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Rev. Fr. John Damian ADIZIE PGB.Not all sacrifices are acceptable to God. According to Genesis 4:4, The LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering, but He rejected Cain and his offering. Child of God ...

All fifth Sundays are a joint service of the two churches with communion rotating between the Episcopal tradition and the ...

The greatest gift in the world — salvation — is completely free. God offers this most precious gift to everyone, and it remains available to each of us today. Romans 6:23 reminds us: ‘For the wages of ...

In the Beatitudes, Jesus turns the popular meaning of 'blessed' on its head.

Jesus said this end-times supernatural “power and great glory” will be evident to all, and “all of the tribes of the earth ...

Combat medic SFC Jessica Harris found her hands steadied by prayer in the heat of an Iraqi firefight, subsequently learning – almost twenty years later, as this book headed to print – that every one ...

The term ‘lord’ in our modern twenty-first century society carries a specific ... It is a core tenet of the Christian faith that we call Jesus our Saviour. Jesus’s role as Saviour is God’s answer to ...

Explore the impactful roles women played in spreading the Gospel in the New Testament, from the Samaritan woman to Mary ...

Friend to Friend episode with Elder David A. Bednar taught children how to share Jesus' love through service. See it here.

He suppressed his disenchantment with religion and, in March 1861, applied to the African Civilization Society, which was ...