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Jesus was not a white European-looking man, God has no problem with interracial marriage, and Latter-day Saints should ...

What if your optimistic outlook wouldn’t only be empowering in your life, but could possibly influence others to feel the same? It may be worth trying!

That’s a false narrative. Money cannot and will not buy happiness. Don’t misunderstand: money itself is not bad or wrong. But ...

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which ...

Whether it is performing on stage, drawing or hosting a Christian YouTube channel, Brady Lamp’s faith continues to guide him ...

Jesus is on the border of Israel in Tyre, a town on the Mediterranean coast of present-day southern Lebanon. Jesus is not in ...

Lola Sheen, daughter of Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, recently shared how a “very bad panic attack” drew her closer to Jesus.

Pilgrims visit Assisi to see Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old “God’s influencer,” set to be canonized as the first millennial ...

Rauch said religion has merged with political and cultural forces, and this politicization has contributed to both the ...

I can say that it has certainly been a very hard time for him, this month, for him who loves to give himself entirely, to be ...

Persecution of the Christian church is not strange,” Dumitru Asanache, pastor at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Hazleton ...