(In this 84th installment of the UPI series of sermons, the Rev. Dr. John C. Compton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va., reflects on David's trust in God). This sermon is based on 1 ...

You cannot serve two masters at the same time. You will hate one and love the other, or you will be loyal to one and not care ...

Trusting in God means to live with complete and utter devotion to him. Without faith it’s impossible to live a G life. Indeed, Paul reminds us that whatsoever is not of faith is sin. And the Christian ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Trusting in God/Jesus is the foundation of our relationship with Him. We believe in Him because we trust in Him, and we trust in Him because we believe in Him: Jesus said, "Let not your hearts be ...

My favorite saint is St. Teresa of Avila. She was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun who reformed her religious order and wrote many mystical books and poems. Her vast theological contribution to the ...

This past weekend at Mass, we heard the Gospel story in which Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish (John 6:1-15). This Gospel story has always stood out to me. How could a ...

It’s not easy to “be still and know that I am God” in the middle of crisis. But the rest of this psalm gives us clues how we can do just that. What do you do when life takes you all the way out to the ...

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. — Psalm 20:7 I needed two medications urgently. One was for my mom’s allergies and the other for my niece’s ...