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If you have ever struggled to wrap your mind around the biblical doctrine of election predestination , you are not alone ...

From the College National Championship to the Super Bowl, premiere players seem unafraid and more open than ever to speak ...

Sepphoris: The Forgotten Capital Just a stone's throw from Nazareth, the humble town where Jesus grew up, lies Sepphoris. In ...

Moses, the Psalms, the prophets, and the apostles all agree. The Apostle John makes an impassioned plea at the end of 1 John: “Keep yourselves from idols.” This same apostle received the Revelation of ...

The vigil homilist was Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, who concelebrated the Mass with four cardinals and ...

David Green, founder of Oklahoma City-based crafts retailer Hobby Lobby, said he has helped pay for a Super Bowl ad because ...

Massey was shot and killed in her home near Springfield last July. Former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson is ...

On this very day, right now as you are reading this column, how would you answer the question, what really motivates you? What is it that you are passionate about?

Hardly a day goes by now when I don’t ask ChatGPT to help me solve a problem, process a sticky situation, or even sometimes ...

Hello Hutchinson and McLeod County! I am Rev. Tim Vanden Langenberg, the new associate pastor at Word of Life Church in Hutchinson. This is my first opportunity to write for the Hutchinson Leader.

Members of the clergy would be required, by state law, to report potential cases of child abuse to authorities, under a proposal at the Washington state legislature. Currently those in professions ...