This Advent season, a leading expert on Christian persecution around the world and religious freedom issues weighed in on how to stay rooted in faith and key values — and how to remain focused on the ...

Early in February I was asked to become a contributor to this column, “Hope for Living.” Little did I know way back then how much a commodity hope for living would become! It has been a challenging ...

In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

Editor’s note: Columns such as this are solely the opinion of that person. Send comments on this column to [email protected]. What are you hoping for? The definition of hope is “a feeling of ...

As the Rev. Jesse Jackson fights to regain his strength in Chicago, his lesson stands: Hope is not a feeling you wait for. It ...

Like other children her age, my daughter loves to ask the question, "why?" Last year at Easter, her curious nature piqued again. On this particular occasion she was inquiring about one of the most ...

On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis challenged the faithful to do as they did when they were little children learning how to walk: letting God take them by the hand. That way, the Pope assured, ...

What’s beyond the grave? How can I have the assurance of eternal life? For the answers to these questions, Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he ...

Middle Valley Church of God, 1703 Thrasher Pike in Hixson, announces that Pastor Mitch McClure will be preaching on "We All Need Hope - Finding Hope In the Birth of Jesus Christ" this Sunday ... more ...

Francis reflects on the hopefulness of those present at the Nativity at Dec. 21 audience. Pope Francis at Mass for the Solemnity of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica on Jan. 6, 2015. (photo: Daniel ...

Yet, and to borrow from Pontius Pilate, “What is truth?” Jesus is truth. Either that or, as C.S. Lewis famously observed, He is a liar, a lunatic or the “Devil of Hell” himself. Christ was both ...