Quotations to stir heart and mind. Praying for forgiveness is a vivid reminder that God frees us from debilitating guilt and forgets our past. No sin is written with indelible ink. He that cannot ...

To ask God to forgive sins is to be ready to accept the mercy of Christ. About how Jesus supports us in moments of despair, where it is better to pray and which prayer is more suitable for the ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Tawbah (repentance) prayer is an act ...

How an ancient prophet’s prayer answers our modern outrage. Last fall, a friend from church was distraught. She forwarded me a video that has since gone viral and left her confused and alarmed. When I ...

In what is arguably the most oft-recited Scripture text in history, Jesus teaches his apprentices how to pray. We call this, "The Lord’s Prayer" or the "Our Father Prayer," but it might be more ...

Every day is full of opportunities and challenges. We never know what we are going to face as we go through our daily routines. However, one way to ensure that we are prepared for whatever comes our ...

(RNS) December 1955, Holt Street Baptist Church, Montgomery, Ala. That day, a courageous community activist, Rosa Parks, had been forced off a city bus and jailed. That night, a hurt, angry crowd of ...

To many Protestants, the phrasing of the Lord’s Prayer in the King James Version is almost as sacred as if God himself had composed its stately English prose. Last week, at its sixth General Synod in ...