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As Jewish people around the world mark Hanukkah, or the “Feast of Dedication,” this year, it may look different as hearts are heavy over the conflict in Israel. Hanukkah’s roots actually hearken back to another time of violence in Jerusalem, when the Jewish people were successful in driving out the Greco-Assyrian invaders in 167 BCE. […]
“Don’t say patience. I hate it when people say patience. Everyone says patience!” A wily Lutheran pastor spoke these cheeky-yet-dead-serious words to me in a 2015 job interview. He asked me what the Lord had been teaching me in the past year. My first thought was patience, but I quickly recovered and pretended that it […]
Actress and author Danica McKellar says her newfound faith has transformed her view on life and that her new home in Tennessee has given her the church-based community she needs, adding that “Christianity is not what I thought it was.” McKellar is known among fans of rom-coms for her Great American Family and Hallmark Channel […]
Actress Elizabeth Tabish says a war-torn world needs to hear the messages of peace and hope that are the focus of an upcoming special Christmas-themed movie based on The Chosen. That movie, Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night, will be in theaters for six nights, Dec. 12-17, blending two Nativity-flavored episodes — “The Messengers” and […]
Actress Elizabeth Tabish says a war-torn world needs to hear the messages of peace and hope that are the focus of an upcoming special Christmas-themed movie based on The Chosen. That movie, Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night, will be in theaters for six nights, Dec. 12-17, blending two Nativity-flavored episodes — “The Messengers” and […]
“And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies” (Rev. 11:5). As I was teaching in Revelation, the verse above reminded me of what we desperately need today—fire! Words of Fire Devour, Purify, and Heal. Commentaries are divided on whether it’s actual fire coming out the witnesses’ mouths in […]
Carpenter’s music video led to reconsecration of church By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, November 30, 2023 Pop star Sabrina Carpenter dances provocatively in front of the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn during her music video “Feather.” | YouTube/Sabrina Carpenter Pop star Sabrina Carpenter jokingly dismissed the backlash to a […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Pastor George Perry Lee III leads the St. John Baptist Church in Savannah, Ga. | Screenshot/Facebook/St. John Baptist Church “The Mighty Fortress” Officials at the historic St. John Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia, remained tight-lipped Wednesday about the recent arrest of their pastor for possession […]
Actor Kristoffer Polaha is opening up about his journey to Christ, saying he explored the world’s religions and survived six years in a spiritual “wilderness” before God got his attention through a woman who eventually became his wife. Polaha stars as the lead character in the new Angel Studios film The Shift — which opens […]
Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem were canceled this year due to the attack between Israel and Hamas. As reported by Fox News, The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, an interdenominational council of bishops and pastors responsible for churches in Israel, announced the decision on Nov. 10 in a joint letter. “Each year during the […]