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How Can a Loving God Allow Suffering? Callie Weems was a nurse and the twenty-three-year-old mother of a ten-month-old daughter named Ivy. According to Callie’s mother, Ivy was a constant source of entertainment and wonder to the new mom. Then came last Friday, when a gunman opened fire at a store in Fordyce, Arkansas. Callie died, helping to save the life of another victim. Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar said of her, “Instead of fleeing the store, she stopped to render aid in one of the most selfless acts I’ve ever seen.” Her mother explained Callie’s motivation: “God gave her the strength to run into that store to help. She was strong enough in her faith that if something happened, she knew where she was going, and that was paradise.” If believers must account for evil Yesterday, in response to ongoing...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, June 27, 2024 11:06am |
Is Public Opinion Shifting on Same-Sex Marriage? A few days ago, David Von Drehle of The Washington Post scolded pro-lifers for allowing so-called “zealots” to take over their movement after winning the victory of overturning Roe v. Wade. In the piece, he compared pro-lifers to the Khmer Rouge of 1970s Cambodia, which, after its victory, began murdering its own members for trivial “offenses.” In Von Drehle’s mind, pro-lifers who are now calling attention to the ethical problems with IVF are doing the same thing: allowing counterproductive radicals to take over the movement in the wake of a victory. The irony here is that the kind of radical overreach Von Drehle is talking about is happening, just not in the pro-life movement. Rather, his analysis more closely describes...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, June 27, 2024 11:15am |
Seventh-Day Adventist Church Baptizes 300,000 in Papua New Guinea The Seventh-Day Adventist Church recently held a baptism event in Papua New Guinea, where 300,000 people were reportedly baptized. According to Adventist Today, the baptisms were part of a joint effort between the South Pacific Division, the Papua New Guinea Union Mission (PNGUM), the General Conference, and Adventist World Radio. The event lasted two weeks and featured pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-Day Adventist world church. He and his wife Nancy spoke at daily events as the crusade traveled across New Guinea to spread the gospel. “The latest information from the South Pacific Division and the Papua New Guinea Union Mission is that 278,369 people have been baptized so far in ‘PNG for Christ’ with only about 52 percent of the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, June 28, 2024 3:00pm |
FIFA World Cup Winner Lionel Messi Credits God for His Successful Career Football star and 2022 World Cup winner Lionel Messi recently attributed his football talent to God, saying, "It's very clear to me that I was born like this because God chose me," Messi told Argentina podcaster Juan Pablo Varsky. "It was a gift he gave me. I tried to take advantage of it; I did everything possible to squeeze the most out of it. The truth is, although I did many things, I did nothing to become the player that I already was when I was little." As reported by Premier Christian News, Messi has previously mentioned God in his interviews. After winning last year's World Cup, he spoke about praying for the victory as part of a full circle moment with Argentina's national team. "I asked God, as I have done all my life in everything,"...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, June 28, 2024 3:03pm |
Pastor Calls All Americans to Pray and Fast for Our Nation California-based megachurch Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, Pastor Jack Hibbs is calling on Americans, especially Christians, to join Tennessee’s month of prayer and fasting for the nation next month. During a sermon on Sunday, Hibbs told the congregation that Tennessee’s Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill calling on state residents to participate in 30 days of prayer and fasting for the state and the nation starting July 1. According to The Christian Post, Hibbs invited the congregation to stand and extend an invitation to “every pastor in America and every Christian church in America” to “join Tennessee.” Moreover, Hibbs lamented that California’s Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom “won’t say such a thing.” “We don’t need our...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 01, 2024 1:59pm |
Do Human Rights Truly Exist? In a TEDx talk years ago, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari made the startling claim that human rights do not exist. Human rights are just like heaven and like God: It’s just a fictional story that we’ve invented and spread around. … It is not a biological reality, just as jellyfish and woodpeckers, and ostriches have no rights, Homo sapiens have no rights. … Take a human, cut him open, look inside—you find their blood, and you find the heart and lungs and kidneys, but you don’t find there any rights. The only place you find rights is in the fictional stories that humans have invented and spread around. Harari’s talk resurfaced on the site formerly known as Twitter and sparked a lively debate among Tom Holland, author of Dominion, Glen Scrivener, an Anglican priest and author of The Air We...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 01, 2024 2:08pm |
The Critical Role Trust Plays in Presidential and Supreme Court Leadership President Biden and former President Trump held a ninety-minute debate last night at CNN’s Atlanta studios. This was the first presidential debate in history where Americans witnessed a sitting president debating his predecessor. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court issued four significant rulings: o Idaho must provide abortions in medical emergencies. o The family that owns Purdue Pharma cannot use the company’s bankruptcy case to settle opioid lawsuits without the plaintiffs’ consent. o The Securities and Exchange Commission cannot rely on in-house courts to resolve certain enforcement disputes. o The EPA must suspend its plan to curtail air pollution that drifts across state lines. It will be...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 01, 2024 2:36pm |
