Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In the Book of Mark, Jesus explains the unforgivable sin. The Pharisees, having witnessed Jesus ...

Children are not property to be exploited; they are gifts from God -- and what do you do with a gift? You cherish it, grow it, and protect it. Yet, in a world marred by moral decay and power ...

Mass shootings, war crimes and other deeds that shock the conscience seem to be transgressions against divine law, or sins, that are hard to forgive. This week’s clergy discuss how forgiveness can ...

I have met a few people who actually believed that suicide was the unforgivable sin and that it would automatically send anyone to hell. Their reasoning was that, in the case of suicide, the ...