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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A New York Times author wrote that any attempt to make religion compatible with science is doomed to fail. I read that the German-born physicist Albert Einstein believed that science without religion was lame, and religion without science was...Read more

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

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The Bible says that Christ will make us strong, so I thought when I became a Christian God would give me strength to become a leader in my church, but it just hasn’t happened. – W.S.

A: God’s meaning of strength and man’s idea of strength are opposite one another. The Lord told Paul, “My ...Read more

In the heart of the Bible Belt, a small Methodist college graduated its final class in May 2024, shutting its doors after 168 years.

Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama, was a Christian private liberal arts school that counted among its graduates members of Congress, famous musicians, Pulitzer Prize winners and the former ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: There’s little known today about the true purpose of a church and how the church got started. I saw a celebrity on a podcast answering why she considers herself a Christian. Her answer was that she goes to church. Is this an adequate answer? – C.G.

A: The word church brings to mind a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Survivors Committee wants some of its more prominent sexual abuse claims against the Archdiocese of Baltimore moved from federal bankruptcy court to Maryland civil court — a move that, if approved, would increase the church’s liability exposure by millions of dollars.

Testimony began Tuesday on the committee’s request to...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Decision making is hard. There are so many choices from what we eat to what we do. Does God care about daily decisions like these? – H.D.

A: No one is on Earth by chance or by accident. God has known each person long before the world was created. Life is ours to travel, but it’s still granted ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I struggle to overcome my checkered past. As a Christian now, how do I begin a new journey, because this world is still the same with all of its pitfalls and trouble? – N.J.

A: We can’t change the past. Whatever has happened in life so far – both good and bad – cannot be altered, and the ...Read more

ROME — Before Brandon Johnson was mayor of Chicago, he was a pastor’s kid.

That was a label he once again applied following his much-hyped meeting with Pope Leo XIV last week, one that he has played up to fortify how constituents connect his spiritual roots with his progressive politics.

“Who would have thought that a middle school ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Does God overlook our bad language? People say that there’s bad language in the Bible because the Prophet Jeremiah cursed the day he was born. I’m not sure that’s the same thing or not, but our society is out of control when it comes to using curse words like commas. – B.L.

A: One of the ...Read more

ROME — Fresh off the glow of his summit with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Mayor Brandon Johnson signaled Friday that Chicago could be due for another street or landmark christened after a pontiff.

In a sit-down interview with the Tribune, Johnson said the first American pope deserves to be formally recognized in his hometown, though he said ...Read more