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Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, several weeks ago, you had a column in our Patriot News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Lilith. I accidentally threw out the paper without cutting that article out. Several times I have tried to access it, but I cannot remember the date and also tried to Google your column on Lilith, to no avail. Could you please send ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I saw a T-shirt that said J is for Jesus and Joy. Most of my friends see J for Jesus as Judge. Where does the joy come from? – G.J.

A: People saw in Jesus a quality of life they had never seen before, and they wanted to experience it for themselves. When they looked at Him, they saw joy and peace...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: What does it mean to be alive, but dead? – A.D.

A: There’s a Scripture passage where Jesus told about a rich man who said, “Soul, take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry” (see Luke 12). The man thought he had many years, but God called him a fool. Many people think they have many years to ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: While God looks down on sin, he doesn’t look down on people, right? It is clear that God will judge those who take another person’s life; murder is obviously wrong, but I’ve never read where Jesus said it was wrong when a man and woman find happiness through intimacy with each other outside of...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: This outrageous talk about artificial intelligence (AI) is not only over my head, it is scary. I realize that each generation has introduced its own mind-blowing technology: the telegraph to telecommunications, electricity to electromagnetics, the automobile to air travel. But all this talk about ...Read more

Across America, churches meant to be sanctuaries are facing deadly threats in the 21st century, and safeguarding congregations from attacks has become increasingly challenging.

Church security is a hugely complicated field, experts say, one that brings no one-size-fits-all solutions and few easy answers. Churches range in size from tiny ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Rev. Rodney Hudson has had enough scary confrontations in and around his churches that he has taken safety measures many would consider extreme.

There was the day he was giving the eulogy at a funeral and the son of the deceased rose to attack him in the pulpit. And another day, when two men mugged him in the church parking ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My family’s been watching “The Chosen”. The actor playing Jesus was “chosen” because casting felt he represented what Jesus would have looked like. This is the claim for the actor who played Christ in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”. Is it possible to come close to knowing ...Read more

CHICAGO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the upbeat hoop-head Loyola University Chicago chaplain who became an adored national figure during the school’s 2018 run to the Final Four, died Thursday in Chicago. She was 106.

Loyola announced her death late Thursday night; a cause was not announced.

An omnipresent fixture at basketball games at ...Read more

Q: I just read your column about Heaven, and loved it. I, too, believe our souls are reunited with those we have lost. My question is, when you said the concept of Heaven began in the rabbinic times, do we know what caused them to think this after never having believed in Heaven before? Thank you for your columns. I find them enjoyable and ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I watched a documentary on the state of the world and the horrible storms that befall this planet and its people. There were skeptics interviewed who declared that if there is a God who is in control, the world would not be so out of control. My conscience tells me they are wrong, but I can’t ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The workplace has been tough for many, particularly since COVID-19 shut down the world. I try to employ as many people as I can, but I can’t hire the whole world. How can I be an encouragement to those who have wrongly lost jobs? – W.L.

A: Losing a job can be a very traumatic experience. When ...Read more

The public clash between Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Springfield Bishop Thomas Paprocki over whether U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin should receive a lifetime achievement award from the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Keep Hope Alive program has spilled into the public square with damaging effect.

What might have been an internal disagreement has ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I am a weight trainer for women who compete in sports. Clients are committed to the rigorous training it takes to win. Many of these ladies also attend a Bible study I lead. It surprises me that while they are willing to set aside things that will prevent them from being in the best physical shape, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — As the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case enters its third year, there is still a gap worth hundreds of millions of dollars in court between the nation’s first diocese and the survivors of rampant sexual abuse throughout its parishes and schools.

That difference and a seeming lack of progress toward resolution, a judge...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The ambulance siren blared down the quiet residential street where a 4-year-old boy was dying.

When police and paramedics arrived at 1521 Latham St. in Colton, California, they had no clue they were entering the home of a secretive religious group that — years later — would land in the spotlight after two members were ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Prudish people of this world have convinced others that God looks down on sexual relations outside of marriage. This is manmade, and it gives God a bad name to suggest that He withholds from people the personal pleasures that He Himself created. Who is man to say what is sin? – G.R.

A: Premarital...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: It has been encouraging that we’ve seen a turnaround in trying to remove every Christian thought from the public arena. Isn’t our hope for America found in returning to our roots and reinstituting Biblical truth? – A.F.

A: Removing the Bible and all Christian symbols from the landscape and ...Read more