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The award-winning professor whose transformation from agnosticism to Christianity is portrayed in an upcoming film says she wants her story to lead moviegoers to ask the “big questions” of life, just as she did when she enrolled at Oxford University as a skeptic of faith. Surprised by Oxford is scheduled to release in theaters Sept. […]
On the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke on the importance of remembering the difficult moments of racial inequality in U.S. history. “The work of our time is maintaining that hard-won freedom, and to do that, we’re going to need the truth […]
US troops take part in a ceremony to redesignate Fort Bragg as Fort Liberty, near Fayetteville, North Carolina, on June 2, 2023. Calls to rename nine military bases, all of which are located in southern states that seceded and briefly formed the Confederacy, gained momentum during nationwide protests against racism and police brutality that were […]
An 18-year-old male has been charged with felony murder for the death of a 75-year-old pastor, who is also the mother of a Houston Police Department sergeant. According to The Christian Post, Trenton Bevel struck Gloria Collins at a red light around 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 7 on Martin Luther King Boulevard, near Van Fleet […]
Great American Family’s Christmas lineup for 2023 will include a record 20 new original movies this holiday season, beginning Oct. 21 and running through the end of December. The network’s “Great American Christmas” will include such names as Candace Cameron Bure, Danica McKellar, Jill Wagner, Chad Michael Murray and Trevor Donovan, the network said Monday. […]
The Taliban has detained 18 workers, including one American, in Afghanistan for allegedly preaching Christianity. The International Assistance Mission (IAM), a Swiss nonprofit group, said the Taliban stormed its office in Ghor twice and abducted 18 workers, The New York Post reports. Three workers were taken in the first raid on Sept. 3, and 15 […]
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri. | Screenshot: Google Maps A California school district likely acted unlawfully by derecognizing its Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapters because the organization requires leaders to abstain from sex outside of marriage, an 11-judge federal appeals court panel has ruled. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court […]
American Bible Society’s 13th annual “State of the Bible” report found that Americans who are hostile toward God’s word still value biblical behavior. Americans who believe the country would be better without the Bible actually score higher on valuing pro-social behaviors than those who think they would be “worse off” or “about the same” without […]
MercyMe press photo, 2022 | Fairtrade Chart-topping Christian band MercyMe again solidified its place in music history this month, securing yet another No. 1 slot on both Billboard’s Christian Airplay and Christian Adult Contemporary Airplay charts. Their song “To Not Worship You,” from the 2022 album Always Only Jesus, rose to No. 1 on the […]
A revival has reportedly broken out among college students at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and a young adult pastor says it shows “no sign of slowing” down. In a recent interview with CBN News, Tarik Whitmore, the young adult pastor at New Life Church in Corpus Christi, Texas, noted that a spiritual movement is underway […]