Throughout history, solar eclipses have had profound impact on adherents of various religions around the world. They were viewed as messages from God or spiritual forces, inducing emotions ranging from dread to wonder. Ahead of the total solar eclipse that will follow a long path over ...
In our passage today, Paul was writing to people who were confused about the resurrection… They couldn’t make sense of it — they wanted it to make sense, they needed it to be logical and needed to rationalize it. They need hard proof. If this sounds like you, keep reading. The Bible is ...
Spring Craft Show FLEMINGTON — Flemington First Church of Christ, 714 Canal St., Mill Hall, will host a Spring Craft Show on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be food and plenty of vendors. Crafting group open to all LOCK HAVEN — A new crafting group is open to everyone who wants to share in the fun and maybe gain a new skill. Covenant Crafters meets Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Covenant United Methodist Church, 44 W. Main St., and is open to the general public. Projects will vary. The crafters are currently doing embroidery cards. The group ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through the limestone walls of Jerusalem’s Old City, commemorating one of the faith’s most sacred days with noticeably thinner crowds amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The day’s processions, which normally draw thousands of foreign visitors, were unusually local. Most observers were Palestinian Christians, joined by some foreigners living in Jerusalem and a few undeterred tourists. The traditional Good Friday procession passes along the Way of the Cross, or Via Dolorosa, the route ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea. On Friday, over a hundred people watched on as 10 devotees were nailed to wooden crosses, among them Ruben Enaje, a 63-year-old carpenter and sign painter. The real-life crucifixions have become an annual religious spectacle that draws tourists in three rural communities in Pampanga province, north of Manila. The gory ...
Matthew 5:37 “But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.” In Need of Honesty Our culture needs honesty. The kind of honesty that speaks the truth, God’s truth, not my truth or yours. Not just outside of the church but inside the church, too. We have all grown accustomed to affirmation, too used to agreement and too sensitive toward conflict. As a result, our ability to be honest with one another has taken a backseat. We justify ourselves, believing that with less honesty, we can have richer and more ...
