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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’ve gained a large following by leading a Bible study. While I enjoy some perks that come from it, people hold me to a higher standard than others. Isn’t this a form of persecution? – P.R.

A: Life is easy when all goes smoothly; but when things go wrong, we can quickly lose our sense of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m distraught at every turn in life. I believe in God and have even served on the pastoral staff, but I’ve had to step away because I can’t overcome my own total inability to deal with the twists and turns that seem to pile on more heaviness and despair. – I.D.

A: Paul tells us of the ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I have many goals in life that haven’t come to fruition no matter how hard I’ve worked. Is Jesus’ goal for mankind different from what we’ve imagined? All of the conferences I go to tell me that we should strive for the abundant life that God promises – the fulfillment of our ambitions. �...Read more

BALTIMORE — A priest lured 9-year-old David Schappelle into a private area of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Gaithersburg decades ago under the guise of teaching him about confession.

Father Wayland Brown proceeded to masturbate under his “ceremonial robe,” withdraw his hand when he was finished and tell the boy that “God will be ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I used to think that persecution of Christians only happened in countries steeped in violent ignorance, but seeing things happening in the 21 st century makes me afraid that I won’t know how to prepare my young children for the future. Can we as Christians really carry out Biblical teaching when ...Read more

Q: If someone does not obey God’s commandments, like Adam and Eve didn’t, God cast them out. If I, or anyone, does things that God doesn’t like, will he cast me out, too?

I have had struggles in my life for a while now, financial and health, and I pray to God for help, but I think God won’t or doesn’t want to help me ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am a Christian, but I disagree with others who say that thinking a bad thought is as bad as doing it. There’s no way this can be true, yet many stand on this as an absolute truth. How can this be? – T.D.

A: Robert Browning said, “Thought is the soul of the act.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Survivors of child sexual abuse in Maryland on Wednesday demanded expediency from the state attorney general in its investigations of the Catholic dioceses of Washington and Wilmington, Delaware.

Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, told reporters at a news conference that they hoped the Maryland ...Read more