10 Easy Ways Your Church Can Grow Its Congregation Here are 10 things that ANY church – no matter its size or budget, worship style, or denomination – can do to help ensure it will grow numerically. I honestly can’t envision a scenario where any of these 10 could not be pursued and, if they haven’t yet been pursued, wouldn’t result in increased growth. 1. Prioritize Children. Your children’s ministry is arguably the greatest growth engine you can invest in to reach families. Period. 2. Get a Website. There is no excuse for a church not having a website. They are easy to create, cheap to sustain, and absolutely the way people will first explore your church. 3. Be Friendly. I don’t mean friendly to people you know, or friendly to people you like, or friendly to people...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 01, 2024 2:55pm |
How Christians Are Called to Discern Lies Against the Church Many of the New Testament epistles chronicle the significant temptations that raged against the early Church, both from within and without. From the beginning, the Church was forced to deal with heresies, false gospels, and false teachers. For example, here’s Paul writing to the church at Galatia: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 01, 2024 4:25pm |
Pope Francis formally approves canonization of first-ever millennial saint, teen Carlo Acutis An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, is seen during his beatification ceremony celebrated by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, center, in the St. Francis Basilica, in Assisi, Italy, Oct. 10, 2020. GREGORIO BORGIA/AP A 15-year-old Italian web designer is set to become the Catholic Church's first saint from the millennial generation. On Monday, in a ceremony called an Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope Francis and the cardinals residing in Rome formally approved the canonization of Carlo Acutis, along with 14 others. No specific date has been set for the canonization of Acutis, who was dubbed "God's Influencer"...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 02, 2024 1:25pm |
5 Concerns on Oklahoma's New Bible in School Mandate Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters recently mandated that a Bible be in every classroom in the state and that all teachers teach from it. Here is part of what he said when making this announcement. “The Bible is one of the most historically significant books and a cornerstone of Western civilization, along with the Ten Commandments…This is not merely an educational directive but a crucial step in ensuring our students grasp the core values and historical context of our country.” Some people who heard this mandate saw it as a cause for celebration. I even had people sending me emails praising this decision. However, when I listened to this announcement, I didn’t find an immediate desire to celebrate. Instead, I felt the alarm bells ringing in my heart....more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 2:58pm |
How Business Owner’s Faith Stood Strong Amidst Legal Battles This past month, cake artist and business owner Jack Phillips was back in court. After a Supreme Court win and 12 years of legal battles, an LGBTQ activist has continued to harass Phillips for his Christian convictions and his presumption to act upon them. Jack was first taken to court by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in 2012 when he respectfully declined to bake a cake for a same-sex “wedding.” The couple pursued legal action against Jack despite his offer to serve them anything in his store and his recommendation of other cake shops that would gladly take their order. The case ended with a 7-2 ruling for Jack in the United States Supreme Court with a strong condemnation of the state of Colorado for its “clear and impermissible hostility” towards his faith. However, the state went after...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 3:11pm |
Trump's Immunity and the Moral Dilemma of Leadership The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that Donald Trump is entitled to “a presumptive presidential immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.” However, it added that a president “enjoys no immunity for unofficial acts, and not everything the president does is official.” The case now returns to a lower court to assess whether Mr. Trump’s January 6 actions were official or private. President Biden responded last night, warning that the decision means there are “virtually no limits on what the president can do.” Other reactions were swift and mostly on partisan lines. However, here’s the foundational issue no court or law can resolve unilaterally: whether the actions of a president—or anyone else—are...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 3:20pm |
Scripture Is Confirmed Real with Tangible, Touchable New Discoveries A recent article in Britain’s The Daily Mail suggested that the prophets Amos and Zechariah may have had something right. As the writer put it, A scientific breakthrough has exposed the truth about a site in ancient Jerusalem, overturning expert opinion and vindicating the Bible’s account. Until now, experts believed a stretch of wall in the original heart of the city was built by Hezekiah, King of Judah, whose reign straddled the seventh and eighth centuries BC. . .. But now an almost decade-long study has revealed it was built by his great- grandfather, Uzziah, after a huge earthquake, echoing the account of the Bible. “…echoing the account of the Bible.” The story reminds me of a scene from a Pirates of the Caribbean movie,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 3:31pm |
How to Keep Faith During the 2024 Presidential Race President Biden will meet with Democratic governors later today as he attempts to solidify support among his party’s top leaders after last week’s debate. Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas has become the first Democrat in Congress to publicly call for Mr. Biden to withdraw as his party’s nominee for president. Politico reports that at least a half-dozen current or former Democratic members of Congress have openly acknowledged their skepticism about his campaign as well. New York Times writer Thomas Friedman, said to be one of Mr. Biden’s favorite columnists, has also published a second article appealing to the president to step aside. However, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the president’s “tight inner circle” is “counseling him to ignore critics and stay in the race.” In other...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 03, 2024 3:40pm |
