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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the annual interfaith breakfast on Tuesday February 28, 2023. | YouTube/NYC Mayor’s Office Just over a year after creating his Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged faith leaders to boldly exercise their faith in the public square and said it […]
This year, gamblers were predicted to spend $16 billion betting on the Super Bowl. For perspective, that’s about 35 times what it cost to build the Phoenix Cardinals’ stadium where the game was played. Now that sports betting is legal in most states, the industry is, in some ways, bigger than the sports themselves. […]
Reuters/Thomas Peter Catholic senior archbishops from around the world have urged followers of Christ to actively fight the rise of anti-Semitism amid increasing hate crimes and other incidents targeting Jews in the United States and elsewhere. The call was made last week at an online event hosted by the Combat Antisemitism Movement to celebrate the […]
Every year, the Colson Center presents the William Wilberforce Award to a Christian leader who has made a lasting difference in their sphere of influence, demonstrating the same principled courage as British abolitionist William Wilberforce. This year, at the 2023 Colson Center National Conference, we look forward to honoring Shodankeh Johnson with the award. […]
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 28, 2023 (Morning Star News) – A pastor invited to participate in a religion debate by mosque leaders in Uganda was attacked after his arguments ostensibly led to 37 Muslims accepting Christ, sources said. Muslims who apparently converted to Christianity were among those who assaulted Pastor Arthur Asadi Babi, 42, on Feb. […]
Sadie Robertson Huff of “Duck Dynasty” fame speaks on sex and purity culture in the Church in a Feb. 20, 2023 episode of her “WHOA That’s Good” podcast. | Screengrab: YouTube/ Sadie Robertson Huff Sadie Robertson Huff of “Duck Dynasty” fame and her mother Korie Robertson discussed sex, marriage and what the Bible says versus […]
Former Catholic priest, Hilarion Heagy has now embraced Islam. | YouTube/St. Mary Whiting Hilarion Heagy, an Eastern Catholic monk and priest, recently renounced Christianity and embraced Islam triggering multiple headlines in Islamic media and consternation among some who knew him to be a devout Christ follower. “Since news of my embrace of Islam has now […]
Keenan Hord | Benton County Jail A former Southern Baptist youth pastor was sentenced to 60 years in prison Friday after he pleaded guilty to 13 counts of sexual assault and child pornography charges involving six different boys. While 33-year-old former youth pastor Keenan Hord was sentenced to 16 years in prison, The Commercial Appeal […]
(L-R) Jonathan Roumie as Lonnie Frisbee and Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Smith in the film, “Jesus Revolution,” a Lionsgate release. | Dan Anderson “Jesus Revolution,” an overtly faith-based film highlighting the revival that took place in the ’60s and ’70s, surpassed expectations on opening weekend, finishing at No. 3 at the box office. The film, […]
Chaplain of the United States Senate, Barry Black | The Christian Post/ Nicole Alcindor WASHINGTON — As the first black chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Barry Black can’t help but wonder where his life would have ended up if it were not for the saving grace of God rescuing him from a life of violence […]