Marking the end of the Christmas season in the Christian liturgy, Epiphany Sunday occurs twelve days after Christmas and commemorates three events—manifestations— in the life of Christ:
Who Was Gamaliel? Gamaliel was one of the most famous and influential Jewish men during his time, a grandson of the famous Rabbi Hillel. He served as a rabbi and leader for Sanhedrin. Gamaliel was also a powerful Pharisee and expert in the law of Judaism during Christianity’s early days. Gamaliel was known for being
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I love getting questions from my audience and try to answer all of them to the best of my ability. With a worldwide audience, many of the same questions are asked, so I put my answers all in one po…
Saint Benedict holding his staff, a book and a cup with a black background. The Rule of Benedict: My School The Prologue of the Rule of Benedict contains Always, it feels new. The school of Benedict: my school. When it happened, my initial conversion to Christian Catholicism felt sudden.
By Elizabeth Prata In the first century, there were 7 churches Jesus caused John to write messages for. These were actual churches with actual congregations, doing and saying actual things. Jesus t…
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There’s no substitute for being where God has called you to be doing what God has called you to do. You can plan and orchestrate your path but only God’s plans can never be thwarted. His, not our, wisdom is unsearchable and his ways are higher than our ways. He has you right where he desires you to be – to do all he desires you to do. I started dwelling on this point as I was reading and listening to biographical sketches of the Puritans. It’s surprising how plain many of their conversions we…
This post was originally published in October 2018.–ed. In medieval Europe, the Roman Catholic Church had a stranglehold on all matters pertaining to spiritual life. In an era when Bibles were rare and inaccessible to all but the clergy, the hierarchy of Rome established itself as the gatekeeper controlling access to Scripture, and thus to
God did this within African American history. Although, God did not ordain the sinful acts against African Americans; he worked
In the book of Acts, we read, “And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting” (Acts 2:2) . “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness
The purpose of the Nicene Creed is not to say that the Son is God but that He always existed inside God and was emitted from God.
Saint Benedict holding his staff, a book and a cup with a black background. Thinking, yet again, about the Rule of Benedict. The Prologue of the Rule of
By Greg Laurie – One of the many innovations that came out of the Jesus Movement was called Jesus Music—and it completely changed the world.
By Elizabeth Prata the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. (1 Corinthians 14:34). Paul was exhorting ab…
When we are in trouble, and there is no way out, what should we do? Pray! In fact, before we get into trouble, we should talk to the LORD. What should we say? Psalms is an excellent book to use as a guide for prayer and praise. Its poetry touches...
By Greg Laurie – People can commune with God anywhere they are, but that isn’t a substitute for real fellowship with the church.
By Greg Laurie – “This Follower ‘God Jesus’ Like None Other in Scripture” – This lady did what she could to honor her King.
Yeshua told us: “My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here.” (John 18:36) . What a powerful statement. If Yeshua’s Kingdom is not of this world, then ours is not eith
Blog by Greg Laurie – “The Church Has Three Purposes, and We’re Failing with the Last One” – Our country is in dire shape, spiritually.