Making our choices count is, however, far from straightforward, and this is the subject of Martin Hägglund’s book This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom. Hägglund, who teaches literature at ...

I sat observing in the 12-step circle of Recovery Church on the Hilltop, surrounded by men and women who were transparent about their past addictions and their new freedom from them in Christ. Person ...

October is independence month in my country of origin, Nigeria. I am one of the people who celebrate two independence months in a year — one in July and the other in October. This month, I was ...

Belief, however, often shifts responsibility away from the individual toward an external authority. In this sense, assumption opens the path to freedom and inner independence, while belief can easily ...

Nearly a third of Australians at the last census checked “None” when asked about their religion, up from 19% in 2006. What many people might not realise is that while some “Nones” are indeed atheists ...

Perhaps it’s time for deeper discussions of freedom. Perhaps some have taken for granted that to be in a free country means we can say and do whatever, whenever, wherever and to whomever we want.

To give up everything and follow Jesus, to leave behind homes and lands and fathers and mothers and children, the disciples first had to be spiritually free. Being spiritually free, becoming ...

Accra, July 29, GNA - Dr Sam Dufu, Leader of Eckankar in Ghana, on Wednesday night said the surest way for individuals to overcome the perils of life was to work towards the enhancement of their ...

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