Religion News Service on MSNOpinion

In Advent, Isaiah has a political message for us

Isaiah would ask why we continue spending billions of dollars for weapons and tax cuts while cutting aid to the hungry, the ...
The early Christians saw the “weeks of years” as fulfilled in Jesus. The prophetic timetable became part of the early ...
A mid-December weekend punctuated with mass shootings reminds us that a world plagued by sin is a world plunged in darkness ...
Honest people look at el Ahmed’s act of heroism and wonder what they would have done.
This is community building at its best – collaborative, inclusive and deeply meaningful,” Patty Rubin, co-chair of AJC ...
Do I believe and trust that God is unconditionally and completely always with me? King Ahaz, for example, named in that genealogy, is the ruler whom the prophet Isaiah addresses in this Sunday’s first ...
The desired product of powerful prophecy is repentance unto salvation for all who believe. Preparing prophets do not seek ...
Christmas offers a yearly reminder of the role of rules in life, and the Golden Rule need not be removed from its religious ...
The Prophet Micah lived in the eighth century before Christ, and he lived in the declining years of the Davidic dynasty. A ...
Lord, may we be engaged with You in building a future of peace and justice, joy and truth ...
The story, buoyed by boilerplate praise pop that sings of running towards adventure and “following the light,” tracks the ...
The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...