Our hearts and souls can’t fulfill the Great Commandment without our minds. Jesus was once asked to identify the greatest and most important thing for followers of God to do (Matt. 22:36–37). His ...

Perhaps the most important question in the world is whether or not God exists. But most people, raised and trained well in the intellectual (or anti-intellectual) environment of our culture, when ...

I once attended a seminar on “vocation” delivered by a Benedictine monk. He recounted how, if someone bounced up to him with a beaming smile and declared, “I am convinced God has called me to be a ...

The Apostle Peter exhorted believers to “make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self control” (2 Peter 1:6). The word “knowledge” is used ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I believe there are three points of understanding why God revealed this first commandment, though the topic is surely ...

This is Italian artist Pompeo Batoni’s vision of God with a dove symbolizing the Holy Spirit. Batoni lived from 1708-87. (Courtesy Photo) It’s impossible for a man to know God like he knows another ...

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There are repeated references in the Bible to the mysteries of God’s plan, and to things only revealed after the Author of salvation had come into the world and completed his redemptive work. Today ...

When the Third Temple is built in Jerusalem, should there be a mosque next door? May gentiles keep Shabbat? And should Jews teach Torah to members of different faiths? In a new book, three Israeli ...