Bible
Christians have long struggled to understand the various ways the Bible, especially the New Testament, talks about “the world.” In John 16:33, for example, Jesus tells His disciples that “in this world (they) will have trouble,” but to “be of good cheer” because He has “overcome the world.” The Greek word here for “world” […]
I’d like to do something different today. Rather than focus on the “big issues” of the day, I’ll begin with some news that appealed to me personally: Here’s what these stories have in common: they all promise something that will potentially benefit me personally. I am in no sense unique in this regard: research […]
An Oklahoma pastor recently shared that a man came to Christ after discovering a Bible he lost 15 years ago. Pastor Paul Daugherty, a pastor at the Tulsa-based megachurch, Victory, shared the story in a post on Facebook titled “Crazy Story.” “Meet Clayton – he found this old Bible at a shelter 10 years ago […]
RNS) — While Martin Luther King Jr. Day is mostly commemorated with quotes and clips of King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech and footage of bus boycotts and the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, some of the most important moments of King’s work came later, as he turned his attention from civil […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, January 12, 2022 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a widow and her 16-year-old daughter unconscious on Dec. 30, leaving the girl unable to walk a year after killing her father, sources said. Suffering from an apparent spinal injury, Oliva Apio has had to discontinue her high school studies, […]
A prominent theologian and a well-known bioethicist say they see no ethical problems with the world’s first successful pig-to-human heart transplant – and they both believe the field holds much promise for the future of medical science. Dave Bennett, a 57-year-old Maryland man, received a heart from a genetically modified pig last week during a groundbreaking […]
A former drug addict who recently became a Christian is crediting her church’s decision to defy pandemic restrictions for keeping her alive. Trinity Bible Chapel in Waterloo, Ontario, incurred thousands of dollars in fines over its decision to hold in-person services in violation of government-mandated restrictions, saying in a blog post last year it wanted to […]
Financial expert Dave Ramsey says Christians who own property as landlords should not feel guilty about raising rental prices – provided they aren’t overcharging, and they work with tenants in difficult situations. “This idea that you have to equate Christian and kindness with not having good marketplace experience is not true,” Ramsey said last week […]
In 2021, more than 190,000 young people surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ as part of a Christian ministry’s efforts. Groundwire, an organization seeking to draw Millennials and Generation Z youth to Christ, uses popular media channels as a way to reach them. “We’re not going after the atheists. The media would want us to […]
**The following is a review of one of the top stories of 2021** Francis Schaeffer described how ideas escape the ivory towers of universities and think tanks eventually to shape how ordinary people think, speak, and view their world. In 2020, one idea that made that journey in record time was Critical Race Theory. […]