Pastor Denounces SBC for Removing Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church North Point Community Church pastor Andy Stanley criticized the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) for removing Saddleback Church, founded by Rick Warren, from the denomination in 2023 for eliminating women as pastors. “Last year, his denomination kicked him out of the denomination. For something immoral? No. Something illegal? No. Something that had to do with money? No. Because he’s had some addiction? No. None of that glamorous stuff,” Stanley said of Warren on Sunday in a sermon titled “Broken and Grateful.” “They kicked him out because he had the nerve to ordain three female staff members who were functioning as pastors,” Stanley continued. During the SBC’s annual meeting in New Orleans in 2023, Warren,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 3:43pm |
Televangelist Benny Hinn Claims Those ‘Who Give to Lord’s Work’ Will Be Protected Financially in Dark Days to Come Televangelist Benny Hinn recently claimed that Christians who give money to the Lord’s work will be financially protected in the world’s darkest days to come. “Well, listen, I want you to give to the Lord’s work. I want you to sow seed in the Lord’s work. We are facing days of such darkness and such danger unseen in the history of man. Unseen since Adam, worse than anything that has happened in the past what’s coming on the way,” Hinn said in a livestream broadcast on YouTube Tuesday titled “Shameless Begging,” in which viewers were prompted to donate to Hinn’s ministry. “And only those who’ve been faithful in giving to God’s work will be protected financially in those days,” Hinn...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 3:51pm |
The True Meaning of Freedom On the 4th of July, I’m always reminded of times I’ve traveled in countries where freedom is severely curtailed. Or where the people have been freshly freed from the chains of injustice, and the joy of their release was palpable. I was in Johannesburg on the 10th anniversary of the end of apartheid. I was in Korea when the border between North and South was electric with tension. My most powerful memory came from Moscow, where I was teaching shortly after the fall of communism. One night a group of us went to the famed Bolshoi Ballet. It was a long, wonderful evening, and after we took the subway back to where we were staying, the students said, “Come and let us celebrate.” The other two professors with me were as tired as I was, but the students were so...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 3:59pm |
Why Pain and Suffering Are Essential to Finding True Peace To be human is to experience pain and suffering. The betrayal of a friend, the loss of a loved one to cancer, the hurtful words of a hot-tempered coworker, the apathy of a spouse—the consequences of sin and brokenness can take various forms. Our sin hurts ourselves and others; even when we are not personally guilty, the world is broken. It’s tempting to respond by either detaching from the world around us or by indulging it. Advocates of detachment encourage folks not to get too close to people or things in this life. Some suggest that by developing rigorous disciplines—mental, physical, or spiritual—we can remain unaffected by pain and pleasure. Others tell us to indulge ourselves. In Paul’s day, the message of indulgence...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 4:08pm |
What Founding Fathers' Warnings Mean for Today’s Presidential Candidates ABC News has shifted President Biden’s interview tonight with George Stephanopoulos to primetime. Seldom in American history has so much ridden on a single conversation, but this is just one example of the continuing turmoil regarding Mr. Biden’s future. According to the New York Times, he has told key allies that he knows he has only days to salvage his presidential candidacy. In light of today’s news, consider this warning from one political leader to his colleagues: We shall be divided by our little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded; and we ourselves shall become a reproach and by-word down to future ages. Was this a reflection of our current political climate? Actually, these words were spoken by...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 4:16pm |
Vatican excommunicates ex-ambassador to U.S., Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, declares him guilty of schism Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the then-Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, listens to remarks at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore. PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP A firebrand conservative who became one of Pope Francis' most ardent critics has been excommunicated by the Vatican. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who once served as the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S., was found guilty of schism. The Vatican's doctrine office imposed the penalty after a meeting of its members on Thursday, a press statement said Friday. The office cited Viganò's "refusal to recognize and submit to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 05, 2024 4:55pm |
Megachurch Pastor Charged with Rape and Sexual Abuse of Minor Kentucky megachurch pastor Zachary, a pastor with “significant experience serving in youth ministry,” has been charged with the rape and sexual abuse of a minor. According to a press release from the office of the Attorney General of Kentucky, King, 47, was also charged with the unlawful use of electronics to engage in sexual acts with a minor. King is a pastor with “significant experience serving in youth ministry” at multiple megachurches, including LexCity Church in Lexington, Kentucky, where he preached about three months ago and also resigned as executive pastor. King is currently being held in the Fayette County Detention Center and charged with first-and second-degree rape, as well as first-and second-degree sodomy, per a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 08, 2024 9:09am |
