After nearly 25 years of modest contributions, this will be my last “Messages of Faith” article. I’m retiring … pretty much.

The televangelist misappropriates God's promises to ancient Israel in Exodus as a prosperity gospel for today.

In all religions and cultures, wedding blessings and prayers are a time-honored tradition. As a couple says "I do" to one ...

There is to be no blessing of a new home unless ... taken mainly from sacred Scripture. A lay minister uses the following greeting: May the God whom we glorify with one heart and voice enable ...

The title of that Lee Greenwood song is “God Bless the U.S.A.” But in Scripture, pride is not a blessing. It is a dangerous curse. It’s better and more costly to love America than to be ...

Then the leader invites: Let us now pray for God's blessing upon all who gather around ... and the wisdom of the Scriptures. We praise you for Jesus Christ, your Son: he is Emmanuel, God-with ...

They then could shape their telling of stories about his life to fit the scriptures. This process may seem very circular, but given their assumptions -- namely, that Jesus is central to God's plan ...

Psalm 1 says that blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked. It says that this person is like trees ...