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In July 2019, I described my journey to salvation in front of about 200 Christians at a church in a township near Cape Town, South Africa. As the pastor translated my testimony into the local Xhosa language, I had time to really think about the differences between me and my audience in the small, sparsely […]
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, December 24, 2024 “Reformation Red Pill” host, Pastor Joshua Haymes (right), interviews Navy veteran Michael Cassidy (center) and lawyer Caleb Byrd. | Screenshot/YouTube/ReformationRedPill A pastor who serves at a Tennessee church attended by Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth says “Christ was glorified” in the beheading of a […]
People often joke that if they’d known becoming a grandparent was so much fun, they would have done it before having kids. Having grandchildren is widely considered one of life’s great joys, one which, historically, most adults experienced. Today, however, a growing number of people will never have this experience. Grandparents in America […]
This Wall Street Journal headline caught my eye: “It Pays to Have Long Hair and a Beard in Utah—Jesus Models Are in Demand.” People in the state are employing people who “look like Jesus” for family portraits, Christmas cards, and wedding announcements. One model was posing for photos when a woman asked if he […]
There are at least two overlooked aspects of the story of Joseph and Mary. Yet knowing about these two dynamics to their life adds even more wonder to the Christmas story. The first has to do with age. Mary would have been young, but Joseph was not. They had what we might call a “May-December […]
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, December 22, 2024 Crime scene tape continues to be stretched around Abundant Life Christian School as police continue to investigate yesterday’s shooting on Dec. 17, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. Multiple people were shot and at least three have died after a teenage girl, who was a student at […]
By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Sunday, December 22, 2024 The James Ossuary | The Golan Collection ATLANTA — Standing in front of a small stone ossuary bearing the inscription “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus,” Oded Golan gestures with quiet reverence. The box, he explains, once held human bones. Now, it holds stories […]
In 1897, Dr. Philip O’Hanlon, a coroner’s assistant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, was asked by his then eight-year-old daughter, Virginia, whether Santa Claus really existed. He suggested that she write The Sun, then a prominent New York City newspaper, because “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” One of the paper’s editors, […]
The sheer evil of a violent attack or mass shooting, such as occurred at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison Wisconsin earlier this week, elicits a number of appropriate responses. We rightly mourn the victims and marvel incredulously that a second grader made the 9-1-1 call. We grieve with and for parents who had […]
Canada recently released its updated statistics for how many people died last year from physician-assisted suicide, and the numbers continue an alarming trend. The country’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program was used by roughly 15,300 people to end their own lives. That makes it the fifth leading cause of death in 2023 and […]