FAITH COVER STORY
Vern Barnet | A test of love in time for Valentine's Day
Feb 9, 7:38 PMHere’s a Valentine’s Day quiz: 1. St. Paul lists three things that last forever: faith, hope and love. Which does he say is greatest?
OTHER FAITH NEWS
Billy Graham | If God isn’t part of your life, something is missing
Feb 7, 6:53 PMDEAR BILLY GRAHAM: I know their religion is important to some people, but what would you say to someone like me who doesn’t feel any need for God?
Lincoln’s faith an enigma
Feb 5, 7:06 PMAbraham Lincoln is a religious enigma. That was true among those who knew Lincoln. And it remains true among those who study him.
Faith groups still pressing for some sort of health care reform
Feb 5, 7:06 PMAs Capitol Hill appears politically paralyzed over health care reform, the prescription from many faith leaders is firm: don’t abandon ship. “The faith community has worked for decades for comprehensive health care reform, and this last year ... many of them have put aside other policy priorities to take this over the finish line,” said the Rev. Linda Walling, executive director of Faithful Reform in Health Care, an interfaith coalition of more than 70 groups. “We would be very, very sad if we can’t finish it.”
Why does every major religion have many sects?
Feb 5, 7:06 PMDifferent expressions of same truth Arvind Khetia, engineer and a Hindu: Every religion tries to bind its followers around doctrines and dogmas. Such emphasis can obscure spiritual aspects of a religion and lead to various interpretations and ideological differences. The ancient languages of the scriptures do not make spiritual interpretation equally accessible to all. Sometimes, ethical, moral and social issues also divide people. Religious hierarchy, with its inherent power and monetary control, creates such desires in others, resulting in their breaking away to form their own sect.
God gives the strength to go on without my husband
Feb 5, 7:06 PMThe pictures on the walls, his clothes in the drawers, the quiet nights — they are all reminders that I am now to live my life without him. How am I to do that? Since I wrote my last Faith Walk column, my husband passed away following heart surgery. We had been married for 36 years. I was 18 when we married. He was 22. We had grown up together. Now, I have to grow old without him.
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FAITH WALK
God gives the strength to go on without my husband
Feb 5, 7:06 PMThe pictures on the walls, his clothes in the drawers, the quiet nights — they are all reminders that I am now to live my life without him. How am I to do that? Since I wrote my last Faith Walk column, my husband passed away following heart surgery. We had been married for 36 years. I was 18 when we married. He was 22. We had grown up together. Now, I have to grow old without him.
FAITH Q & A
Do some sicknesses have a spiritual basis?
Jan 29, 6:05 PMFaith is the great healer The Rev. R.L. Baynham, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, Kansas City, Kan.: The answer to this question is based on how one receives and perceives what the Bible has said in so many occasions.
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Vern Barnet | A test of love in time for Valentine's Day
Feb 9, 7:38 PMHere’s a Valentine’s Day quiz: 1. St. Paul lists three things that last forever: faith, hope and love. Which does he say is greatest?