Hundreds in Australia Follow Jesus at Will Graham’s ‘Look Up Celebration’ Hundreds of attendees committed to follow Jesus Christ during an evangelist event in Queensland, Australia, led by evangelist Will Graham, the eldest son of Franklin Graham and grandson of the famed evangelist Billy Graham. “Many people believe there are multiple ways to God, but that’s not what the Bible says,” Graham told the crowd. “Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’ There’s only one way to God, and that’s through His Son, Jesus Christ, and what He did on the cross. Jesus bled and died to pay the debt so that you and I can have a relationship with God.” According to The Christian Post, Graham’s “Look Up Celebration” was held in Queensland’s Gold Coast, which...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 11:25am |
Pastor Speaks on Biden, Trump, and America’s Divine Judgement Pastor and author John MacArthur told a radio audience last week that America may be under “divine judgment,” adding that the only way back is through the power of the gospel, not politics. The pastor of Grace Community Church and the host of the popular radio ministry Grace to You made the remarks during an interview with Breitbart News Daily, saying America’s moral decay is a result of the church failing in its mission and the nation abandoning Scripture. “I think about everything biblically. And God is sovereign,” he said. “And He is in charge. And He controls everything. And that means that what’s going on in our country, as bad as it is and as satanic as it is, we have to remember that the devil is God’s devil. And he’s got limits, and he’s got boundaries. “So...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 11:40am |
105-Year-Old Woman Gets Her Master’s Degree after 84 Years Regardless of whether someone is still in school or not or how many degrees they might hold, an education is never truly complete. There will always be more knowledge and information to learn and obtain. Someone who says otherwise or believes getting an education is useless is an individual to avoid at all costs. No matter the age or stage in life, we can all learn more. The old saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," while an incredibly popular adage, couldn't be more wrong. Pick up a book on a subject you know little or nothing about. You're almost guaranteed to come away with more knowledge than you had before you began reading on page one. 105-Year-Old Woman Gets Master’s Degree Virginia Hislop understands the importance of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 11:56am |
Harvard's 85-Year Study Uncovers the Ultimate Key to Happiness Since 1938, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has followed two groups of men. One is a group of 456 boys from Boston’s most troubled families and roughest neighborhoods. The other consisted of 268 Harvard College students, chosen by a professor of hygiene specifically for their potential to become healthy, well-adjusted adults. The focus of the longitudinal study has been to discern the factors that best predict a long, healthy life. The researchers who have followed these young men have maintained a stunning 84% participation rate over eight decades. They have visited homes, spoken to parents and siblings, tracked medical exams, and followed marriages and careers. The study, which is currently tracking a second generation of participants, has produced a...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 12:10pm |
The Ten Boom House and the Legacy of Trusting God's Will Amidst Adversity In the late 1930s, Corrie ten Boom was living in a small town in the Netherlands, better known as Holland. Her home, called the Beje (pronounced bay-yay), was a tilting, centuries-old house in the center of Haarlem and its bumpy brick streets. Actually, it was two houses. In front, it looked like a typical old Haarlem structure: three stories high, two rooms deep, and one room wide. But sometime in its history, the rear wall had been knocked through to join it with the even thinner, steeper house behind it. Horrified by the German onslaught against the Jewish people of her country, Corrie (along with her family) began to hide within their home, those most threatened by arrest. It was precisely the eccentric design and construction of their house that...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 09, 2024 12:14pm |
Republican Platform Softens Pro-Life Stance, Omits ‘Unborn’ for First Time Since 1972 The National Republican Party unveiled its 2024 platform on Monday, softening its stance on abortion and removing opposition to same-sex marriage in what GOP officials say is a document that aligns with political reality and the beliefs of presumptive nominee Donald Trump. Many social conservatives, though, criticized the new platform, with Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley saying he was “disheartened by what’s happened in the GOP” and pro-life activist Lila Rose of Live Action describing it as a “significant downgrade from what it has been for four decades.” The new GOP platform on life is a significant downgrade from what it has been for four decades. Beginning with the Reagan Revolution...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 12:09pm |
Catholic Church Launches ‘Holy Games’ in Hopes to Evangelize Young Olympic Sports Fans The Roman Catholic Church is planning to engage people to participate in religious activities during the 2024 Paris Olympics. As reported by The Conversation, eight Catholic dioceses based in Paris have organized what is called the “Holy Games,” a project between the Archdiocese of Paris and the French Bishops Conference. Those participating in the Holy Games will be involved in three programs, each lasting a week: two during the Olympics and the third during the Paralympics. Missionaries, Catholics, and other spectators will gather at the Holy Games to watch the Olympics and Paralympics, celebrate Mass, and engage in fellowship through various cultural activities. According to La Croix International, a French...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 12:47pm |
SBC President and Pro-Life Leaders Criticize GOP Platform Shift on Abortion The president of the Southern Baptist Convention was among the faith and pro-lifers on Tuesday who expressed dismay at a new Republican platform that waters down the party's position on abortion and, for the first time since 1972, fails to include language explicitly referencing the "unborn." The 2024 platform, passed by the Republican National Committee's platform committee on Tuesday, is the first GOP platform since 1972 not to back a federal pro-life solution to the abortion issue. Every platform since 1976 has been pro-life, including the 2016 one, which said, "We assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed." The new platform calls abortion a state issue. The...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 12:57pm |
