Fourth is “awareness that God sees everything.” (Circling back to Genesis 1:3-4 since God “invented” sight.) His all-knowing, ...

Instead, after giving his followers the beatitudes, Jesus used the “p” word very clearly: “Be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). Scripture translators may ...

These little stories (together with the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes ... 11:5; 14:28, 31), "Or what woman?" (Lk 15:8), "Or what king?" (Lk 14:31). Those in the Gospels of Mark and Matthew ...

PITTSBURGH – When Cubs starter Matthew Boyd toed the rubber to deliver his 29th pitch of the first inning Wednesday night, the idea of him lasting through five seemed like a longshot. Instead, the ...

8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw us to the one who alone can fulfill it." ...

Actor Matthew McConaughey celebrates after Texas defeated Ohio State 24-21 in the 2009 Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game in Glendale, Ariz. (AP File Photo/Ross D. Franklin) PHILADELPHIA (AP ...

In a world fractured by injustice, inequality, and violence, the shared Abrahamic heritage offers not a source of division, but a potent wellspring of hope and collective strength. It calls Jews ...

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Luke gives a different version of the Beatitudes than Matthew (6:20-23 ... When Jesus heals the paralytic, he rises (5:25). Likewise Jairus' daughter rises, Peter rises, the disciples on the ...