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SURABAYA, Indonesia, August 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A court in Indonesia last week sentenced a Muslim to three months in jail for halting a Christian worship service. Sources said reducing the charge from blasphemy to disrupting a worship service, combined with an agreement the Muslim reached with the church, resulted in a lighter sentence than […]
Human trafficking | Reuters The FBI located 200 victims of sex trafficking as part of an enforcement campaign that was conducted alongside its local and state partners and also arrested or identified 126 suspects of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking offenses. Known as Operation Cross Country, the effort was a two-week-long campaign carried out […]
Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall over Mexico’s Baja California peninsula shortly before noon yesterday, bringing winds and heavy rain that triggered mudslides and flooding. Thousands of people across Southern California have lost power; the National Weather Service is warning that “dangerous to locally catastrophic flooding impacts are expected” in the region. On the same […]
A few years ago, a Philadelphia area Apple store featured a display in which a vibrant rainbow of the latest iPhones broke through a greyscale crowd of people. What was particularly striking about the advertisement wasn’t the use of contrast nor that this was not some thinly veiled “Pride” month display. The multi-colored iPhones […]
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that religious schools can require their employees to abide by religious rules as a condition of their employment. According to CBN News, the court ruled in favor of St. Theresa elementary school after a former teacher, Victoria Crisitello, sued the school for not renewing her contract since she violated […]
Davilynn Severson and Hano Ganer look for belongings through the ashes of their family’s home in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023. A wildfire that left Lahaina in charred ruins has killed at least 93 people, authorities said on August 11, making it one of the deadliest […]
A producer behind a new movie from the makers of Jesus Revolution says the upcoming release will illustrate the “gospel in action” and urge Christians to be good Samaritans in their own neighborhoods. Kingdom Story Company’s Ordinary Angels, scheduled to hit theaters on Oct. 13, will tell the true story of a hairdresser who rallies […]
Emergency workers rescued several people over the weekend after Tropical Storm Hilary poured over Southern California and into the desert city of Palm Springs. On Monday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Hilary to a post-tropical storm but said that “continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding” was still expected over parts of the southwestern […]
John Crist | Norah Canfield After a brief stint away from the spotlight, viral comedian John Crist is back in full force. He is reflecting on his love for the Church and how he navigates the often tricky waters of humor within the Christian community. In an interview with The Christian Post, the 39-year-old pastor’s […]
Greg Locke is the founder and lead pastor of Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Over the years, Locke has stirred controversy, making headlines for his book burnings, controversial views on OCD and Autism, and his adamant political views. Recently, however, Locke told his congregation that he is deleting all of his sensationalized […]