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Understanding the Oneness of God and Function of the Trinity

Is God one or three? Explore what the Bible teaches about the Trinity, the unique roles of the Father, Son, and Spirit, and how to practice discernment.

Why Demons Hate Halloween

In a lost letter, a senior devil scolds his nephew: Halloween’s skulls and ghosts aren’t winning anything. Why does all that laughter threaten hell?

History and Religion

What Is Evil? How Religions Answer the Question

Augustine, Confucius, the Buddha, and Hindu thought all resist treating evil as a self-existent force. What do they say it is, and why does it matter?

Across Faiths

Health, Fitness and Religion

One in Three U.S. Adults Have Experienced Religious Trauma

Why do one in three Americans suffer from religious trauma? What's going on in churches that causes this and what can we do to prevent it?...

Relationships and Religion

When a Bad Dating Experience Makes You Want to Give Up

What if one of the biggest obstacles to finding a good relationship is the memory of a bad one?

Education and Religion

Praise From the Fire: What Psalm 66 Says About Suffering

Psalm 66 invites us to come and sing, see, suffer, sacrifice, and savor. Tom Sugimura finds in its center a hard but comforting truth: the God who tests his people in the fire also holds them through it.

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Why Did the Jewish Leadership Want Jesus Crucified?

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Do Christians Need to go to Church?

What Do Buddhists Believe?

Do Religions Still Have Arranged Marriages and Polygamy?

Can Non-Muslims Go to a Mosque?

How Are Hinduism and Buddhism Similar?

Why Do Christians Think Jesus Needed to Be Crucified?

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What Other Religions Have a Leader Like the Pope?

What does the Bible say About Israel and the End Times?

Why Does It Seem Israel Is Always at War With Its Neighbors?

How Does Faith Inform Views on Money and Taxes?

What Do World Religions Say About Environmental Stewardship?

What Do Holy Texts Say About Guns, Violence, and Self-Defense?

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Taking Refuge in the (Zen) Sangha

Recalling the Amazing Alexandra David-Neel

The Kalama Sutta: What the Buddha Didn't Say

The Great Matter: Walking the Zen Way

Zen and the Sayings of Jesus

Which Is the True Qian? A Koan About Our Undivided Nature

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The Sermon on the Mount, Part III: Matthew 5:38-6:18

Snoopy and the Gift of an Ordinary Afternoon

Detroit Archbishop calls Voter Suppression an Affront to God

Why Mercy, Not Condemnation, Leads Sinners Home

Americans are Equal, and Racism is Wrong

The Bishops Admitted that Trump Used Them. That Takes Guts.

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A Zombie in the Bible? What do you think?

Prayer for the Earth, to the Earth

More on Jesus and the Law of Moses with Paul Sloan (Part 2)

Let's Talk About The Cornell 7-A Biblical Approach

Is AI Our Modern Day Tower Of Babel? Is It Even Biblical?

Can There Be Another Great And Terrible Day Of The Lord?

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Public Executions and the Pirate Curse of Nix's Mate

Reformation as Always Going Back

Postured: Do Everything Without Grumbling or Arguing

Elevation Worship Visits St. Jude, Gifts Concert Tix

A Biblical Perspective about Animals and the New Earth

He’s Making A List… A Great Way to Overcome Distraction

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General Christian

What Does Hôd Mean For Netanyahu & King Tides?

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When Leadership Becomes Self Serving

One in Three U.S. Adults Have Experienced Religious Trauma

When a Bad Dating Experience Makes You Want to Give Up

When Leaders Don't Practice What They Preach

Six Reasons Why Christians Shouldn't Fear Halloween

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You Did Your Best. Why Are You Still Restless?

10% or 38%? Counting Hindu - American Interfaith Marriages

Why Some Indians Worship Ravana Instead of Burning Him

Indian Hindu pilot’s valor in line of duty makes him a hero

Movie on Neem Karoli Baba’s life is a miraculous success

20 Questions to Ask Before an Interfaith Marriage, Not After

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How to See a Demon According to The Talmud

The Queen of Sheba: Ethiopian Queen?

