As of February 1, 2022, Father Andres Arango resigned from his role as the pastor of St. Gregory Parish in Phoenix, Arizona, because the Diocese of Phoenix determined that the thousands of baptisms he had performed during his twenty-year career were “invalid.” Why?
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The parable of the lost coin found in Luke 15:8-10 portrays a woman's urgency to find one of her most treasured possessions. As is common when something of value is lost, she spares no effort to find her lost coin. You can feel her heart racing in panic as she lights a lamp and sweeps the dirt floor carefully and methodically until she finds what was lost. When she finds it, she ...
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New Testament grace giving is founded upon our freedom in Christ. We are not under the Law or any spiritual regulation requiring that we give a certain amount. Instead, we can decide from the heart how much we want to give to support the Gospel message (2 Corinthians 9:7).
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In the book of Revelation, Jesus wrote seven letters to cities in Asia Minor. He didn’t write them to city hall; He wrote them to the church.
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The accounts of the days following Easter are very interesting in the Gospels; Jesus keeps popping up and surprising people over and over. Two of his disciples mistake him for a fellow traveler on the road to Emmaus. Mary Magdalene, who knew him very well, thought he was a gardener. It makes me wonder, if the people who walked and talked with him, ate and traveled all over Judea with him, ...
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My marriage enjoyed a significant boost a few summers ago on a family vacation to Glacier National Park in Montana.
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Parenting isn’t easy. Life is difficult at times. But through the years five principles have proven to be essential for a safe family environment.
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The term baptism conjures up a variety of reactions depending on your family background and church history. Were you sprinkled or dunked? Did it occur when you were a baby or an adult? What’s the purpose of baptism?
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A lot of Christians no longer accept that there is only one “right” religion. The implications of rejecting that faith in Jesus Christ is the only hope for eternal life are obvious. How do we know which god to worship and what that god requires of us? When we pray, are we addressing Allah of Islam, Jehovah of the Bible, or one of the many gods in Hinduism? And which ...
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You can probably think of someone who seems like just the sort of person God would use—someone, say, with fantastic gifts and an attractive personality. Perhaps you’ve wished you were like that person or that you had this gift or that quality so you could be more useful for Christ. Yet while it’s good to want to grow, we must remember: we often don’t measure usefulness the way God does.
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