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If you want good luck in the new year, consider these new year’s traditions: In Brazil, jump over seven waves while surfing. In the Philippines, wear clothing with polka dots. (I’m out of luck here.) In Greece, hang onions outside your door. In Puerto Rico, throw a bucket of water out your window. In […]
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 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 […]
Our attention spans have never been more challenged than they are today. We have a plethora of technology today than we ever have in history. Even with the large consumption of content brought forth by the digital age, our concentration and comprehension has greatly diminished. Although this is something that most with access struggle with, it is a greater challenge […]
Denzel Washington has made fifty movies and won two Oscars, but he wrote recently in Esquire, “The biggest moment of my life was when I was filled with the Holy Spirit,” an experience that occurred forty years ago. Last Saturday, he received his minister’s license and was baptized. In a video he shared online, […]
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 […]
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 […]
We definitely need some miracles and extra joy this Chanukah and Christmas. I’d take an order supersized. As the holiday most profoundly based on a series of supernatural miracles and a major military victory by the Maccabees over Syrian-Hellenist enemies, this year, more than ever, we need to continue to see the supernatural miracles that […]
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, December 19, 2024 Redemption Church Pastor Ron Carpenter Jr. previews a mobile app that offers AI-led spiritual counseling. | X/@Protestia Has a megachurch pastor already pulled the plug on an app that features an AI version for himself offering prayer for a monthly fee? Ron Carpenter Jr., […]
Chief issues correction, says it was second-grade teacher who made 911 call By CP Staff, Tuesday, December 17, 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 […]