Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These ...

There, written on her hand, was my favorite word, “Joy.” And then, timed perfectly (as has happened before in this year or so of reading the Bible), “joy” jumped off the page in the Book of John. In ...

I learned the songs “Rise and Shine (and give God your glory, glory), “Down in My Heart (I have the joy, joy, joy, joy)” and “If You’re Happy and You Know It (clap your hands)” as a child in church.

In narrating the events leading up to Jesus’ coming into the world, Luke not only presents an account of the circumstances and the people involved but also re-creates the atmosphere and the state of ...

(RNS) — Theologian Miroslav Volf, who has written books on subjects ranging from the Trinity to the challenges of reconciliation in divided societies, has turned to what might seem like a frivolous ...

Christmas is here, but many may not know of the traditional Christian view of how and why Christmas is so joyful. The events of Christmas are, of course, described in the Bible. Joy comes from ...