8 Powerful Lessons from Joshua to Ruth on Fighting with Faith Years ago, I was very frustrated at the church’s and our nation’s spiritual condition. I prayed, “Lord, many of us have faith that things can change, but nothing seems to be working!” Through Scripture reading, I soon realized that faith often involves action: “The day I pray for God to move the mountain, I often wake up next to a shovel.” (Anonymous). By faith, Abel offered the right sacrifice. By faith, Noah built the ark and saved his family. By faith, Abram obeyed God and left his country in pursuit of the promise (cf. Heb. 11). And on and on it goes …faith obeys God. Faith Must Fight to Ignite To be clear, I’m not talking about physical warfare but spiritual warfare. The same Gospel that brings peace with God brings war...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 1:12pm |
What Model’s Wedding Dress Says About Biblical Marriage Fashion has a way of exposing the true underbelly of culture, it reflects more of what is not said rather than what is expressed overtly. Fashion sets a tone, shares a message, and speaks visually in a glance at what would require a verbose explanation to express in word form. Recently the dress Olivia Culpo chose to wear has caused a stir of mixed reviews for her wedding. In many ways her choice of wedding gown expresses a reminder we need to remember about weddings: they ought to be about marriage more than an event. Who Is Olivia Culpo? Olivia Culpo is a model, influencer, and former pageant winner. She first rose to national attention by winning Miss Rhode Island 2012, followed by Miss American 2012, and finally, Miss Universe 2012. She has...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 1:33pm |
What Can Christians Learn from Wang Mingdao’s Faithfulness to Christ? Today, China officially recognizes roughly 20 million Christians affiliated with “government-sanctioned” churches. These are churches registered with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and under state control. Actual numbers of Christians are believed to be well over 100 million, thanks in part to the courageous pioneering of Wang Mingdao, who in the 1930s established the house church movement. Mingdao was born in Beijing to a poor Chinese Christian family during the bloody Boxer Rebellion. He became a Christian himself at age 14 through his missionary school. But serious illness at 18 led him to a deeper commitment, where he began studying the Bible intensely. Seeing a need to both uphold the Chinese culture in the local church and resist liberal...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 1:35pm |
Ancient relic depicting Moses, Ten Commandments found in Austria, archaeologists say Ivory fragments of the pyx arranged on a white background. UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK Researchers in Austria found an ancient relic depicting the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments in a centuries-old church in the southern part of the country, according to a news release from the University of Innsbruck. The archaeologists were exploring a Christian church in a hilltop settlement in Irschen that was abandoned in 610 A.D. in 2022 when they found a small marble shrine hidden under the altar of a side chapel. Inside the shrine was a "heavily fragmented" box, or pyx, made of ivory and "richly decorated with Christian motifs."...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 10, 2024 1:44pm |
Is Your Church Organized for Growth or Stuck in Control Mode? One of the pastors on our staff was overheard saying to another staffer, “One of the things that makes Meck so different is that it is not organized for control, but rather organized for growth.” He gets it. It’s a simple but profound idea. When you are organized for control, then your decision-making systems, processes… they’re all about controlling things. The goal is to make sure everything is done a certain way, or that everything done is allowed. It’s more about the preservation of the status quo than it is the challenge of it. When you are organized for growth, you are structured for rapid decision-making, fluid thinking, the absence of sacred cows, and the ability to think outside of the box. You are constantly asking: “How can we do...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 11, 2024 12:25pm |
How the GOP's New Abortion Stance Could Impact the Pro-Life Movement Earlier this week, the Republican National Committee announced that its 2024 platform position on abortion would now mirror that of former President Trump’s presidential campaign. That means the party now opposes a federal ban on abortion and supports access to the abortion drug, mifepristone, and unregulated IVF services. Many pro-lifers are concerned, and they should be. Like other things witnessed over the last couple of years, this is a “You are here” moment for the pro-life movement. I talked with my friend Ryan Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and asked him to comment on the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 11, 2024 12:52pm |
New Study Suggests Practicing Gratitude Leads to Longer Life Amidst all the bad news in the news this week, let’s focus today on some good news. A new study of gratitude and mortality among older adults (in this case, older US female nurses) found that those who more frequently noticed and felt grateful for positive experiences tended to live longer. This report is by no means an outlier. For example, psychologists recruited a group of participants and asked one-third to write up to five things for which they were grateful that week. A second group was asked to record hassles or irritations; a third was told to record events that affected them over the week. After doing this for ten weeks, those in the gratitude group: o Rated their life more favorably than those in the other two groups, both with regard to life as a whole and in relation to the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 11, 2024 1:20pm |
