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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is storing up treasures in Heaven, as the Bible says, more important than preparing a will? – S.T.

A: Few people like to dwell on death, and more people never prepare for it, but the Bible emphasizes these matters. Life is uncertain, but our future doesn’t have to be. Since death is an ...Read more

CHICAGO — As a chief architect of Project 2025, Russell Vought has risen into the national spotlight for co-authoring the controversial conservative blueprint designed to radically overhaul the federal government under the next Republican president.

But years ago, the Wheaton College graduate made headlines for another written work — one ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What is the difference between “professing Christ” and “possessing Christ”? – P.C.

A: Professing faith in Jesus Christ is clearly not the same as possessing Christ, who is the source of faith. People can have religion but not know Christ. It’s having Christ that counts.

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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I’m a high school student trying to live so my friends will ask me why I believe in Jesus, but many of them don’t even believe that there’s a Heaven, much less a God that loves them. How can I convince them? – B.J.

A: The Apostle Paul appeared before King Agrippa and presented the truth of ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I go to a Bible study but live differently from my friends. They treat me like one of them but I’m really not; I just like being around them but I could never be like them. I wish I could change my lifestyle but it’s too hard. – C.L.

A: There’s only one way to have victory over sin: be so ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Our family has a real desire to practice prayer in a way that makes a difference in our lives and a difference in the lives of those we pray for. How can we do this and not be distracted while praying? It is a constant obstacle to us during times of prayer. – D.D.

A: Prayer is more than a wish; ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I attended a funeral recently and the husband of the deceased who was very wealthy claimed that no amount of money can bring health back to someone at death’s door. My wife’s response to this was livid. She gave several examples of money providing last minute, life-saving miracles that brought ...Read more

The unprecedented response from you, dear readers, in sending along your experiences with communications from dead people – a phenomenon we call God w inks – makes me humbly grateful. There is just so much real evidence that death is not the end of us. Much of this is beyond our natural reason, but none of this is beyond our need ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A well-known preacher made the comment recently that there is no such thing as PTSD, but rather the human mind is tormented by the disease of sin. Can’t miracles cause these diseases to vanish? – M.A.

A: Suppose by some miracle all the past could be straightened out and all of life’s tangles ...Read more

MIAMI — Catholic churches and other religious institutions in Florida are pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the campaign to defeat an amendment intended to overturn the state’s controversial restrictions on abortion access.

Defeating the Amendment 4 proposal has become a major goal for the state’s Republican leadership, with ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Is it true that people who love the world filled with evil must surely love the devil more than God? – L.W.

A: It is not loving the people of the world that is wrong; it is loving the things of the world – the world’s system.

Jesus said, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My wife has decided to end our marriage. Our children are grown and have moved on and it is true we have nothing in common any more. Our kids think we should enjoy the last years and experience a newness of life. Could they be right? – U.M.

A: Today the marriage vows have drastically changed, but...Read more

NEW YORK — In an ongoing battle over who will be financially responsible for payouts to survivors of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of clergy, an insurance company suing the Archdiocese of New York filed a suit against the New York attorney general’s office Monday.

Chubb, an insurer of the Archdiocese of New York, filed papers in New ...Read more

DETROIT — A Brighton church leader was arrested Friday after a staff member found a hidden camera in a bathroom, officials said.

Will Johnson, the worship pastor director of 2|42 Community Church, was also fired, a top church official said in a statement.

Eric Rauch, 2|42 Community Church's executive pastor of ministry operations, said ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: How can we know the soul and conscience are real? They have never been seen – not even by medical experts. What is the key to this phenomenon? – S.C.

A: God has put within each one of us something that cries aloud against us; it bears witness whenever we do that which we know to be wrong (see ...Read more

MIAMI -- Mental health is not easy for anyone to discuss openly. But, in some religious communities, there is an added stigma that may hinder an open dialogue — and that’s particularly true in the Islamic faith.

The South Florida Muslim Federation (SoFlo Muslims), an umbrella organization representing over 40 mosques and Islamic ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In 2021, Amanda Burrows had an answer to a giant Confederate flag that was erected along a popular route to the Lake of the Ozarks: a billboard with the anti-racist message, “EQUALITY BIGGER THAN HATE.”

She raised money through GoFundMe to lease the billboard so visitors would not leave with the impression that the area...Read more

Flowers often appear in God winks. Here is one of my favorites:

Q: I just read your faith, miracles and Godwink column in today’s Palm Beach Post on Aug. 16, 2024. … And believe I had the most beautiful God wink of all time. After being with the man of my dreams, my perfect partner of 13 years, we went fishing one weekend...Read more

MIAMI -- Corner Coffee is not your typical coffee shop.

All the the usual suspects are offered: espresso, cold brews, pastries. But the distinct interior design offers some clues as to what is also on the menu: A ceiling mobile made of religious stained glass hangs over a seating area. A bronze sculpture of a life-size Homeless Jesus sleeping ...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