Clean is good, but it has to run deep. Clean counters, clean toilets, even clean food just hits the surface. Lent is a time to come clean before God to examine our hearts be willing to allow God to ...

Despite modest privatization earnings in January 2025, the government remains confident that revenues from asset sales will ...

The tone of Ash Wednesday is penitential and somber. The prayers, the homily, the ashes serve to remind us of our mortality and our need of God’s grace. But with ashes on my forehead, I departed with ...

A pastoral team commissioned by the Messianic Jewish umbrella organization Tikkun International has suggested there might be ...

King David refers to it in Psalm 51:5 (see top). Job declares in poetic fashion: Man that is born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble...Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?

On my list of retirement adventures is travelling to Florida to watch the Atlanta Braves in Spring training action. I got to attend my first spring game March 2 when ...

Way back in 1991, my brother Manong Oscar was the secretary of transportation and telecommunication. In a jest, I was often ...

The Bible does not hide the flaws of the people within its pages. Instead, it highlights both their strengths and weaknesses, showing us the depth of God's love — that His love is not based on the ...

The Lenten season is known for many themes, one of which is repentance. Christians who celebrate Lent make a concerted effort ...

51:7. The same word is used for the child before ... They did, however, as Psalm 106 relates: "They mingled with the nations and learned their works . . . They sacrificed their sons and their ...

Lent service will be held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 North Main Street, Jenera, on Wednesday, March 19, ...

Why? Because they have a wrong heart. We must be very careful that our heart is clean and pure (see Psalm 51:10). We are told in Matthew 12:34 why our heart is so important: For out of the overflow of ...