Megachurch Pastor Uses Robert Morris’ Fall as a Warning Global megachurch leader Pastor Enoch Adeboye recently warned his congregation at the Nigeria-based Redeemed Christian Church of God to “flee youthful lusts” while alluding to the recent sex abuse allegation against Gateway Church founder and former pastor Robert Morris. “The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2:22, flee youthful lust. When it comes to sexual temptation, don’t fight; run,” said Adeboye, who is the global general overseer of churches in his ministry, including those in Africa, Europe, and North America, in a recent sermon. “Remember, a couple of years ago when they accused one man of God of rape? I told my children, and I said, I don’t believe he committed rape. ...He did something, no doubt about that, but that he did it by force?...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 11, 2024 3:37pm |
Fire breaks out in spire of Rouen Cathedral in northwest France Smoke pours from the spire of the gothic Notre Dame of Rouen Cathedral, in Normandy, France, July 11, 2024, during renovation work on the medieval church. OBTAINED BY REUTERS The famous medieval cathedral in the city of Rouen in western France was evacuated Thursday when a fire broke out in the spire. The Notre Dame of Rouen Cathedral is undergoing renovations and video from the scene showed thick smoke rising from the spire, which is partially covered in scaffolding. Fire trucks raced to the scene to save the cathedral, made famous by impressionist painter Claude Monet who depicted the imposing structure in a series of paintings in the 1890s, and the fire was brought...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Fri, July 12, 2024 3:18pm |
Why Military Drafting Women is a Step Backwards for Biological Truth Recently, the Senate’s Committee on Armed Services advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for 2025. The proposal would “amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women for Selective Service.” If the bill became law, every daughter, upon turning 18, would be required to sign up for the military draft, just as men currently must do. This effort illustrates the confusion behind the contemporary call for equity instead of equality. Equality is about dignity. Men and women are equal in standing, dignity, and value, despite the significant differences between them. This understanding of men and women is, in fact, grounded in Scripture. As described in the first chapter of Genesis, God made his image bearers male...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 8:57am |
‘God Spared Donald Trump:’ Last-Second Head Tilt Saved His Life It’s being called the head tilt that spared the life of former President Donald Trump. Others say it was divine intervention. Trump was speaking at a rally Saturday in Butler, PA, when a gunman perched on a rooftop pointed a high-powered rifle at Trump, attempting to end the life of the presumptive Republican nominee. However, just before the bullet reached its mark, Trump tilted his head slightly to the right, causing the bullet to graze his right ear but causing no further damage, video of the incident shows. The bullet was less than an inch from landing in his brain. A picture from New York Times photographer Doug Mills captured the bullet mid-flight, a split-second after it hit Trump. The former president immediately grabbed his ear, blood running down...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 15, 2024 9:20am |
Trump Praises God, Saying ‘It Was God Alone Who Prevented the Unthinkable’ Former President Donald Trump is crediting divine intervention for sparing his life Saturday when a gunman's bullet that was intended for his head instead only grazed his ear. The would-be assassin, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, crawled atop a nearby building with a high-powered rifle and aimed it at Trump's head but narrowly missed his target by less than half an inch. Law enforcement was still searching for a motive. It was the most serious assassination attempt on a president or former president since 1981 when Ronald Reagan was shot but survived. Trump's life may have been spared due to a last-second head turn that, apparently, prevented the bullet from striking him directly. On his Truth Social account,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 16, 2024 1:28pm |
Why Are Young Women Abandoning Church Faster Than Men? One of the oldest features of Christianity is its appeal among women. Women swelled the ranks of the Early Church as it reflected how Jesus had treated them. He talked to women in public, defended them against accusers, and appeared to them first after His resurrection. All this at a time when women were widely treated as inferior to men. Today, however, women in America seem to be abandoning Christian observance more quickly than men. Political scientist Ryan Burge, co-author of The Great De-Churching, recently shared survey data showing that college-educated men are now more likely to attend church weekly than college-educated women. In 2008, 36% of women with at least a four-year degree attended church weekly, compared with 34% of men with a degree. By 2023, just 27%...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Tue, July 16, 2024 1:34pm |
Church Faces Continued Controversy after Exposing Pastor as Convicted Sex Offender Gateway Church continues to deal with controversy following the resignation of Robert Morris due to an allegation that he sexually abused a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. According to The Roys Report, Gateway Church’s Prison Ministries Campus Pastor Stephen Wilson is a known convicted sex offender. Meanwhile, a 2019 article written by Outreach Magazine’s Jonathan Sprowl states that Wilson was a former middle school teacher and coach who was found guilty in 2002 of attempting “indecency with a child” after he had an “inappropriate relationship with one of his high school students.” He was arrested on July 30, 2002, and charged with a third-degree felony. He served time in prison and had to...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 9:08am |
