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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My daughter moved her children from a public school to a private Christian school. It’s costly, but she and her husband decided they would give up vacations and take other cost-saving measures to get their children into a better academic environment where the Word of God is taught and honored, and...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I attended one of the largest churches in the nation a few weeks ago while in Texas and heard the pastor say that God intends for every person to be successful and be a winner. He said that God has never destined anybody to live a mediocre life. This is troubling because I wouldn’t say that my ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My son was excited to start college and received a baseball scholarship to a Christian school. We were so thrilled that he could pursue his dream in this type of environment. But even he has been surprised at how watered down the Bible classes have become. How can this be? Never did he think he ...Read more

Growing up in a religious family, Florida Republican state Sen. Alexis Calatayud has seen how many church communities are no longer anchored to a single building in the way they used to be. Her small prayer groups take place over chats these days, not necessarily in person or sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in pews.

With churches in her Miami-Dade...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: People are getting away from funerals these days, saying that they are too morbid, too time-consuming and too costly. Instead of burying people as traditionally done, the new fad is cremation, filling an urn with ashes, and then eventually scattering the ashes across gardens and bodies of water (...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m a writer of poetry, and some of it has been published. I’ve been asked if Biblical poetry has influenced my work. I had to answer that I’ve never studied it. Is it considered holy Scripture, or does it simply reflect human emotion, pride, and humility? – P.V.

A: The psalms teach man how...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Feeling empty has got to be one of the weirdest feelings in the world. As I write this, w; there’s something not quite right? – E. H.

A: “Why am I so empty?” This is a question many people ask. We’re taught to be independent, to make it on our own. We admire those who appear to be ...Read more

Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, several weeks ago, you had a column in our Patriot News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Lilith. I accidentally threw out the paper without cutting that article out. Several times I have tried to access it, but I cannot remember the date and also tried to Google your column on Lilith, to no avail. Could you please send ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I saw a T-shirt that said J is for Jesus and Joy. Most of my friends see J for Jesus as Judge. Where does the joy come from? – G.J.

A: People saw in Jesus a quality of life they had never seen before, and they wanted to experience it for themselves. When they looked at Him, they saw joy and peace...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What does it mean to be alive, but dead? – A.D.

A: There’s a Scripture passage where Jesus told about a rich man who said, “Soul, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry” (see Luke 12). The man thought he had many years, but God called him a fool. Many people think they have many years to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: While God looks down on sin, he doesn’t look down on people, right? It is clear that God will judge those who take another person’s life; murder is obviously wrong, but I’ve never read where Jesus said it was wrong when a man and woman find happiness through intimacy with each other outside of...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: This outrageous talk about artificial intelligence (AI) is not only over my head, it is scary. I realize that each generation has introduced its own mind-blowing technology: the telegraph to telecommunications, electricity to electromagnetics, the automobile to air travel. But all this talk about ...Read more

Across America, churches meant to be sanctuaries are facing deadly threats in the 21st century, and safeguarding congregations from attacks has become increasingly challenging.

Church security is a hugely complicated field, experts say, one that brings no one-size-fits-all solutions and few easy answers. Churches range in size from tiny ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Rev. Rodney Hudson has had enough scary confrontations in and around his churches that he has taken safety measures many would consider extreme.

There was the day he was giving the eulogy at a funeral and the son of the deceased rose to attack him in the pulpit. And another day, when two men mugged him in the church parking ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My family’s been watching “The Chosen”. The actor playing Jesus was “chosen” because casting felt he represented what Jesus would have looked like. This is the claim for the actor who played Christ in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”. Is it possible to come close to knowing ...Read more

CHICAGO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the upbeat hoop-head Loyola University Chicago chaplain who became an adored national figure during the school’s 2018 run to the Final Four, died Thursday in Chicago. She was 106.

Loyola announced her death late Thursday night; a cause was not announced.

An omnipresent fixture at basketball games at ...Read more

Q: I just read your column about Heaven, and loved it. I, too, believe our souls are reunited with those we have lost. My question is, when you said the concept of Heaven began in the rabbinic times, do we know what caused them to think this after never having believed in Heaven before? Thank you for your columns. I find them enjoyable and ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I watched a documentary on the state of the world and the horrible storms that befall this planet and its people. There were skeptics interviewed who declared that if there is a God who is in control, the world would not be so out of control. My conscience tells me they are wrong, but I can’t ...Read more