The Seven Deadly Sins Aren't Evidence That You're Bad

How Does Kāḇôḏ Connect Early Voting & Ukraine?

Have You Divorced Your Demons Yet?

My Experience with the G20 Interfaith Forum

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Latter-day Saint

Apostles and Prophets have counseled us on this matter

"The Price of Faith? The Fire of Covenant!"

Notes toward planning my funeral

Two experiences with C. S. Lewis after his death?

In praise of a former Dutch politician

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Existential Health: Being Available, Engaged and Present

What Is Evil? How Religions Answer the Question

Rebuild Your Life With Faith, Hope and Courage

Rev. Dr. Darwin Little: A Life Guided by Faith

Who Gets Close? Faith and Relationship Wisdom

Why Are U.S. Religious Labels So Complicated?

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25 Years Later: How Much Has Changed for American Muslims?

Who is Most Miserable According to Muhammad's Wife?

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Spooky Spirituality: The World is Stranger Than We Think

I Used to be Small

The New Mythology: What UFOs Reveal About the Human Mind

Today, I Take More Time for Self-Care

The Grief of Healing: Being Found by the Cedar Tree

What Four Famous People Saw Moments Before Death

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Why Halloween Is So Popular – And So Important

October and the Psychology of Spooky Season

Welcome to Witch - tober

The Dead Man’s Hand: Appalachian Graveyard Magic

Chess Grifters, Chinese Rooms, and AI

5 Tips to Boost Your Magick

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Progressive Christian

When a Bad Dating Experience Makes You Want to Give Up

On the aesthetics of Saddam Hussein

Understanding the Oneness of God and Function of the Trinity

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#300: Born Beloved with Tyler Hill

Cycling down the widening gyre

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America’s AI Lead Is Really a Management Story

AI Policy Is Losing the Race

Ascension's New Catholic Bible for Readers with Dyslexia

AI Is A Gateway to the Welfare State

Tech Should Be a Doorway to the Church, Not the...

"Render Unto Caesar": Faith, Politics, and Elections

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Rev. Dr. Darwin Little: A Life Guided by Faith

Close-out Sale - How to Book of Evangelization

Who Do You See When You Look at Your Neighbor?

Chapter 9, Julian: The Menu and the Meal

Lead a Church Study of “Jesus and Lao Tzu: The Way of...

Today Again, I Restart

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Education and Religion

Existential Health: Being Available, Engaged and Present

Six Reasons Why Christians Shouldn't Fear Halloween

Praise From the Fire: What Psalm 66 Says About Suffering

When Mercy Changes Our Story

Faraday Cage Faith

When Forgiveness Meets Real Life

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Family, Parenting and Religion

When a Bad Dating Experience Makes You Want to Give Up

Michele's Reviews - Get to Work by Jonny Ardavanis

I Used to be Small

Is Politics Shaping Your Faith More Than Jesus Is?

3 Steps to Active Listening With Your Partner

Who Gets Close? Faith and Relationship Wisdom

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Food and Religion

A 2-minute lesson about food in Gaza

Why Clean Water Is a Moral Obligation For Christians

Workers in the Vineyard: Sermon Ideas for Matt. 20:1-16

A Complicated Joy

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Health, Fitness and Religion

One in Three U.S. Adults Have Experienced Religious Trauma

When Love Sounds Like a Roar

Thoughts and Prayers for Peace of Mind and Soul

Cessationism: Did God Really Stop Healing People?

The Seven Deadly Sins Aren't Evidence That You're Bad

What Makes a Place Home? Lessons From Hershey and Hymns

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History and Religion

Public Executions and the Pirate Curse of Nix's Mate

You Did Your Best. Why Are You Still Restless?

How to See a Demon According to The Talmud

What Is Evil? How Religions Answer the Question

Apostles and Prophets have counseled us on this matter

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Home and Religion

Postured: Do Everything Without Grumbling or Arguing

Postured: Resources for Living as Foreigners and Exiles

A Zombie in the Bible? What do you think?

A Family, Real, and Not Pretend

Chapter 10, Elena: Progress

Our Season of Heartache: Do You Still See Me, Jesus?

