The cultural setting for this parable is a first-century Jewish wedding, and it points to the need to be prepared for the second coming of Christ. In the parable, Jesus taught that "the kingdom of ...

Not many years before that, namely in 567, the second Council ... great feast of the birth of Jesus Christ. The Greek Church still continues to observe the fast of Advent, though with much less ...

And each gift is important to the building up of the body of Christ ... of divine love for us. The second week of Advent teaches us to call upon the name of Jesus, as did the early Christians.

In the Christian church calendar, Advent is a period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and a preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Advent begins ...

Ghanaian musician-turned-preacher, Yaw Siki, has revealed that he used to doubt the second coming of Jesus Christ. Speaking in an interview on 3Music TV, he admitted that he never truly believed ...

The three purple candles will be lit on the first, second and fourth Sunday of Advent. The pink candle ... It symbolises the birth of Christ and the change in the colour of the season.

“For Christians, this day confirms Jesus’ divinity and assures us of His second coming. “The resurrection gives us hope of life after death and if Christ rose from the dead, then believers ...