In Mark, the question Who is this man is answered not only through supernatural acts, but ultimately through sacrificial love ...

In today’s Gospel, Our Lord sets forth for us the power of love. If we tap into it and draw from its riches, we are able to ...

Scripture reading and study has been a major emphasis of Latter-day Saint leaders for more than half a century, with one major landmark the 1986 conference talks of the church’s new president, Ezra ...

Emperor Constantine I convened the first ecumenical council in Nicaea. Why did he summon all the Christian bishops of his ...

Isaiah, who prophesied in the 8th century BC, is among the most influential major prophets in the Hebrew Bible. (“Major” ...

Hunter A Wood II, whose father painted the Jesus painting at the U S Merchant Marine Academy that has repeatedly made ...

A short time ago we remembered the trials of Jesus before the Sanhedrin of the Jewish leaders (Luke 22:66-71), King Herod (Luke 23:6-11), and repeatedly before the governor Pontius Pilate (Luke ...

John 6:63: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they ...

The Bible references women who follow God, hear God's voice and assume powerful political positions like prophetess Anna, ...

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Hannah was infertile, and in ancient biblical times, a “barren womb” meant that God did not favor her. Worse, Hannah’s ...