Editor's note: Look for a sermon or lesson from Houston's diverse faiths every week in Belief. To submit a sermon, email robert.morast@chron.com. We often think of promises when we think of God. After ...

Advent ends with the Canticle of Zechariah, who praises God for keeping every promise. The Benedictus is itself a precursor to Christmas, and it brings the full weight and solemnity of God’s covenant ...

While reading Scott Hafemann's The God of Promise and the Life of Faith (Crossway, 2001), I came across a passage with profound implications for preaching: To obey God's command fully, we must see the ...

When one has been born into the family of God, we must take God's promises in his word as our own by spiritual birthright. Hebrews 6:12-20 gives to us, in the life of Abraham, how to inherit a promise ...

That was a powerful reminder of the peculiar challenge pastors often face preaching the great promises of God during times when we ourselves are still waiting for those promises to be fulfilled.

Middle Valley Church of God, at 1703 Thrasher Pike, Hixson, announced that Pastor Mitch McClure will be preaching on the theme "More Of God In 2022" on Sunday, at 10:30 a.m.Pastor McClure's sermon ...

Pastor Stan Allcorn believes he will give another Easter sermon in the years ahead, but there never will be another one quite like Sunday's message. After 22 years at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, and ...

Whether by coincidence or intent, today’s reading from Hebrews addresses the importance of oaths and promises. In religious and civil ceremonies like the one on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on ...

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