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When Leadership Becomes Self Serving

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#300: Born Beloved with Tyler Hill

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The Spirit as the Third Person of the Trinity

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Return To The Shack: A Conversation with Paul Young

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Leaving the Two-By-Two Religion: Honoring the Journey of...

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Season 5 Ep. 5- Intuitive & Intention

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Politics and Religion

Reformation as Always Going Back

When Leaders Don't Practice What They Preach

Detroit Archbishop calls Voter Suppression an Affront to...

The Inversion of Our Holidays

Americans are Equal, and Racism is Wrong

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Recreation, Outdoors and Religion

Wysiwyg or Living an Authentic Life

The Illusion of Separateness

Prayer for the Earth, to the Earth

Love Your Neighbor – Including Earth-Kin: Lev. 19, Matt....

Benedictine Charism

You Are Enough – The Spiritual Practice of You

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Relationships and Religion

What Does Hôd Mean For Netanyahu & King Tides?

When a Bad Dating Experience Makes You Want to Give Up

Sunday Readings: The Call to Holiness

Understanding the Oneness of God and Function of the...

Why Demons Hate Halloween

How Do You Actually Let Go of Your Worries?

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Ernesto Martinez: Love's Battle Against an Execution Date

Political Gain from Personal Pain is Ungodly

Francisco de Verascola, a Basque martyred in Georgia

Meaninglessness: On Ecclesiastes 1:2–11

WHY SHOULD CHRISTIANS STAND WITH JEWBELONG.ORG

Beatification of the Georgia Martyrs: What to expect?

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He’s Making A List… A Great Way to Overcome Distraction

To Halloween or Not to Halloween… That Is the Question

Did He Really Say That? Critical Theomusicology in Hip Hop

Paul Young’s Return to the Shack: God’s Love Gets Personal

Dark Night of the Scarecrow: Another for the Spooky Season

The Parable of the Ten Virgins and the Passport

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Religious Events

Prop Bet: Josh Howerton and Internet Trolls Who Hate...

Why I Choose the Eucharist Over the Sermon

Christian Media Taught Us How to Respect with Jim Bakker

The Ark of The Covenant: All Roads Lead to Yemen

Principles for Understanding the Apostolic Ministry Today

Archbishop Broglio Urges Legal Community to Act with Love

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Religious Music and Entertainment

Elevation Worship Visits St. Jude, Gifts Concert Tix

‘The Mosquito Bowl’: Peter Berg on War and Brotherhood

Way of the Warrior Kid Trailer: Pratt Trains Bullied...

A Christian, a Narnia Fan, and a Filmmaker Watch the...

Great Spiritual Horror Films of the 20th Century (by...

Donnie McClurkin Talks Final Album 'Finally,' Music Career

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Sports and Religion

NBA, Kalshi, and Polymarket: A Risky New Partnership

Catholic Mike Ditka: Bear of a Man of Faith & Football

Dante Moore Hit: When Football Crosses the Line

Kiki Iriafen, Mystics Forward Finds Confidence In God's...

Back to School, America!

Will Anderson Jr., Texans DE: Places His Boast in God...

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Style and Religion

5 Design Elements Found in Spiritually Rooted Homes

Is a 'Catholic Lifestyle' a Real Thing?

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Technology and Religion

Critical PHP Bug Exposes Millions of Websites Worldwide

Did Ethiopia Steal The Arks of The Covenant?

Is AI Our Modern Day Tower Of Babel? Is It Even Biblical?

Chess Grifters, Chinese Rooms, and AI

I Asked AI to Preach a Sermon. Here's What Worried Me

Gambling Apps Are Exploiting Addiction, and It's a Sin

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Travel and Religion

"The Price of Faith? The Fire of Covenant!"

Notes toward planning my funeral

Two experiences with C. S. Lewis after his death?

In praise of a former Dutch politician

On the perils of leaving one's basement

I'm offended by it

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Women in Religion

The Queen of Sheba: Ethiopian Queen?

Rebuild Your Life With Faith, Hope and Courage

Come and See: The Power of a Simple Invitation

Building a Little Ark in a Frightening World

Personal Evangelization: Your Faith Story Matters

Dual Integrities: The Promise & Peril of an ACNA...

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