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In her new book, author and apologist Alisa Childers targets the lies that often masquerade as cultural proverbs today. In Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed, Childers offers just what the title promises. She exposes the bad ideas at the center of slogans we hear […]
The new movie version of The Hiding Place (2023) has opened to great responses—from a limited release on only two days to new showings on August 9, followed by the international release on August 16. It also has an unusual journey behind its making—one that stretches back almost 50 years. Here’s what you likely didn’t […]
“All glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20 NLT). Let’s start with good luck in the news: a ticket in Florida won last night’s estimated $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is expected to be the largest […]
The view across the St. Mary’s River toward Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. | Dennis Lennox It can be easy to overlook places in your own backyard. For me, one such place is the Canadian city of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario. The city of about 72,000 souls is located directly […]
Marianela Perelli and Pool Paolini recreated Ken Doll to resemble Jesus Christ on the cross. | (Photo: Facebook/Pool&Marianela) The planned relaunch of religiously-themed Barbie dolls in Argentina, dubbed “Barbie Virgin Mary” and “Jesus Ken,” has sparked outrage globally, especially among Catholic groups in Buenos Aires, the birthplace of Pope Francis. This comes after the international […]
Chatbots are taking over drive-through ordering systems at fast food restaurants. According to the chief executive of the company providing this technology to nearly 350 restaurants around the country, “In three years I don’t think there’s going to be any human taking an order in any drive-through in the US.” Meanwhile, a news-content channel […]
Terrorism attacks in West Africa jumped to more than 1,800 with some 4,600 deaths, the president of the Economic Community of West African States reported to the U.N. Security Council. Omar Touray, president of the ECOWAS Commission, said half a million people have become refugees because of the violence, and more than 6 million have […]
The head coach of the Chicago Bears says his faith in Christ gives him peace in life and that the closer he grows to God, the “more truth you see.” Matt Eberflus, who is in his second year with the Bears, told the Sports Spectrum Podcast that he was raised Eastern Orthodox and served as […]
Unsplash/Scott Rodgerson Two former psychics who turned away from the occult and became Christians say the New Age practice of numerology is “demonic,” “deceptive” and addictive because it can potentially lead to an unhealthy fixation on satanic influences that are far from God. Former psychic Doreen Virtue joined ex-psychic Jenn Nizza on a recent episode […]
A small group of Christians in San Francisco, California, have engaged in a legal battle over the removal of a 28-foot cross that was erected more than five decades ago. On Tuesday, a bench trial began in a U.S. district court to decide whether the city of Albany Hill could invoke eminent domain to obtain […]