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Former Christian rapper, Hopsin. | (Photo: Screen Grab via YouTube) Secular rapper Marcus Jamal Hopson, known synonymously by his stage name Hopsin, took to social media this week to address occult imagery and an image of an upside-down cross that was projected behind him during a recent concert in Colorado. The independent rapper, whose popular […]
The million cross-shaped Ocean Grove pier in New Jersey, as it was still under construction in early 2023. | YouTube/NJ.com Ocean Grove, a New Jersey community in Neptune Township founded by Methodist ministers in 1869 as a “Christian seaside resort” has been warned by state officials that their longstanding tradition of limiting access to their […]
When is a music video more than just a music video? A screenshot of the “Demons” music video. | Screenshot/YouTube/Doja Cat “C’mon, it’s only a music video.” At this point, it’s all too predictable: a middling but relatively successful female music artist goes all-in on satanic imagery and — like the temptation the devil put […]
The title track on Phil Wickham’s chart-topping new album was written in a moment of angst as he considered stories of deconstruction and people he knew who were walking away from the faith, he says. The album I Believe debuted at No. 1 this month on Billboard’s Christian Albums chart, while the title track I […]
As American politics takes on an increasingly apocalyptic tone, it should not surprise us to see the politically invested ascribe religious significance to their favorite politicians. Since their political heroes are little messiahs, every misstep and character flaw is explained away or buried under an avalanche of “whatabouts.” Neither political party can claim complete innocence […]
The Church has entered a new era—a post-Christian, digital age. But simply having a website, social media, and an online campus should not be our only forays into a digital post-Christian world. We should enter the virtual mission field. According to DataProt, it is estimated that there are 3.24 billion gamers worldwide, which is approximately […]
Much has been said and written about the Barbie movie. If anything, the amount of hand-wringing over the movie’s virtues and vices is, at least, a testimony to its power as a thought-provoking cultural phenomenon. At the risk of being reductionistic, Barbie is about seeing that which has been unseen or even ignored. Particularly, Barbie […]
Officials in Greece say that four people died and 18 have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank just northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos near the coast of Turkey. The coast guard reported that it has picked up dozens of people from bots in the Aegean Sea islands as migrants try to […]
More than 10,000 people from England and Wales poured into London’s ExCeL convention center Saturday to hear evangelist Franklin Graham deliver the life-changing message of the gospel as part of his “God Loves You Tour” that includes stops in two major cities. Christian artists CeCe Winans, Michael W. Smith and the Newsboys performed at the […]
Sports broadcaster and author Tim Tebow says his Christian faith has helped give him the right perspective on life, including during one of the biggest losses of his collegiate career at the end of his senior year. The former Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner acknowledged that a 2009 loss to Alabama in the SEC […]