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In the competitive world of online status-mongering, courage involves little more than clicking “like” or earning a “mention” in a post that could risk losing a follower or two. Real courage is, of course, something else entirely. It’s about doing the right thing when there are real costs. It’s taking an unpopular stand, even […]
With the continuing wars in Ukraine and Israel, political unrest, and a seemingly endless supply of reminders that we live in a fallen, broken world, it’s understandable that many have begun to wonder more openly if we are living in the end times. But while those questions are worth asking, we shouldn’t let them […]
It’s not uncommon to hear that the divorce rate is the same inside the Church as outside. Though it’s not true, even Christians tend to repeat it as if it were. Both the kind of church a married couple attends and how faithfully they attend make a notable difference in marital stability. In her […]
I always find it incredible that the Jewish custom of an annual cycle of reading the entire Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy) in the course of a year brings us back to the same verses, stories, and narratives that we read a year earlier but in a different place in our lives that we relate to […]
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Saturday, December 09, 2023 Michael Hodges, son of the church’s founding Pastor Chris Hodges, wins on “Wheel of Fortune.” | Screenshot/YouTub/Wheel of Fortune Alabama’s largest megachurch, Church of the Highlands, recently celebrated a unique achievement. Michael Hodges, son of the church’s founding Pastor Chris Hodges, emerged victorious on the […]
“Don’t say patience. I hate it when people say patience. Everyone says patience!” A wily Lutheran pastor spoke these cheeky-yet-dead-serious words to me in a 2015 job interview. He asked me what the Lord had been teaching me in the past year. My first thought was patience, but I quickly recovered and pretended that it […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Thursday, December 07, 2023 The battleship USS ARIZONA sinks after being hit by a Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. | The U.S. National Archives/Handout via Reuters On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched a coordinated attack on the United States naval base […]
A top family media watchdog this week placed Meta and HBO on its “naughty” list for the 2023 holiday season, saying the two companies have targeted “children with harmful content” and have done little to help parents control what kids can consume. The Parents Television and Media Council releases the list each year and also […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, December 08, 2023 Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images An appeals court panel has ruled against a New York law that prohibits the carrying of firearms into houses of worship, upholding a lower court decision that blocked the law from taking effect. On Friday, a three-judge panel of the United […]
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans blocked an emergency spending bill that would have sent billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine and Israel over the border crisis. According to Town Hall, all Senate Republicans voted no on the procedural vote, which came out to 51-49, that would have advanced a $110.5 billion national security bill […]