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By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, February 15, 2025 Pastor Chris Avell (L) and his attorney Jeremy Dys (R) speak to reporters outside Bryan Municipal Court in Bryan, Ohio, on January 11, 2023. | First Liberty Institute A state appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling imposing a fine and jail time on […]
Pastor suggests Beatitudes instead, says First Commandment is ‘clear violation’ of Establishment Clause By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, February 12, 2025 The Texas State Capitol is seen on September 20, 2021, in Austin, Texas. | Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images Should the Beatitudes be in public schools rather than the Ten Commandments? A Dallas-area […]
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, February 13, 2025 A screenshot of Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger in 2019. | Screenshot/YouTube/TNW Larry Sanger may be a lifelong skeptic, but the co-founder of the world’s most popular online encyclopedia is certain he’s had a dramatic conversion to the Christian faith. Sanger, 56, who co-founded Wikipedia […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, February 14, 2025 Tranyelle Harshman pictured with her widower, Cliff Harshman, and her four daughters. | Facebook/Tranyelle Harshman A small Wyoming town and two fathers are grappling with grief and anger after a woman struggling with her mental health killed three of her four daughters before shooting herself in […]
“In 2015, ISIS murdered 21 Christian migrant workers on a beach in Libya. This is the story of the men who died, as told by those who loved them and those who hated them.” That is the opening line of a new, short animated film The 21. This past weekend marked the tenth anniversary of the […]
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, February 13, 2025 St. Michael’s Catholic Church is located in West Memphis, Arkansas. | Screenshot: Google Maps A Catholic priest in Arkansas has been suspended from his position following an arrest on animal cruelty charges. Fr. Charles Thessing, who serves as the priest of St. Michael’s Catholic Church […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, February 13, 2025 iStock/lvdesign77 While many churches use small groups to build deeper relationships and community among members, this approach to discipleship isn’t a good fit for younger generations who are more likely to be wrestling with social insecurities and anxieties and turn most often to their mothers for […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Former Crossroads Christian Church Children’s Pastor Matthew Lee Richards. | Screengrab/YouTube/Crossroads Kids Shawnee Former Crossroads Christian Church children’s pastor, Matthew Lee Richards, who was arrested and charged with attempting to murder his wife and children and burn down their foreclosed home in Kansas because he didn’t […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, February 12, 2025 Ervin Alfaro-Lopez, 34 (inset) worked at the Elim Gaithersburg church (pictured) located in Derwood, Maryland. | Screenshot/Google; Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office A former teacher at the Elim Gaithersburg church in Derwood, Maryland, is facing up to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually […]
According to sociologist Lyman Stone in an article published at the Institute for Family Studies, sexlessness “skyrocketed” between the late 2010s and the early 2020s, roughly doubling for young men and increasing by 50% for young women. According to data gleaned from the National Survey of Family Growth, there has been an unprecedented rise in […]