God doesn’t play favorites.” As proverbs go, it seems pretty sound, no? It also strikes me as demonstrably false. Who can read either the Old or New Testament and dispute that some people are chosen ...

The article in the March 31 edition of the Dispatch’s Clergy View entitled “A sanctuary state for evil” caught our attention. As Quakers, we focus on the needs of the people in our community and long ...

A person hearing God's call to follow him does not mean that person then belongs to a special or privileged clique of the perfect or the "elected," Pope Francis said. "The call is never a privilege.

God loves you, no exceptions! That’s the message some churches came to proclaim to a gathering of people, many of whom had been treated very badly in churches they had previously belonged to. God ...

Dear Dr. E: Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, recently posted that Jesus died on that cross because “He loves us.” I’m afraid I must disagree. You cannot ...