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By unity, I mean the harmony of a wildly diverse and complex population who, at the end of the day, are a community unified in love for one another. It may surprise people that the first-century ...

Scott Van Neste, the pastor of Bellepoint Baptist, was thankful the church was spared from the recent floodwaters. It came ...

Floodwaters should recede below major flood stage by Thursday after officials say the Kentucky River reached the second ...

If you are currently procrastinating like the foolish virgins, then stop putting it off because you may very well run out of ...

The Apostle Paul, following his conversion to Christianity, became not only a literary champion for the defense of the faith, ...

Lower than the Angels” provides needed, well-presented historical perspective of the divisive issues of sex and marriage in ...

If Jesus rose from the dead we should believe his other claims. If he didn’t, why would we believe any of this? It matters ...

Last Friday, Zellnor Myrie, a state senator from Brooklyn and candidate for mayor, held a press conference announcing how he ...

The church would warn its members against the dangers of “the wisdom of the world” (1 Corinthians 1:20 ... “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see ...

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...