Most people in the world have learned of Abraham the Hebrew (Genesis 14:13), who Jews regard as the first Jew, not by reading a book of Jewish history, but by listening to and reading from the ...

A reflection on the prophet Micah's call to connect faith, worship and justice in a world struggling with cruelty and ...

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Before the 2020 presidential election, and in the weeks of confusion and controversy that followed, I heard several Christian prophets proclaim on YouTube that God had predestined Donald Trump as the ...

The first time the word “prophet” is used in the Bible is when God tells Abimelech in a dream to return Sarah to Abraham in Genesis 20:7. God says, “Now, therefore, restore the man his wife; for he is ...

The first lesson today is about a prophet, Jeremiah, and about prophecy, and the Gospel lesson is also about Jesus as a prophet and his prophetic work. We might think these lessons don't apply to us ...

The Mormon belief in living prophets, which include all of the Presidents of the Church. Mormons believe in living prophets - human beings who are prophets of God in the same way as Abraham, Moses, ...

Bahá'ís accept the prophets of other religions as continuing stages in the revelation of God. Bahá'u'lláh is the latest prophet, or 'manifestation', of God. Bahá'ís believe that God's prophets or ...

I guess it's not difficult for any of us to see today where the Scriptures are leading us — obviously, to reflect on our call to be a disciple. Looking back at the first lesson, we have an example ...

Sunday, Jan. 14, is the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; Psalm 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42 The first reading speaks to us of ...