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It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth ... What can the third fall of Jesus under the Cross say to us? We have considered the fall of man in general, and the falling of many ...

Aston Villa’s defence Emiliano Martinez has kept all of three Premier League clean sheets this season, and one of them was ...

R. Amen. Then one member of the family reads: My brothers and sisters, Jesus says: "Come to me, all you who labor and are overburdened, and I will give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me ...

“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am ...

One of the things I love about reading the Bible is to see how unified God is in telling the story and the themes he weaves ...

Kathryn Krick shared her testimony of how the Holy Spirit brought her out of a lukewarm faith and into one ignited by His power to see miracles come to pass.

Almost two months of the year have gone by. Christmas and the New Year celebrations seem a long time ago. I was asked ...

What we know, what is certain, is that the devil has not the power to move you if you stand firm in the faith. It is up to ...

A Pakistani court ruling declared the arrangement orchestrated by her father from Barcelona and against her will illegal ...

You don’t often get fortune-telling in a Baptist church, so when it happens, you sit up and take notice, Erin Hicks Moon says.