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Q: Your insights through your column are thought-provoking and often generate fascinating discussion within our family. One thing I have always wondered about is why God would tolerate, let alone encourage at times, the sacrifice of innocent human and animal life. Our modern sensibilities are shocked by activity of that type. Can you help us...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Are people deceived if they say they are Christians because of the humanitarian work they do? Others say they are Christians but do not do any humanitarian work. Who is the real Christian? – R.C.

A: Through the ages, people have debated the doctrines of faith and works. Which should come first? ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new ordinance allowing a religious blade inside Sacramento City Hall went into effect Tuesday, and members of the Sikh community who carry the article of faith packed the council chambers for the occasion.

Some members of the Sikh community carry five religious items as a formal recognition of their religion. One of ...Read more

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Growing up on a farm in Pearl Lake, John Wicker went to Holy Cross Catholic Church every Sunday.

He attended the church’s parochial school, played softball on the parish’s ballfield and still raises money for the annual fall fish fry. And he’s already purchased his plot in the parish cemetery.

But now that church —...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Religion is a contentious thing. Many smart and savvy people can agree that religion can be good; others scream louder that it is the epitome of escapism. Many are living in a fantasy that they can think up themselves, ignoring the desperate state of the world. Aren’t religion and escapism merely ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Walk of Fame is known for its colorful cast of characters. But even by those standards, the scenes of Jesus Christ and Sonic the Hedgehog racing past security guards employed by the Church of Scientology in recent days were a little bizarre.

On Saturday afternoon, someone dressed as the Christian messiah was among ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Monday that prosecutors may not publicly identify more than a dozen clergy and laypeople accused of concealing or failing to report child sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, finding that such disclosures would violate long-standing grand jury secrecy rules.

In a decision reinforcing ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: As secular as our society has become, is it pos*sible that revival could break out and turn our country in a different direction – a direction toward God? I’m not sure society has the heart to cope with God’s judgment, but experiencing His forgiveness and love would make this world a better ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is it true that our nation is reaping the seeds sown? – S.R.

A: The Word of God says, “They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” (Hosea 8:7, KJV). The immutable law of “sowing and reaping” has held sway. Our world is now the unhappy residence of a harvest of moral ...Read more