Clay Center, Kansas - In the 1980s, Michael W. Smith wrote the lyrics to the Christmas song, Emmanuel. His friend and fellow ...

This is the Daily Gospel for December 17, 2025, which is the Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, ...

Do I believe and trust that God is unconditionally and completely always with me? King Ahaz, for example, named in that genealogy, is the ruler whom the prophet Isaiah addresses in this Sunday’s first ...

Nimrod is the biblical archetype of the corrupt leader obsessed with his own power.

This Advent, discover why peace is more than a feeling—and how Isaiah, Jesus, and the Hebrew vision of shalom call us to become active peacemakers.

Two years ago, my family and I had the huge blessing of getting to go to Disney World for Christmas! I have two girls and at ...

When Ahaz would not believe the prophet gave him a sign to have hope in. “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign. The Virgin will conceive and give birth to a Son, and will call Him Immanuel ...

Consider the ancient window into the throne room of King Ahaz, where the prophet Isaiah spoke into Isreal’s redemption. He said in Isaiah 7:14, “The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The ...

The room fills with Presence as a holy friend sits and talks. She is gentle in spirit. We talk all things faith — Julien of Norwich, Teresa of Avilla. We talk of the church and of the culture, and ...

I take it for granted that God commands only what is good for us and forbids only what is bad, which sometimes implies not allowing others to do evil. We are social beings, and permission slides into ...

In her first installment of the rewritten and repackaged ""Chronicles of the Kings"" series, Austin (Fire by Night) paints an intriguing portrait of the young prince Hezekiah and his deteriorating ...

Today, with Israel under so much pressure from “friends” and many enemies, and anti-Semitism unreasonably showing its ugly face on the world stage, it’s wise to look back at our Prophets of old to ...