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Religion

Ancient manuscript gives glimpse of early Christianity

An important piece of early Christian history, the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, is up for auction at Christie’s in London. This codex is a mid-fourth century book from Egypt containing a combination of biblical and other early Christian texts. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex was discovered alongside ...

A sermon to our community: resurrection through eagles

By Travis Habbershon I don’t know about you, but I absolutely love that we are seeing more bald eagles around Lewistown. My first memory of seeing them around here was when I was working at a drug and alcohol rehab center close to 14 years ago. I remember driving a group of guys there to a ...

Cursed, who me? The doctrine of redemption

I want to write to you today about the doctrine of redemption. It is an important doctrine because it is the heart of the gospel. Why is it so important? Because as long as preachers leave out the issue of sin, the issue of guilt, the issue of eternal damnation, the debt incurred by violating ...

Concerns over Pope Francis’s health

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his prepared speech at a conference in the Vatican Friday, saying he has not yet fully recovered from his latest ailment that has raised concerns about his capacity to continue leading the Roman ...

Ministry encourages relationship with Christ

I had the opportunity to spend the summer as a senior wrangler and counselor at Promise Ranch Ministries. Promise Ranch strives to spur children and their families on in their relationship with Christ through summer camps, horse camps, outreach opportunities, birthday parties, field trips and ...

Religion briefs

Editor’s note: To submit a nonprofit announcement to The Sentinel’s Religion section, contact Tom Laub at (717) 248-6741 or by email at living@lewistownsentinel.com. Items also may be faxed to (717) 248-3481 or sent to The Sentinel, 352 Sixth St., Lewistown, PA 17044. Items must be received ...