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Can someone commit apostasy? It’s an important question facing the church in light of our entry into a post-Christian world, one where increasing numbers are claiming to have once been Christians and now claim to be “nothing.” This rise of the nones raises not only cultural questions but also theological ones. How should we view […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, September 12, 2024 The late pastor, David Baker Sr. | YouTube/David Baker David Baker Sr., a Tennessee pastor and father of 11, who served as vice president of Independent Baptist Online College, walked into a local hospital Wednesday and fatally shot himself a day after he was charged with […]
As I’m watching the devastation and chaos unfold in America, it reminded me of what we desperately need today—fire, as seen in Jeremiah 5:14, “I will make My words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.” The fire of God’s Word purifies, reveals, consumes, and devours sin, all in the hopes […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Mercedes Arias pauses near the name of her father, Joseph Amatuccio, at the South Tower reflecting pool of the 9/11 Memorial during the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on Sept. 11, […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Healy Hall, Georgetown University’s most prestigious building.in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2019. | Getty Images Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is investigating the vandalism of Catholic symbols on campus as a potential “hate crime” as the widespread targeting of Catholic institutions continues to raise […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Jordan Peterson | Jordan B Peterson FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Canadian psychologist and cultural commentator Jordan Peterson recently criticized the infiltration of what he called “woke” ideology into Protestant churches, warning that many Christian institutions are straying from their core values in favor of cultural trends […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Actor James Earl Jones accepts the Life Achievement award during the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. | Kevin Winter/Getty Images The late James Earl Jones, who voiced the characters of Darth […]
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, announced yesterday that she has completed chemotherapy for her cancer. However, she added, “My path to healing and full recovery is long, and I must continue to take each day as it comes.” In other news, the widow of hockey star Johnny Gaudreau announced her pregnancy with their third […]
A recent article in USA Today noted that as millions leave organized religion, they can’t quite let go of organized “religiony” things. I charted one aspect of this in a recent blog; namely, that people who reject the Christian faith very much want to embrace Christian culture. But the article in USA Today revealed a different […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Sunday, September 08, 2024 Getty Images Believers who only attend church a few times a year yet expect to get an emotional lift that will last need to go more frequently, according to the findings of a recent study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. In […]