Have you ever wondered why it is not easy to be a Christian nowadays? One big reason is that we live in an unholy world.
Author: The Sword of the Spirit
The Spiritual Meaning of Fasting
Some of the Old Testament background, spiritual dimensions and a few practical guidelines about the practice of fasting.
With Jesus in the Wilderness for 40 Days
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry.
For the 40 days
Find here some interesting articles and reflections to aid you in your 40-day journey in preparation for Easter.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were calledto the one hopeof your calling” Ephesians 4:4 Table of Contents Verse for the Year I, therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one […]
The Gift of the Magi
This story is like a parable – it illustrates common everyday images and characters and weaves a story with a surprising ending. It is a story of unselfish love which is like the gifts given by the three wise men, called the Magi, who were led by a star to Bethlehem.
Jesus: a portrait of humility
Who is more helpless than a newborn child? Yet Jesus did not hesitate to share in our humanity, and his birth was only the first manifestation of his humility
The People of Advent
Never have I entered on Advent so vitally and intensely alert as I am now.
God in Bethlehem’s Cave
What wonder! What mystery! God, who is eternal, unchanging, and unsearchable, becomes visible, vulnerable, weak and helpless as a Jewish infant, born of a virgin without human conception