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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_-_Rock_am_Ring_2016_-2016156231045_2016-06-04_Rock_am_Ring_-_Sven_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_0442_-_AK8I1390_mod.jpg | Wikimedia Commons/Sven Mandel Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea recently recalled a pivotal moment when he felt the divine presence of God, saying that he prays multiple times per day despite considering himself nonreligious. In an interview with The Los Angeles Times, the 60-year-old California-based musician detailed […]
Some 4,500 people were baptized at a mass “Jesus Revolution” baptismal event at Pirate’s Cove Beach in California Saturday that pastor and organizer Greg Laurie says may have been the largest mass baptism in American history. “We give God all the glory for this,” Laurie said. “I think this is a real sign of spiritual […]
Laura Linney stars in “The Miracle Club” | Sony Pictures At a time when “cancel culture” has made the concept of forgiveness all but obscure, “The Miracle Club,” which follows four Irish women on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, highlights the reality that true healing can only come through reconciliation, mercy and relationship. Set in […]
The Christian faith is known as an orthodox faith. It is appropriately concerned with orthodoxy, meaning “right thinking.” This is often juxtaposed against an emphasis on orthopraxy, meaning “right practice.” And it is precisely these two dynamics – belief and practice – that most define a religious faith. For example, Christianity is a belief-oriented faith […]
The United Church of Christ has elected its first woman president. Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson was elected with 626 votes in favor, 43 against, and seven abstaining from the vote, The Christian Post reports. She will succeed Rev. John Dorhauer, who had served eight years in the top post. Thompson will be the first Black woman […]
A Texas church has issued an apology after an in-law of the Duggars of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting made controversial comments about slavery during a guest sermon last month. During a June 25 Sunday School lesson at Fairpark Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, Mike Keller, whose daughter, Anna Duggar, is married to the […]
Local authorities are investigating a possible hate crime at a church in Sylmar, California after three wooden crosses were set on fire. According to Faithwire, the incident took place at around 5 a.m. at the Sylmar Christian Fellowship Church on July 6. “Because it’s at a church – on church property – it’s something that […]
SURABAYA, Indonesia, July 6, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Christians broke into joyful celebration when local officials in East Jakarta, Indonesia removed the seal on their church building on June 26, three months after it was closed. Citing lack of a permit, the East Jakarta City Planning Office on March 20 had sealed with a banner the […]
Media outlets call sermon ‘racist’ A screenshot of a sermon delivered by Michael Keller at Fairpark Baptist Church in Texas. | YouTube/Screenshot A Baptist church in Texas is apologizing for comments about slavery made by a relative of the scandal-plagued Duggar family during a guest sermon in which he quoted a Bible verse about repentance. […]
Global Vision Bible Church senior pastor Greg Locke told his congregation in a recent sermon that he spent three to four days deleting viral content from his Facebook page. According to ChurchLeaders.com, Locke said God told him that Global Vision Bible Church needed to “turn the curve [and] reach people for Jesus with humble hearts.” […]