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“I would like to buy three dollars worth of God, please. Not enough to explode my soul or disturb my sleep, but just enough to equal a cup of warm milk, or a snooze in the sunshine … I want ecstasy, not transformation. I want the warmth of the womb, not a new birth. I […]
As I was working on my weekly message, I found that something called “Copilot” had been added to Microsoft Word and was now being offered to me as I wrote. Turns out “Copilot” is an AI program to help me write. By now, many are familiar with ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot that was recently […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common church preaches on April 21, 2024. | YouTube/Solid Rock The property of a church in South Carolina headed by a pastor whose wife died by suicide last year has been sold for approximately $2.1 million. Solid Rock Church […]
Austin Rep. Donna Howard gives thanks for ‘freedom of and from religion’ By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, February 19, 2025 Rep. Donna Howard delivers the opening invocation for the Feb. 11 meeting of the 89th Legislative Session in Austin, Texas. | Screenshot: Texas House of Representatives A Texas lawmaker whose religious affiliation […]
Just a few decades ago, it was widely assumed within scholarly circles that Christianity is intellectually indefensible. At best, it was a fairy tale. At worst, it was responsible for nearly every bad thing in the history of Western civilization. New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens confidently proclaimed that God was a “delusion” […]
It’s safe to say that many people, including Christians, get their views of Hell more from literature and folklore than from Scripture. Even if we haven’t read the fourteenth-century classic Dante’s Inferno, we know the imagery of his deep lair of Satan, his disturbing demons, and the grotesque punishments for those residents. Pop culture’s devil […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, February 17, 2025 John Phillips, 65, was arrested in February 2025 and accused of assaulting a woman over a church parking lot spot in Orlando, Florida. | Orange County Sheriff’s Office A Florida man has been arrested and accused of assaulting an older woman over a church parking spot, according […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, February 17, 2025 Ashley Crouse, a former pastor from Caldwell County, North Carolina, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possessing child pornography. | Screenshot: YouTube/Queen City News A former North Carolina pastor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Monday, February 17, 2025 Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church, addresses press after a shooting occurred at the the megachurch on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. | Screenshot: YouTube The investigation of a shooting at Lakewood Church last year ahead of a Sunday worship service involving a mother who opened fire […]
Last night, after a concert featuring everyone from Lady Gaga to Paul McCartney, the once “not ready for prime-time players” of NBC’s Saturday Night Live were very much prime-time as they celebrated 50 years of satire. But also, 50 years of shaping American culture. No one would have seen this coming from its inauspicious beginnings. […]