advertisements Forgiven. […] ...

Last of two parts LAST week, readers of this column were oriented with the meaning of happiness, signs, types, and impact of ...

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the ...

No Scripture can be rightly understood until it has ultimately been framed by the good news of the gospel: Who Jesus is and ...

Proof of an ancient garden, consistent with biblical scripture, has emerged at the holiest site in Christianity — and an ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill continues his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, focusing on Holy ...

An account of Jesus Christ's crucifixion in the Book of John states that he was buried in a tomb located in a garden just ...

Except for the resurrection on Easter, Holy Thursday is possibly one of the most important, complex, and profound days of celebration in the Catholic Church. Holy Thursday celebrates the ...

Last Sunday morning at 7 a.m., female inmates at the county jail milled into the multi-purpose room for Bible study. It was coffee day, so they made a line for freshly brewed coffee with flavored ...