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It’s the day after Christmas, and all through the house…. There are several possibilities beyond “not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” You are exhausted. You are depressed. You are secretly relieved. You are feeling over-fed and over-spent. But did you hear, more than once during the Christmas season, about the importance […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Friday, December 20, 2024 A worship service being held at Revival Today Church in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, on July 21, 2024. | Screengrab: YouTube/Revival Today Church A judge has temporarily blocked a multisite megachurch in Pennsylvania from hosting outdoor tent services on a property due to noise complaints from […]
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stuck in space. When they arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) last June, they were supposed to return home in eight to ten days. However, the vessel that transported them developed so many problems that it returned to our planet unmanned, leaving them marooned. Now NASA […]
By Katelyn Webb, Thursday, December 19, 2024 Matt Rife appears on the “History Hyenas” podcast. | History Hyenas/Screenshot Comedian Matt Rife said he recently got baptized in a pool following the death of his grandfather — and even though he “hates” church, he wants to believe in God. “I got baptized in August … in […]
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, […]