Often homilies are so long, 20 or 30 minutes, that people will go outside to smoke a cigarette and come back, the pope said.

At a general audience, Pope Francis said that homilies should run under 10 minutes and be guided by the Holy Spirit.

One former member of the sect said he felt “inferior” as a Black teenager because of his church’s racist beliefs on mixed ...

Today’s readers tend to associate poetry with the intense evocation of an individual speaker’s thoughts and feelings. Poems ...

Evangelist T.D. Jakes is recovering after experiencing a medical emergency while delivering a sermon at The Potter's House, ...

The curriculum incorporates into English lessons stories from the Bible such as Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount, the ...

Texas education leaders are on the verge of giving their seal of approval to a controversial set of lesson plans that bring Bible stories into elementary classrooms. Many parents, public school ...

Women were told never to cut their hair, one of the many rules controlling them. Women who disobeyed "weren't worth a good, ...

For some investors, it's about selling high and buying low—a strategy known as short selling, shorting, selling short, or going short. The sometimes controversial practice allows traders to ...

The Bible is a blessed book. It begins with blessing ... But in a doxology we exalt or bless (barak) God for His blessing (Ps. 103:1–5). In short, benediction begets doxology (Eph. 1:3–14). What is ...

What is the meaning and significance of number 7 in the Bible? In Scripture, seven often symbolizes completion or perfection. Genesis tells us that God created the heavens and the Earth in six days, ...