Political Commentator Warns ‘There Is a Spiritual Battle’ Targeting Trump and Christians Conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson contended that the recent attempted assassination against former president Donald Trump is further evidence of evil forces at work in the United States. “I think what happened on Saturday, the assassination attempt against President Trump, reminded a lot of people or awakened a lot of people to this. There is a spiritual battle underway,” Carlson said at a Heritage Foundation event during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “There is no logical way to understand what we’re seeing now in temporal terms. You just can’t. These are not political divides. There are forces — and they’re very obvious now, they’ve decided, for whatever reason, to take off the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 9:33am |
Remains of medieval palace where popes lived possibly found in Rome Sangiovanni ITALIAN CULTURE MINISTRY Archaeologists in Rome may have uncovered the remains of a medieval palace for popes that long preceded the Vatican, officials announced on Wednesday. If the ancient structure did in fact serve the purpose they believe it does, then learning more about it could provide new insight into the earlier eras of the papal seat in Italy and the power struggles that shaped it over time. While excavating a piazza around the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in central Rome, a team of archaeologists happened to discover an advanced hidden structure, surrounded by walls that could have been built as early as the 9th...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 1:02pm |
What Nero Teaches Christians about Unjust Blame Today, July 18, marks a dark day in Christian history. On this date in A.D. 64, the Great Fire of Rome left two-thirds of the Eternal City in ashes. According to Roman historian Tacitus, the fire was sparked in a part of town concentrated with flammable goods, quickly spread by high winds, and burned over the course of the next week and a half. This was the stuff of nightmares. According to Tacitus: The blaze in its fury ran first through the level portions of the city, then rising to the hills, while it again devastated every place below them; it outstripped all preventive measures, so rapid was the mischief and so completely at its mercy the city, with those narrow winding passages and irregular streets which characterized old Rome. He went on...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 4:08pm |
Pastor Shane Idleman on the Duty of Discipline as a Christian Few things are more important and overlooked in a believer’s life than discipline. It truly is the key to finishing strong. Proverbs 25:28 says, “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.” In short, those who lack discipline (we’ve all been guilty of this) do not rule over their passions but allow their passions to rule over them. Discipline Gets the Job Done A city without walls has no protections and is open to ongoing attacks. Everything from anger and arrogance to fleshly appetites and ungodly passions must be controlled. Sin zaps spiritual strength. When we exercise discipline, God exercises grace and gives us strength. For example, if we exercise humility, He will give us more grace, but if we...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 4:26pm |
Pastor Prays that Assassination Attempt Will Be ‘Turning Point’ for Trump’s Faith Pastor and author Greg Laurie says he is praying that Saturday’s assassination attempt will mark a “turning point” in former President Donald Trump’s life, leading him to a deeper faith. The senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in California made the remarks on TBN’s Stakelbeck Tonight, saying he believes God intervened to save Trump’s life. The bullet clipped Trump’s ear and was less than half an inch from piercing his skull. “I just watched a documentary on President Reagan. And as you recall, not long after he became our president, he was shot,” Laurie said. “... And he went into the hospital, and he came very close to dying. And that was a turning point in Reagan’s life, where he made a commitment...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 18, 2024 4:32pm |
Trump Vows to Unite America Stating I’m Here ‘Only by the Grace of Almighty God’ Former president Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination Thursday in Milwaukee by vowing to unite the country and solve the nation’s major challenges as he credited God for saving him from an assassin’s bullet. It was the first public speech for Trump since Saturday’s assassination attempt, which left him with a bandage on his right ear from a bullet that pierced his earlobe and nearly ended his life. “There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way, I felt very safe because I had God on my side,” he told the cheering crowd and a national television audience. “I’m not supposed to be here tonight. Not supposed to be here,” he said. “And I’ll tell you: I stand before you in this...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 10:29am |
Church Releases Statement on Hiring Pastor's Father Despite Child Abuse Confession The Village Church, led by pastor Matt Chandler, released a statement concerning the hiring of his father, who previously confessed to child sex abuse. “The Village Church cares deeply about protecting children and the most vulnerable among us,” TVC told ChurchLeaders in a statement. “We have made it one of our top priorities not only to provide for the spiritual care of our members and guests but also to provide for the safety of those attending our gatherings.” The church added that it employs “best practices—background checks, regular training, and various security protocols—that are informed and shaped through ongoing work with external experts.” TVC said it “continues to invest resources in our growing care ministry to provide Christ-centered...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 10:32am |
Could the Church Save the West from its Downfall? In a recent video posted on X, a Muslim cleric declared that the days of the West are numbered. Not only would formerly Islamic lands like Spain and Rome soon be retaken for Islam, he said, but the entire world would eventually fall to Islamic military rule. Predictions of Western humiliation are, of course, not new. To radical Islam, the West has always been the source of corruption and perversion infecting the rest of the world. This is despite all that the West has given the world, from free markets to voting rights, universal education, and liberty of conscience, among other things. In fact, by nearly every material measurement, societies that have embraced Western principles derived from Christian and Enlightenment ideas have fared better than those that have not. As many...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Mon, July 22, 2024 10:49am |
