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From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: This outrageous talk about artificial intelligence (AI) is not only over my head, it is scary. I realize that each generation has introduced its own mind-blowing technology: the telegraph to telecommunications, electricity to electromagnetics, the automobile to air travel. But all this talk about ...Read more

Across America, churches meant to be sanctuaries are facing deadly threats in the 21st century, and safeguarding congregations from attacks has become increasingly challenging.

Church security is a hugely complicated field, experts say, one that brings no one-size-fits-all solutions and few easy answers. Churches range in size from tiny ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Rev. Rodney Hudson has had enough scary confrontations in and around his churches that he has taken safety measures many would consider extreme.

There was the day he was giving the eulogy at a funeral and the son of the deceased rose to attack him in the pulpit. And another day, when two men mugged him in the church parking ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: My family’s been watching “The Chosen”. The actor playing Jesus was “chosen” because casting felt he represented what Jesus would have looked like. This is the claim for the actor who played Christ in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ”. Is it possible to come close to knowing ...Read more

CHICAGO — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the upbeat hoop-head Loyola University Chicago chaplain who became an adored national figure during the school’s 2018 run to the Final Four, died Thursday in Chicago. She was 106.

Loyola announced her death late Thursday night; a cause was not announced.

An omnipresent fixture at basketball games at ...Read more

Q: I just read your column about Heaven, and loved it. I, too, believe our souls are reunited with those we have lost. My question is, when you said the concept of Heaven began in the rabbinic times, do we know what caused them to think this after never having believed in Heaven before? Thank you for your columns. I find them enjoyable and ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I watched a documentary on the state of the world and the horrible storms that befall this planet and its people. There were skeptics interviewed who declared that if there is a God who is in control, the world would not be so out of control. My conscience tells me they are wrong, but I can’t ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: The workplace has been tough for many, particularly since COVID-19 shut down the world. I try to employ as many people as I can, but I can’t hire the whole world. How can I be an encouragement to those who have wrongly lost jobs? – W.L.

A: Losing a job can be a very traumatic experience. When ...Read more