“Even as Iran’s underground church is widely regarded as one of the fastest -growing Christian movements in the world, hundreds of thousands have been forced to live in secret, fearing persecution ...

As we glimpse that God’s perfect love truly does envelop everyone, we see greater evidence of God’s protection for His children.

We don’t demonstrate such exclusionary self-focus in other ministry spheres. Opening our aperture is biblical and aids our advocacy. It rankles me when Christians pray only for persecuted Christians.

As we pray the Lord’s Prayer in humility and openness to inspiration, we find immediate help. An article inspired by this week’s Bible lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.

At baptism and throughout the life of a Christian, an internal call is given to us to seek and develop a life of prayer. We are summoned to seek fellowship with the God who created us and who is ...