5 Christian Leaders Weigh In on Biden's Exit, Kamala Harris and the Future of the Race Christian leaders widely praised President Biden’s decision to exit the race, offering a variety of perspectives on the future of the presidential election. Biden on Sunday said, “It is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term.” His withdrawal came more than three weeks after a disastrous debate performance sparked concerns about his cognitive ability. Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely replacement on the Democratic ticket. Here is what five Christian leaders said following Biden’s withdrawal: Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary “This is one of...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 24, 2024 3:07pm |
Ancient ‘Long-Lost’ Christian Community Found in Bahrain Archaeologists have discovered an ancient structure in Bahrain, which is considered one of the oldest Christian buildings in the Gulf. The project was a joint effort first launched in 2019 by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities under Dr. Salman Al Mahari and led by Professor Timothy Insoll from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. According to Christian Today, teams from Bahrain and the United Kingdom carried out the excavation at Samahij cemetery, where they found remnants of a 300-year-old mosque hidden beneath the ground. As they dug deeper, they uncovered a large building with eight rooms, including a kitchen, dining room, workshop, and three living quarters. “The findings suggest the building may have been the...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Wed, July 24, 2024 3:49pm |
French Bible Society Gives 200k Bibles Away at Paris Olympics As reported by The Christian Post, the organization hopes that the free copies of the New Testament will leave “a lasting legacy that extends far beyond the athletic arenas.” The Bibles are distributed in French, with 140,000 copies of the New Testament and another 60,000 copies in English. This edition of the Bible also features testimonies from Christian athletes, including French handball champion Joël Abati and Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers. “It is so inspiring to read the athletes’ testimonies. Those accounts serve as a powerful reminder of the enduring impact the Bible continues to have in our contemporary world”, Jonathan Boulet, General Secretary of the French Bible Society, said, Evangelical Focus reports. “Moreover,...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 25, 2024 1:17pm |
Kamala Harris’ Controversial Views on Religious Liberty Spark Concern among Christian Leaders Christian leaders and organizations are raising alarms about presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris' views on religious liberty, abortion and gender, warning that her positions could jeopardize the rights of religious Americans. Vice President Harris, who already has secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination, was a hero of social liberals when she served as a U.S. senator and, before that, as California’s attorney general before President Biden asked her to join his ticket. The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention warns that Harris has attempted many times during her career to “curtail religious liberty protections.” For example, as a U.S. senator...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 25, 2024 1:26pm |
Jerusalem Archaeologists Uncover Massive Ancient Moat That Protected Biblical Kings Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have uncovered the remains of a large moat that once divided the city in half and protected the biblical kings from invaders. The massive moat, about 30 feet deep and at least 100 feet wide, was uncovered in Jerusalem Walls National Park by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University, who said it was a fortification that would have helped repel enemies. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a news release the moat was created by “extensive quarrying.” It would have formed a “massive channel separating the City of David from the Temple Mount and the Ophel area.” Perpendicular cliffs on both sides of the moat “rendered it impassable,” IAA...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 25, 2024 2:15pm |
Richmond City Council Approved Sale to Planned Parenthood for $10 in Unanimous Vote The Richmond Planned Parenthood unanimously approved the sale of a Planned Parenthood clinic Monday evening, which only cost $10. According to Richmond Biz Sense, the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood (VLPP) was approved for a $1.24 million property with an old Richmond City public school. VLPP is planning a $6 million Health Care Center. “This will go beyond reproductive healthcare but general healthcare and behavioral health as well,” Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney said, WWBT reports. He noted that there has been an 85 percent increase in people coming in from out of state to seek abortion and reproductive care in Virginia after Roe V. Wade was overturned in 2022. Prior to the high court’s ruling, the Council approved a resolution...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Posted by Temmy |
Thu, July 25, 2024 2:55pm |
How Recent Political Events Affect the Christian Voter Does faith play a crucial role in political decisions? For many Christians, voting isn’t just a civic duty; it’s a moral one. Christians often reflect on their beliefs and values when deciding who to support, making sure their political leaders of choice align with their faith. Recently, there has been a lot of unexpected events unfolding in the political scene that may have Christian voters feeling overwhelmed or uncertain about the upcoming election this fall. If you’ve missed them, here’s a quick recap from the past few weeks: o A heated debate between President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump brought question to Biden’s overall health and ability to run for a 2nd term. o A near-death experience for Trump in an...more Go top of page Go bottom of page |
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Thu, July 25, 2024 3:18pm |
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