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As a year filled with conflicts draws to a close, our hearts yearn for lasting peace in the new year. To this end, let’s look to the unlikeliest of places for the hope we need. In the Middle East, 2024 began with Hamas’s leadership seemingly entrenched as the conflict in Gaza continued. Hezbollah bristled […]
The obvious choice for the top story of 2024 is the presidential election. It’s also one of the top worldview stories of 2024, but not because a Christian worldview should ever be reduced to political loyalties. A Christian vision of life and the world is certainly much more than politics, but it is not less. […]
The results are in: America’s stage four cancer has metastasized to the family and the church as well as to the government and the schools. We are more depraved than ever before. Animals are guarded, but innocent children are slaughtered. Porn is protected, and sex trafficking is on the rise. Cardi B’s lyrics get a […]
In Matthew 17:21, Jesus said that a certain evil spirit does not go out of a person except by prayer and fasting. Some manuscripts disagree on whether this verse should be included or not, but the principle is found throughout Scripture: Fasting applies pressure to the spiritual realm. Arthur Wallis notes, “Often, pressure has to […]
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 […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, December 20, 2024 Bishop T.D. Jakes speaks during the MegaFest “Women Thou Art Loosed” closing session at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on July 1, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. | Cooper Neill/Getty Images for MegaFest 2017 Less than a month after suffering a “health incident,” which his attorneys blamed […]
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 […]
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 […]
A church in Switzerland has created a computer-generated AI Jesus. St. Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, ironically the nation’s oldest church, now has cutting-edge technology that enables people to talk with an AI version of God’s Son. When you enter a confessional booth, a lifelike avatar on a computer screen offers advice based on the […]