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In a sermon on Sunday, California megachurch pastor Greg Laurie speculated whether every believer has a “guardian angel” but acknowledged their roles in doing God’s work in our lives. “Here is a question that pops up every now and again: do we have guardian angels? Here is my definitive answer: maybe,” Laurie said in the […]
Dick Vitale, a longstanding college basketball broadcaster for ESPN, shared that Tennessee Volunteers basketball coach Rick Barnes has been encouraging him spiritually through his battle with cancer. According to Sports Spectrum, Vitale, 82, has been battling numerous health issues, including Melanoma, a form of skin cancer, and Lymphoma. On Sunday morning, Barnes sent him a Scripture-filled prayer […]
(RNS) — Bruce Lindsay never expected to own a church. But when his mother died shortly before the pandemic, he wanted to use his inheritance to do something extraordinary. “My mother, if she were alive today, I think would have a great chuckle at what I’ve purchased,” said Lindsay. “I found myself surrounded by a […]
Skillet lead singer John Cooper says society is “lying to” young people by telling them they’re fine the way they are when Scripture offers a radically different message centered on the truth of mankind’s sinfulness and the restoring power of Jesus. The frontman for the award-winning crossover band made the comments during a stop in […]
Apologist and Christian singer Alisa Childers is encouraging believers to think biblically about sex scenes in movies, saying on her YouTube channel that she will not watch Redeeming Love because of the film’s portrayal of the intimate relationship between the two lead characters. The film is based on the book of the same name and […]
AWANA ANNOUNCES 2022 CHILD DISCIPLESHIP FORUM Renowned Childrens Ministry Experts and New Research Findings to Hallmark Two-Day Fall Conference in Nashville NEWS SOURCE: Turning Point Media February 1, 2022 NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, Awana—a global leader in child and youth discipleship—announces its second Child Discipleship […]
The rate of growth for all religious people is about 1.27 percent, while the rate for non-religious people is -.52 percent. Meanwhile, the growth of the number of atheists bumped only .18 percent. 2. Christianity is growing. Christianity is growing at just over a 1 percent rate, with projected growth at about 2.56 billion Christians […]
The eyes of the world may be on Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, but the head of a religious liberty watchdog says China’s persecution of Christians is nevertheless escalating. “It is getting worse,” David Curry, president and CEO of Open Doors, told Christian Headlines. China was No. 17 on this year’s 2022 World Watch List, […]
John Madden died Tuesday morning at the age of eighty-five. I cannot think of anyone in the world of sports whose name is more iconic than his. Just last Saturday, Fox aired a wonderful documentary called “All Madden” filled with interviews with his wife and sons, close friends, former players, and broadcasting colleagues. As my […]
(RNS) — The Rev. Frank Barker, whose 4,000-member Briarwood Presbyterian Church grew from a Birmingham, Alabama, storefront before he helped found a conservative branch of Presbyterianism, has died. He was 89. Barker died Monday (Dec. 27), his daughter, Peggy Barker Townes, confirmed to the news site AL.com. He would have turned 90 in January. “He […]