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First, we should consider what churches mean when they say the phrase “Come as you are.” This phrase communicates that people ...

Read Do Tithes and Offerings Have to Go to the Church or Can We Give Them to Other Ministries? by Linda Lyle and more ...

Debate is heating up in the Montana Legislature over a bill that would require putting the Ten Commandments in every ...

Genesis 4:16). Throughout the rest of the Old Testament, God continues to call persons to repent, confess and do penance. It also becomes more ritualized. Through the law of Moses, he gave ...

from Jerusalem to Alexandria to translate the Law into Greek. The Septuagint contains all the forty-five books of the Old Testament. It was used by the Apostles and early Christians and helped ...

The indictment charges 48-year-old Dineh Benally ... "Effective law enforcement requires strong partnerships at every level. This operation is a testament to the power of collaboration between ...

Ambrose Begay, a young Native American from the Alamo Navajo reservation, died of a fentanyl overdose, highlighting a worsening drug crisis among Native communities even as national overdose deaths ...

It took a woman — small of stature — to stand tall against a domineering bigot and say what church leaders of all religions should have been saying.

Theologian Richard B. Hays' past work was often cited as a reason for not allowing same-sex relationships in Christian churches. In his new book, co-written with his son, Chris, he reverses course.

This passage from the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Torah and the Old Testament ... attendees by saying deportation is not good law and that good law is rooted in love.