At the urging of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale, President Abraham Lincoln declared an annual national holiday of ...

We can look to the Old Testament to find encouragement through the life of King David and his place in the story of the ...

For Lincoln, Thanksgiving was a day to not only reflect on our blessings but repent for our shortcomings and find ways to ...

Islam teaches that Prophets were inspired and sent to all of mankind in different lands and at different times. One version of a hadith puts the number of prophets sent to mankind as 124,000 (Ibn ...

Gen 27:28 is simple enough. Isaac intended to bless Esau that he will accumulate wealth. Any father would want that for every one of his children. Verse 29 is problematic. Isaac said: “Be lord over ...

As we read President Abraham Lincoln’s words to our nation, hopefully we can derive encouragement, knowing the troubles the ...

The Way of the Heart, “Silence completes and intensifies solitude.” Yet Scripture does not present solitude and silence as punishments, but as invitations.

When you gather around the Thanksgiving table, what will you be most grateful for this year? Lee Walter points to his best ...

Isaiah asks, "Whose report will you believe?" (Isaiah 53:1). The enemy's lies are designed to overshadow God's promises. But ...

George Washington issued the first presidential proclamation of Thanksgiving Day in 1789.

It wasn't until October of 1863, during the height of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a National ...