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By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, December 19, 2024 Redemption Church Pastor Ron Carpenter Jr. previews a mobile app that offers AI-led spiritual counseling. | X/@Protestia Has a megachurch pastor already pulled the plug on an app that features an AI version for himself offering prayer for a monthly fee? Ron Carpenter Jr., […]
The sheer evil of a violent attack or mass shooting, such as occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison Wisconsin earlier this week, elicits a number of appropriate responses. We rightly mourn the victims and marvel incredulously that a second grader made the 9-1-1 call. We grieve with and for parents who had […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Wednesday, December 18, 2024 iStock/1315026618 The United States Department of Justice has filed a complaint against a Georgia city for trying to permanently close down a Christian charity that ministers to the homeless. The DOJ filed a lawsuit against the city of Brunswick on Monday in the U.S. District […]
In the wake of the collapse of the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, American and Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes against targets in Syria. Specifically, they went after existing military infrastructure and influential Islamist groups there. The tactical strategy was not mere opportunism. The aim was to ensure that whoever comes to power in Syria […]
Chief issues correction, says it was second-grade teacher who made 911 call By CP Staff, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Crime scene tape continues to be stretched around Abundant Life Christian School as police continue to investigate yesterday’s shooting on Dec. 17, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. Multiple people were shot and at least three have died […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, December 17, 2024 A 20-foot tall white cross overlooking Pepperdine University in California survives the Franklin Fire, which began on Dec. 9, 2024, and destroyed over 4,000 acres. | YouTube/Pepperdine University A white cross perched on a California hilltop overlooking a Christian university withstood the flames of a […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Tuesday, December 17, 2024 “Nickel Boys” follows Elwood Curtis and his friend Turner, two young men who are abused during their time at a reform school called the Nickel Academy in 1960s Florida. | Amazon MGM Studios In the new film “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross offers an unflinching confrontation […]
By Katelyn Webb, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Lionsgate “The Chosen” creator Dallas Jenkins has defended the portrayal of an interaction between Jesus and Judas Iscariot as biblically grounded after pastors and Christian critics criticized the scene as “unbiblical.” In a livestream video Sunday, the 49-year-old director addressed criticism over a scene from the forthcoming season […]
Twenty years ago, on December 26, 2004, a tsunami arising in the Indian Ocean devastated areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and even as far as the coasts of Africa and Madagascar. The most destructive wave ever recorded left dozens of communities devastated and over 200,000 dead. A new four-part National Geographic series Tsunami: Race Against Time […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, December 17, 2024 A man in handcuffs | Getty Images A California street preacher arrested while evangelizing to concert-goers outside a public events arena no longer faces charges after a religious freedom law firm argued that law enforcement made an “unfortunate and serious mistake” that resulted in the […]