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Cancel culture involves a series of “unbiblical” beliefs that mirror what Jesus said would foreshadow the end times, author and pastor David Jeremiah says. Jeremiah, the pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon., Calif., made the remarks in a sermon Sunday about cancel culture, saying its goal of punishing and ostracizing is in […]
Critics say David Platt’s McLean Bible Church has become “woke” and is teaching critical race theory and social justice instead of biblical teaching. In a legal complaint filed last week, five church members say Platt and other church leaders kept them from voting at a recent congregational meeting to approve new church leaders. “This is […]
(RNS) — For the past seven months, Long Hollow Baptist Church has been a place of miracles and wonder. Like many congregations, Long Hollow had experienced a downturn due to COVID-19. In December 2020, it had the lowest attendance since Robby Gallaty arrived as pastor in 2015. Since then, in what church leaders call a […]
*Excerpted from my series on revival and my new book, Oh God, Would You Rend the Heavens? Understanding and Contending for a Genuine Spiritual Awakening. In my last article, I asked: Are you alive spiritually? Are you hungry for more of God’s presence? Or are you divisive and combative over the topic of the power of […]
There are three reasons that every Christian should be able to understand, articulate, and widely share what it means to be human. And to live their life from this deep Christian conviction. The Christian answer to the question “What does it mean to be human?” is different from the answer you get from atheistic […]
A patient who goes by the nickname of Pancho has not been able to speak since 2003, when he was paralyzed at the age of twenty by a severe stroke following a terrible car crash. Now researchers have tapped into the speech areas of his brain, allowing him to produce words and sentences simply […]
Eighteen-year-old Oliver Daemen will become the youngest person ever to fly into space when he joins Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark Bezos for their eleven-minute flight on July 20. Here’s where the story gets even stranger: the person who had originally won the seat by putting up $28 million now has what Bezos’ […]
A Pennsylvania church claims in a new lawsuit that the city of Allentown violated federal law when it denied the congregation’s request to operate a group home for men recovering from drug and alcohol addiction. Allentown Victory Church filed the federal suit on July 9, alleging that the city’s denial violated the Americans with Disabilities […]
Pastors in China were ordered to adjust their sermons to incorporate elements of President Xi Jinping’s speech delivered on July 1, the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party. The Three-Self Patriotic Movement, the government-controlled Protestant Church, held a national conference with the China Christian Council, which supervises education in the Three-Self churches. The conference’s […]
Every child, whether learning to walk or applying to college, longs for a parent’s love and the promise of security, no matter what may come in the future. Yet parents often find it difficult to fully articulate the extent of their unconditional love. Billboard-charting singer-songwriter, podcaster, and mother of two JJ Heller gives […]
