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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: In my lifetime immorality is certainly at an all-time high, and I don’t mean just in the physical sense. It’s shocking to see the high percentage of people in our country who are running after socialism as the preferred way of life. How have we been tricked? – C.I.

A: To God, purity is first ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV called for justice for victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy during a trip to Spain, where he plans to meet with those who have suffered.

“Faced with this scourge, the ecclesial community is called to respond with listening, truth, justice, reparation and an ever-more determined commitment to prevention and a culture of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m studying the science of psychology and find more questions than people have answers for. It’s exhausting and causes me to think about the Sunday school verse I learned as a child promising that Jesus will give us rest. – N.R.

A: Centuries ago, Augustine said, “Socrates and Plato said ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is the phrase “God helps those who help themselves” true? – G.H.

A: We are taught to be independent, to make it on our own. We admire those who appear to be successful. Yet within each of us is a deep-seated frustration: “I ought to be better. I believe I was made for something more; there ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The three biggest headlines about children center around mental health, screen time and instability. This is heartbreaking and reminiscent of when I grew up in the 1960s. I can remember my grandmother saying that the 1960s generation was going to experience overwhelming trouble when they became ...Read more

WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Except for the stained-glass windows, much of the inside of Temple Israel is now unrecognizable.

Flooring that was once inside the large West Bloomfield synagogue has been removed, revealing the building's concrete foundation. The seats inside the sanctuary are gone, too. And pipes usually hidden in the ...Read more

Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the Roman Catholic Church’s sins of slavery is long overdue. With that apology must come atonement.

Last week, Leo apologized for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record “a wound in Christian memory, one from which we cannot ...Read more

Q: I am a Jewish immigrant who came to America from Holland in 1948. My parents were in the Resistance during the Nazi occupation. During the war years my parents had a dog, Tyno, who quietly alerted them time and again when the Germans came close. When we came to America, they were unable to bring Tyno with them due to the quarantine ...Read more