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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Another person once close to Justin Bieber has offered an explanation for ongoing concerns about the pop singer’s mental health and the state of his marriage, amid the 31-year-old’s public outbursts, vulnerable social media posts, questionable Coachella behavior and recent move to “torch” a lot of his longtime ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The obsession with sexual content has become dominant in our news coverage and advertising campaigns. We are bombarded and desensitized. My teenagers are puzzled by my concern, arguing that it’s up to each person how they express themselves concerning love and what is pure and what is impure. How ...Read more

In 1805, New York made a deal. State officials granted taxpayer funds and a corporate charter to a private organization known as the Free School Society, which agreed in return to provide a free education to poor children in New York City. Over the next decades, the society became a precursor to modern-day charter school networks that are ...Read more

Q: Many Christian readers, fresh off their Easter Communion services, wrote to me to ask me about the actual Christian belief about the bread and wine turning into the body and blood of Christ. Thankfully, you don’t have to rely on a rabbi’s interpretation. C, from Walla Walla, Washington, helpfully wrote in with her understanding of this ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: A conference speaker addressed a large audience at a popular college campus about the effects of social media and asked the crowd to consider whether they felt jealousy toward others. To her surprise, a majority raised their hands. While she didn’t ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Many people call themselves Christians and hide under something called righteous indignation. What does this actually mean? I thought Christians were to love and not judge others. Why must people think that God wants to put restraints on those who believe differently than the self-righteous? – F.R...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Anger runs in my family, back several generations from what I’ve been told. As a Christian, this is overwhelming at times. When I see tempers lash out at others, it is crushing – particularly when I hear my children say, “Well, it is just in our family DNA!” Is there any hope to overcome ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I find myself doing an inner perspective of my life every year after Easter and promising myself that I will live a better life, refrain from sinful ways and declare myself cleansed once again. I was telling one of my church friends about my renewed commitment and she cautioned me about the sin of ...Read more

Nearly a thousand parishioners with ties to Ukraine gathered at a church in Hamtramck, Michigan, for services on Easter Sunday, celebrating the day Jesus rose from the dead while worrying about the war ravaging their home country.

The 9:30 a.m. Easter Mass at the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church, which was conducted entirely in ...Read more

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Pope Francis met at the Vatican on Easter Sunday, shortly before the pontiff delivered a sermon urging political leaders to support vulnerable populations.

The meeting, announced by Vance’s office, marked the first between a U.S. vice president and the pope since 2020, during President Donald Trump’s first ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: When I was a child I thought of Easter as the purity of spring, baby bunnies, and colored eggs. Now that I’m a parent and have children, I am amazed at their comprehension of what the true meaning of Easter is. Because I let them go to Sunday school with neighbors, they learned about the newness ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Multiple South Carolina churches are taking their parent denomination to the S.C. Supreme Court to try to get out from under its jurisdiction and keep their church holdings intact.

The lawsuit was filed this week by the Methodist Church of Simpsonville, with its pastor and chair of the church council named as individual ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The term Good Friday has always troubled me because this is the day Jesus died on the cross. It seems like Easter should be called Good Sunday since Jesus rose from the grave. Doesn’t this make more sense? – G.F.

A: The day Jesus was crucified is called Good ...Read more

As Easter approaches and Passover fades away this week, I offer to you, dear readers, and your families, a two-word prayer to help each of us gain a measure of hope in these troubled times by taking the true meaning of our sacred stories into our lives.

A story from my tradition. The rabbis asked, “After the children of Israel ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My buddy and I were arrested for a petty crime and did a few days in jail. Upon release, I parted ways with my friend because he was still devising ways we could make some money and skirt the law. As he walked away, he screamed at me and said, “Guess you’re the good thief and I’m the bad one!�...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What did Jesus mean when He said that a river of living water can flow from the heart? – S.M.

A: Jesus summed up the whole matter of genuine Christianity when He said, “He who believes in Me … out of his heart will flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38, NKJV). Christianity is, first, a ...Read more