What is righteousness? Is it an outdated church word? Does it mean doing the right thing? Is righteousness something you do or is it something you are? Righteousness is literally one’s right standing ...

Jesus was born: “born under the law.” (Galatians 4:4). Therefore, he was subject to the Law of Moses. He reassured his Jewish audience: “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I ...

From time to time sensational claims that the Teacher of Righteousness of the Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran anticipated the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus have received much notice in the press.

Last week I shared some personal thoughts on staying in peace in the midst of life’s storms. All of us face things that catch us by surprise or off guard. If God’s abiding peace is not already a ...

In real life a mustard seed only becomes a shrub; it never becomes a tree. Nicodemus was a bible teacher of the Jews. But when he saw the manifestation of the spirit and power of God in the ministry ...

Three weeks before Lent begins each year, the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (Luke 18:9–14). For Orthodox Christians, this parable, in which a Pharisee ...

"For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into ...

MAGA churches are not being persecuted for righteousness but for not loving their neighbors, Rodney Kennedy says.

This week’s Truth Speakers for Truth Seekers column is the sequel or part 2 of the path of righteousness that was published last week.