Ever since our nation’s founding, our nation’s leaders have always called for days of fasting, prayer, and thanksgiving.Prayer has been an integral part of daily life for centuries. In 1775, the Continental Congress made a proclamation that stated “a day of public humiliation, fasting, an...
It always pays to have a fresh pair of eyes look at a problem. When Rich looked at the website of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, he realized that this private, evangelical Christian group, which has been accused of hijacking the National Day of Prayer, looked like a g...
Of course if you consider the fact that all of us were gathering together for the stated purpose of coming before God in prayer, then this changes the way we think about earthly position and power. Considered on a human scale, this morning I was in close proximity to people who are extra...
The festival of Purim is a catalyst for the building of the Second Jewish Temple after the exile of the Jewish People to Babylonia followed by Persia and after the destruction of the First Jewish Temple. During that exile in Babylonia-Persia the groundwork was laid for the return of the J...
prayer. He was permitted one hour of exercise a day, in a solitary cage without fresh air. He has unable to see most of the evidence used to indict him which was classified under the Classified Information Procedures Act, enacted to prevent US intelligence officers under prosecution from ...
His mother and sister, along with other women, devoted themselves to a life of prayer and charity. When the bishop of his country resigned around 370, St. Basil was elected his successor. The Church of Christ was entrusted to him from then on, and he tended it for eight years, living ...
for centuries and never flared out in violence, not even toward the Germans. Christians are currently the most persecuted religious group across Africa, yet they are largely responding with prayer, not with violence, Black slaves in America did not throw off the yoke of their master’s by ...