This passage from Matthew’s Gospel is a “controversy story”, in which the miracle resolves a dispute, a controversy. The dispute arises over Jesus’s powers: it is one thing to cure an illness, but can ...

Pastor Rick Warren says believers often miss the connection between partaking of the Lord’s Supper and Christ’s commission.

If you are forgiven, and then die, do you still answer for your sins on Judgment Day? A: Great question! It is a complex one which seems like a contradiction: the idea that we are completely forgiven ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — When Christian LeBlanc tells his sixth-grade catechism class that he feels “sleek,” they know exactly what he means. “I tell them that I feel sleek and clean because I’ve just been ...

How do these conversations get started? My seatmate on the flight was a sixteen year old cowboy named Cody. The flight attendant had come around handing out wine which I accepted with delight.

Lisa Iannucci has been a professional writer for over three decades, covering a wide variety of topics, such as real estate, travel, finance, parenting, business, entertainment, and more. Andy Sacks / ...