Faith and Values

Jesus tells his disciples in John 14:23-29 that he'll be leaving them soon, but he will not leave them alone, not leave them to their own devices. Jesus promises to send them an advocate, the Holy Spirit to inhabit their ...

Shane, the bright-eyed little boy, watched as the other children joyfully were elbow-deep in finger painting. The curious little boy finally joined in as his fingers slid across the paper in a virtual masterpiece.

I recently read Dr. Robert Jeffress' book "Twilight's Last Gleaming." It had a great impact on me, and I would like to elaborate on one virtue that every Christian in America should have a proper biblical perspective on. What church ...

The young mothers-to-be at the Pregnancy Help Center receive tangible gifts, like a basket overflowing with diapers, lotion, clothing and other necessary items when they deliver their babies. But it's the intangible gifts that mean the most.

Philip Schaff, the eminent historian of yesteryear, summed up what he called the "Christian apology" — arguments in behalf of Christianity. It should be noted that these continue to stand unassailable as proof of not only the divinity of Jesus ...

Carol Wagner is haunted by the memory of a woman and her two kids who arrived at Faith Mission last Christmas.

On Friday, hundreds of people will spend the night on the hard ground of a mall parking lot, shielded from the elements by simple structures made from cardboard boxes. They'll eat a meager dinner of beans and cornbread. These people ...

Astronomers tell us that a black hole is a collapsed star that bends space-time completely around itself, cutting the central mass off from the rest of the universe. It's really like a bottomless pit!

We have ants. We have kept them at bay inside the house, but outside, that is a different matter. A single dropped crumb on the patio and the next morning a stream of ants appear, hundreds of them in a ...

Fourteen-year-old Nathan Alexander discovered a lot during his first two summers at Kids Across America camp. He found out it's easy to make friends with kids from all across the country. He found out he had the courage to climb ...

Dear Neil: I love to grow spices, but my apartment balcony faces the hot western sun. Plants wilt every day, and they don't do very well. What could I do?

They are ministers of music, music professors and staff members. On Thursday, they will fill the sanctuary of Faith Baptist Church, 3001 Southwest Parkway, with robust, joyful music. Singing Men of Texas North Central Chapter will take the stage at ...

Nothing is more crippling to our souls than working at hiding our shame. We lock up more and more doors, sealing off more and more rooms of the heart to prevent our true selves from being discovered.

All Rosario Babb wanted was to earn her GED before her son graduated from high school. All she had was an eighth-grade education. The mother of four was constantly passed over for jobs in favor of applicants who held a ...

One of the unusual aspects of becoming Orthodox was becoming acquainted with the name "Pascha" when referring to Easter. It seems that few Orthodox, with the exception of converts and Western Rite folk, use the word "Easter." Why is that?