"John the Baptist appeared in the desert, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins" (Mark 1:4). This verse is from the Gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic Gospels. The ...

I feel like I do not fulfill all the requirements when repenting for certain sins as two of the requirements are 1. Give up the sin and 2. Be determined not to do it again 3. Regret the sin. But for ...

The summer after my first year of university, I spent a month in a monastery. This was something I'd wanted to do since becoming Orthodox the year before, but a pair of painful breakups provided a ...

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, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger. The ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Muslims this week (September 30) mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan with the festive Eid al Fitr, and the Jewish High Holidays begin Monday evening (September 29) with ...

Ash Wednesday falls on March 5 this year, the year of 2025 A.D. Ash Wednesday begins a season of repentance, a season which also prepares God’s people to celebrate the joy of Easter. Ash Wednesday is ...

Sin is a perversion from the will and way of God. It is the refusal of human persons to follow the designs and dictates of God. Ever since the dawn of history, human beings have sinned. Up to the ...

Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) said: "Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah's rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven." ...

Progressivism is a stench within the Church that denigrates biblical promises by filtering them through the world’s values. And while it hates almost all faithful biblical doctrine, it seems to have ...