Another law gave districts the option to designate a period for prayer or Bible study, which raises serious constitutional ...
The National Day of Prayer is a government-sanctioned holiday in which people are encouraged to pray and meditate. Reuters Millions of people across the U.S. are expected to bow their heads in prayer ...
James 5:16-18 (RSV) “. . . The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Eli’jah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three ...
Fabulous books have been written about prayer, and myriads of prayers are available in print. Here, prayer language is primarily Scripture itself. The poetry, songs, dialogue, and prose of the Bible ...
Jesus’ story (not technically a parable) of Lazarus and the rich man (traditionally known as “Dives”) is found in Luke 16:19-31. I won’t cite the entire passage here, as I usually do, for lack of ...
All but 15 of 1,200 Texas school districts rejected a law that encourages students and staff to pray and read the Bible during the day.
The “ Women of the Bible: Nameless Women” Bible study at St. Paul’s explores how the roles of women shape scripture. In the Bible, there are over 600 nameless women, and many of them played notable ...