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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 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 […]
In the wake of the collapse of the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, American and Israeli warplanes conducted airstrikes against targets in Syria. Specifically, they went after existing military infrastructure and influential Islamist groups there. The tactical strategy was not mere opportunism. The aim was to ensure that whoever comes to power in Syria […]
Twenty years ago, on December 26, 2004, a tsunami arising in the Indian Ocean devastated areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and even as far as the coasts of Africa and Madagascar. The most destructive wave ever recorded left dozens of communities devastated and over 200,000 dead. A new four-part National Geographic series Tsunami: Race Against Time […]
Two high-profile cases have been part of the national conversation lately and have sparked discussions concerning matters of justice, morality, and the sanctity of life. First, you have Daniel Penny, the 26-year-old marine veteran, who was previously accused of killing Jordan Peely, a 30-year-old homeless man, when he placed him in a chokehold as part of […]
One of 2024’s seminal “you are here” moments was the reaction, especially on college campuses, to the attacks by Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023. In what seemed like a throwback to some distant, barbaric past of human history, the Islamic terror group targeted civilians with horrific acts, including beheading children, sexually assaulting […]
President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday morning, not long after Time magazine announced that it has selected him as its 2024 Person of the Year. This is the second time he has been so-named; he was also chosen in 2016 after winning the White House the first […]