Three weeks before Lent begins each year, the Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee (Luke 18:9–14). For Orthodox Christians, this parable, in which a Pharisee ...

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If ever there were a time in American history in which a beatitude calling us to "hunger and thirst for righteousness" would seem unduly important, this must certainly be it. Not because the country ...

'Holier than thou' or less evil than you? The true nature of self-righteousness. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 15, 2026 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 07 / 170711220512.htm University ...

Christians are brainwashed in churches not to think but to foolishly follow whatever our pastors tell us. We are hoodwinked into believing all things. (1 Corinthians 13:7). As a result, when we are ...

India, Sept. 14 -- In all fights and all wars that have taken place in the world, whoever has fought has people behind them saying and believing one thing: 'I am right'. Those who feel that they are ...