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NAIROBI, Kenya, April 21, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Muslim extremists this month killed a Christian who was effective in leading Muslims to Christ in eastern Uganda, sources said. Engineer Herbert of Sironko District was stabbed to death in the Namakwekwe area of northern Mbale town the night of April 8 while on his way […]
Kenyan runners Evans Chebet and Hellen Obiri won the Boston Marathon yesterday. Ever since the bombing in 2013, the race has taken on an aura of grief and fear along with accomplishment and celebration. For two brothers, the world’s oldest marathon is all of the above. J. P. and Paul Norden each lost a leg in the bombings […]
Few pastors in recent memory have had the reach and impact of Charles F. Stanley (1932-2023). Like his contemporaries, J. Vernon McGee and Billy Graham, Stanley found great success using radio and television to spread his message. He founded In Touch Ministries, which reports that Stanley’s sermons have been translated into 127 languages, and he […]
The Supreme Court extended a pause yesterday afternoon on a lower-court ruling that sought to limit access to a commonly used abortion pill. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. announced that the court would extend its stay through Friday evening so it could have more time to consider the case. At issue is the drug mifepristone, […]
REUTERS/Mark Blinch What happens when a chatbot claims to have faith in God? With AI suddenly everywhere in the mainstream, users are learning more about how these chatbots are defining the Christian faith — and some might find the results are unexpected and even disturbing. Perhaps the most well-known chatbot, ChatGPT, made headlines earlier this […]
Following the recent death of prominent Baptist pastor Charles Stanley, his grandson is reflecting how his later grandfather’s words saved him from committing suicide. Matt Brodersen, 29, the son of Stanley’s only daughter, Becky, and whose uncle is Atlanta megachurch pastor, Andy Stanley, recounted how he wanted to take his own life. “A few years […]
In recognition of Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, the Church & Culture Team felt this blog, first published last year, was worth another read. Enjoy! ***************** We have been charged to care for God’s creation. To be stewards of all that God has made and entrusted to us. Since the Industrial Revolution, we have […]
Several Christian leaders have reacted to the death of Baptist pastor, author, and In Touch ministries founder, Charles Stanley, who passed away at his home on Tuesday at the age of 90. “Dr. Stanley lived a faithful life of obedience, dedicated to teaching others how to have an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. Now he […]
Thelma Dephas of Shiloh Baptist Church in Landover, Maryland, seen taking part in the 20th annual U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon, a 90-hour front to back oral reading of the bible on May 6, 2009, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. | TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images The 34th annual […]
Charles Stanley was known to millions as the face of In Touch Ministries, yet within the Southern Baptist Convention, he is often remembered as a statesman who served as president twice during the 1980s and helped return the denomination to its biblical, orthodox roots. Stanley, who died Tuesday at the age of 90, served as […]