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We mentioned last week about how the way to heaven is conditional upon being born again and doing the will of the Father.

Mary "Edna" Cordova Otero 1934-2025 Mary "Edna" Cordova Otero, 90, a resident of Jarales, passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 1, 2025. Services will be held at Calvary Chapel New Harvest in Los ...

People in Abrahamic religions switch their birth religions for many different reasons. Eighteen months after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 2023, 31 percent of Jews say they’ve become more ...

As I write this, arrangements are being made to replace Pope Francis. Popes do not affect my life much. They come and they go ...

19:5-6 - Jesus said a husband and wife shall become ... we must glorify God in our bodies by being open to His will. 1 Cor. 7:5 - this verse supports the practice of natural family planning ...

Busie Matsiko is a #1 bestselling author, global speaker, and award-winning advisor known for her powerful leadership in ...

Bubba Copeland was the heart and soul of his community—mayor, businessman. When a website exposed his deepest secrets, his life wasn’t the only thing that was destroyed ...

It is sometimes confused with the virginal conception of Jesus ... verse may not prove the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, but it would be an odd greeting otherwise. Elsewhere in the Bible ...

That’s when I first heard the Gaza Strips. It says something of these four young men and one woman that their eponymous debut album announces itself with the left-right-left knockout punches of those ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... by William Holland We mentioned last week about how the way to heaven is conditional upon being born again and doing the will of the Father. It’s true the ...