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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: With a renewed interest in space exploration, could we be on the verge of receiving messages from other planets and maybe even seeing other forms of life from worlds beyond? – S.E.

A: Many scientists have theorized that there’s life on other planets. Their hope is to use advanced technology to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can I be sure there really is a God? – K.G.

A: We can’t prove the existence of God scientifically. We cannot put God in a test tube and say, “There’s God.” We cannot get a mathematical equation and say, “I’ve captured God.” You can’t prove God on a computer screen or in a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis church is asking a federal judge to hold the Department of Homeland Security Investigations in contempt after it discovered the agency had infiltrated it as part of an effort to investigate alleged violence against federal immigration agents — despite a court order forbidding the feds from conducting immigration ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’ve been talking to a cousin of mine about salvation in Christ. She thinks herself a good person not needing forgiveness of sin. Now that she’s suffering from a physical illness, her interest in the Bible has piqued. What’s the best way to counsel her? – U.K.

A: What stirs God most is not ...Read more

Former Bishop Miege High School President Phil Baniewicz is not suitable for church employment, appointment, volunteer service or ministry involving minors or other vulnerable persons in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, the archbishop announced Thursday.

Archbishop Shawn McKnight imposed the restrictions after the archdiocese’s ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As Florida attorney general, James Uthmeier has worked to bring church and state together.

He’s said he won’t enforce a constitutional ban on government funding for churches and other religious groups, and has made clear his view that the Constitution shouldn’t be looked at with a “secularist gloss.”

But Florida...Read more

Q: Thank you for your column regarding grief over the loss of a pet. First, I am so very sorry for the loss of your beloved dog. It is so difficult when you do a familiar thing, like slipping your feet under the desk expecting to find your dog there to warm them, and he/she isn't there. Heartbreaking. I recently lost my beloved cat of 19 years. ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The world is being attacked with earthquakes as never before – two in Venezuela alone this year. It’s creating a nervous energy and deep worry. Will things ever calm down in this troubling world? – W.A.

A: Worry and anxiety have hounded the human race since the beginning of time. In spite of ...Read more

After 2½ years of bickering with their neighbors, the operators of Los Gatos’ only mosque will have to wait even longer for a decision after the town council on Tuesday night allowed discussions to continue to a date uncertain.

The West Valley Muslim Association applied in 2024 to update its conditional use permit with the Town of Los Gatos ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I was teaching my youth group about the fact that God watches our lives from Heaven. They were skeptical until I asked them how technology today can track our every move, yet suggest that God cannot possibly see what we do. Isn’t it true that God sees all? – G.W.

A: God’s omniscient spirit ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is it true that God needs us? Growing up I never heard this teaching, but it is everywhere now and I’m curious if this is really true. – G.N.

A: God can get along without any one of us. We must never think of God as needy. Rather, He is the One who provides all things, including the breath of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My kids are playing games called Hell and Doom with their friends and I’ve asked them not to do this. They laugh and tell me that I’m being silly – that these are just games. Am I justified to question the motive behind these games? Can such things lead to sinful thinking and deceive the mind?...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What did Jesus mean when He said that the world will become like it was in the days of Noah? That was certainly an ancient time and I apparently don’t understand exactly how the world can become that again. – D.N.

A: Jesus said in Matthew 24:37, “As the days of Noah were, so also will the ...Read more

Q: I feel compelled to email since I read your column every Saturday morning and look forward to perusing the advice that you give. I greatly respect, and mostly agree with your opinions and teachings, even though I consider myself to be an atheist … I think.

Here's my problem: I am 30 years old and was raised in the Protestant ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A federal bankruptcy judge has rejected competing reorganization plans proposed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a committee representing survivors of child sexual abuse, saying both proposals were confusing, lacked important information, and contained provisions that could not be confirmed under bankruptcy law.

U.S. Bankruptcy...Read more

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” has been widely characterized by the media as the Catholic Church’s landmark alarm bell about the perils of artificial intelligence. But it would be a mistake to reduce the encyclical to a warning about AI and its impact on humanity alone. More broadly, the pope frames the AI ...Read more

Q: To what extent did Greek culture influence the development of Jewish and Christian thought? – (From A in Raleigh, NC)

A: Great question, dear A. It is almost impossible to overstate the role of Greek philosophy (not so much Greek culture) in the development of Judaism, Christianity and later on Islam. To state the contribution ...Read more

An organization focused on the separation of church and state has accused a Lexington middle school of letting church representatives “proselytize” local middle schoolers.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation on Wednesday demanded that Fayette County Public Schools “immediately stop allowing pastors from a local church to proselytize ...Read more