Historically, religious language and phrases have crept into the church that have been a great influence on our thinking. Often, without the user really understanding why, or for what reason, they may ...

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Most faiths/religions of the world hold to certain doctrines (that word originally meant teachings) and offer experiences, sometimes joyous or even ecstatic experiences — for example, the experience ...

Jürgen Moltmann once wrote, “If Christian hope is reduced to the salvation of the soul in a heaven beyond death, it loses its power to renew life and change the world, and its flame is quenched.” He ...

Protestants and Catholics proclaim the same good news but expect different responses. As a Baptist preacher’s kid, I never gave any serious thought to the question of whether Roman Catholics could be ...

St. Francis Xavier, who lived 1506-1552, is represented in a stained glass window. Credit: CNS photo/Crosiers In 1552 in Yamaguchi, Japan, a group of recent Christian converts confronted St. Francis ...

The Protestant Revolt had many causes including state politics. Also the worldly lifestyle of certain popes, bishops and priests of that time helped to fuel the fire. However, the doctrine, ...

What is truth? This question Pontius Pilate raised when Jesus Christ stood on trial before him. Concerning “What is truth,” the Lord Jesus answered the question in the Gospel of John 17:17, in his ...

The Mormon belief in salvation and eternal life: Mormons hope to live forever as a family in the highest heaven of the celestial kingdom. Salvation is eternal life. For Mormons the ideal of salvation ...