Take account of the context of Judges, within the Old Testament books that reveal the story of the Israelites in the Promised Land. Assess different accounts of how the Israelites came to the land of Canaan. Then witness the violent cycle in which they fell into idolatrous behavior, then wound up in enslavement, followed by God sending them a series of charismatic leaders ("judges") to free them.

A Max Lucado Story - As Christmas draws near, Jack finds himself disconnecting from the holidays, his job and ultimately his wife. His latest assignment as a journalist takes him to Dallas, but a mysterious photograph draws him to the town of Clearwater, Texas. It is here he discovers the town's life-sized, intricately carved nativity. As Jack delves into the mysteries surrounding the nativity and its creator, he uncovers secrets from his past, reunites...

Palm Sunday, or the Sunday of the Passion, is bittersweet. Characterized by processions, it is also a period of rich musical heritage. Explore these and other aspects of the liturgy in this segment.

Anita examines Acts 17:26-27. God created us so that we would seek Him. God created built in mechanisms to prompt us to seek Him.

Joel Osteen encourages people to know, God has given you the strength to live a victorious life. You are stronger than you think!

Prayer is the great means of salvation; it gives everyone access to God's grace. In the words of St. Alphonsus de Liguori, "If you pray, you will be saved." Prayer turns natural bodies into supernatural organisms; it embraces every dimension of our human makeup: the physical, mental, spiritual, and social. All of these dimensions come together in the Liturgy. When the Church is at prayer the supernatural organism of Christ's mystical body divinizes...

According to the Qurʾān, Jesus was sent to the Israelites as other prophets were sent to other peoples. The Qurʾān might also be interpreted as saying that Jesus escaped death; Islamic tradition accordingly gives him a prominent role in the end times. Jesus is not only an apocalyptic hero but also a figure of piety and wisdom.

The next three segments, beginning in this one, will take up each day of the Sacred Paschal Triduum. For Fr. Baldovin, Holy Thursday behaves as an overture-highlighting or anticipating major themes to be revisited at a later time. At this point, the Gloria is sung for the first time since the inception of Lent.

Explore the Antonia Fortress, the Church of the Sisters of Zion, three successive lines of fortification walls, the ruins of a burnt Jewish villa, and other archaeological finds in Jerusalem intricately linked with both the final days of Jesus's life and the city's destruction in 70 C.E. by the Romans.

While academic scholars often consider the "Muhammad of history" to be a poorly known figure, Muslim tradition describes his life in great detail. Accordingly, Muhammad was born in Mecca, a city founded by Abraham but which had since descended into paganism. Muhammad, however, found welcome in a city to the north, Medina. There he established a state governed by Islamic law.