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NEW YORK — Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch vowed Wednesday that the NYPD will do everything in its power to make sure Jewish New Yorkers can celebrate Rosh Hashanah safely as the city faces an uptick in antisemitic hate crimes.

“I want to speak directly to our Jewish New Yorkers now,” Mamdani said at a press conference...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Life is hard every day. I have so many things to deal with, and while I’m a Christian, I can’t do what other people say I should be doing – helping to feed others and do for others. Does that make me a bad Christian? – B.C.

A: To say we love God and care nothing for our fellow man is to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Having just come through the 250 th celebration of America, I feel a sense of great doubt that our nation will likely make it another 250. I fight this pessimism but the reality seems clear. How can we overcome doubt when something seems so inevitable? – D.A.

A: Answers to life’s dilemmas ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Yesterday I was young; today I’m old. Why the suddenness of the aging process? As I review my life with all of its accomplishments, I feel empty and without purpose in these years of growing older. Is there an unspoken secret? – L.P.

A: One of the saddest things is to watch someone come to the ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A friend dealt me a great blow when he said I was living to make money and be successful. He gave me a Bible verse that warns about a man gaining the whole world but losing his soul. I make money and I give to others. Why is that so bad? – W.W.

A: There was once a man aboard a sinking ship. He ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Did God really drive Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden just because they ate an apple from the forbidden tree? This does not really sound like a sin to me. – R.S.

A: When God created mankind in His image, he put Adam and Eve in a perfect paradise, in a perfect environment, to live in ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic archbishop, two orders of Catholic nuns and other plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block the state from enforcing a controversial Illinois law set to take effect next week that would let doctors prescribe medication to help terminally ill patients end their lives.

It’s the latest legal challenge ...Read more

Matthew 25:40, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

Q: I am writing to you about an experience I had with Divine Intervention about 15 years ago. My church has religious instruction lessons on weekdays after school in the late afternoon. I teach children ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I have a group of friends who are questioning the reality of Hell. They say they don’t believe it is a literal place, yet they are asking questions and seeking truth. What can be said to them? – R.H.

A: There’s enough in the Bible about Hell to tell us what we need to know, and more than ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m considering becoming a Christian but am troubled by a verse in the Bible where Jesus says that we can do nothing without Him. I’ve accomplished a lot of things in my life on my own, but the older I get, I worry that I don’t know for sure what will happen when I die. Am I misunderstanding ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am troubled that many churches no longer preach from the Bible but from other people’s writing. Is this right? I’m searching for a new church and discouraged with the lack of Bible teaching, but there’s abundant activity and programs. Doesn’t this lead to spiritual malaise? Is this a trend...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I know that divorce is permissible in these modern days, but does God approve of it if a couple simply falls out of love? I see it destroying my grandchildren as their parents contemplate doing this. – D.P.

A: The impact of divorce on children is staggering and the full negative impact is still ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m an aviation student and was doing well until I experienced vertigo during simulation. I’m rethinking my career options, and suddenly I don’t feel so certain of where my future is going and I’m feeling trapped. Am I wrong to believe God sends signs to guide us through the fog of life? –...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Facebook has been my friend for the past few years. My followers have grown and I’ve become a sort of expert in the realm of social media. I have bragging rights to gain so many friends, but I don’t know any of them personally. My grandmother used to tell me to make God my closest confidant and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pope Leo XIV is significantly more popular among Pennsylvania Democrats than Republicans in the state, according to an Inquirer/New York Times/Siena University poll released this week.

While 75% of Democrats expressed a favorable opinion of Leo, only 40% of Republicans did. Meanwhile, 37% of Republicans viewed the pope ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- During Operation Metro Surge, Anoka United Church of Christ became a hub for neighbors helping neighbors.

Six months after the surge in immigration enforcement spurred fresh civic engagement in Minnesota, some of the people who first came through the church’s doors to help are still walking in — now for Sunday worship.

Rev. ...Read more

Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, you have spoken in the past of original sin and Christianity. I am an Orthodox Christian and I want you to know that not all Christians accept the Augustinian view of original sin. The Orthodox Church rejects the notion of original sin as guilt acquired from Adam. We believe that every child is born pure and we take ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My religion professor said the Gospel of Jesus Christ is for weak people who believe that He still hangs on a cross being crucified for every sin that is committed. He warned us that if we answer questions wrong on this matter, we would fail the course. He said that God gave the world to mankind to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My friends tell me that God wants to be our buddy. I may not be as religious as they are, but I was brought up to believe that God was holy and that He should be held in high esteem. My friends say that I’ll never understand the things of God until I learn to let God hang around me and be part of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I do believe in Jesus but I don’t have the same results as others who claim they follow Jesus. Some people say that we must submit to God – to give up things the world offers – but I don’t agree with them because it is God who gives us all that the world offers and we simply have to make ...Read more