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Bishop Auckland, a town in County Durham, England. | Dennis Lennox A recent trip across the pond took me to a town in northeast England that until recently didn’t have much to offer tourists. As with other towns and villages around Durham, the shire town or seat of County Durham, it reminded me of the […]
Jamie Smith is moved to tears as she walks through the doors of her new home in Letcher County, Kentucky, for the first time on April 6, 2023. | Screenshot/Facebook/God’s Pit Crew A Kentucky family that lost their home in a flood last year were moved to tears Thursday when they were gifted a new […]
Participants in a Good Friday service at the United States Capitol Building, spearheaded by the Christian Defense Coalition, carry a 15-foot cross on Capitol grounds, Apr. 7, 2023. | Courtesy of The Rev. Patrick Mahoney After a legal battle spanning nearly two years, a Christian group held a large Good Friday service at the United […]
iStock/1391123271 Easter Sunday, also called Resurrection Sunday, is a day when Christians worldwide reflect on Christ’s crucifixion, death and resurrection. Jesus paid the ultimate price for our sins on the cross, and all who believe in Him shall have everlasting life. As stated in John 3:16, God sacrificed His son so He could absorb the burden […]
Pastor Bobby Smith and his wife LaShawn lead New Beginnings Ministries in Las Vegas, Nevada. | Screenshot/New Beginnings Ministries A Las Vegas pastor and his wife have been indicted on multiple charges of sexual assault, child abuse and other crimes they allegedly committed with multiple underage victims under their leadership 10 years ago. Pastor Bobby […]
The campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, Virginia, on April 7, 2023. | The Christian Post A Virginia-based university is accused of failing to protect the constitutionally protected rights of students and speakers after a pro-choice mob violently disrupted a pro-life event. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian conservative legal group, sent a letter […]
On Holy Saturday 2007, cartoonist Johnny Hart died of a stroke while working at his drawing table. Hart was the award-winning creator of the popular comic strips “The Wizard of Id” and “B.C.” which, at one time, reached 100 million readers worldwide every day. In a 1999 BreakPoint commentary, Chuck Colson identified Hart as “the […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the World Health Organization is reporting another outbreak of a contagious viral disease. In this case, the threat is the Marburg virus now spreading in Africa. In the past, case fatality rates have varied from 24 percent to 88 percent (which contrasts with a 1.1 percent COVID-19 […]
iStock/805658400 An Alabama college has agreed to abandon policies deemed by critics as efforts to suppress free speech in response to a lawsuit from a student group. In a statement published Monday, Alliance Defending Freedom, a legal nonprofit specializing in religious freedom cases, announced that the University of Alabama in Hunstville will eliminate “speech zones” […]
CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images More than 10,000 concerned parents, grandparents and other adults have signed a petition asking Disney’s board of directors to remove sexually-charged content in its children’s programming and other entertainment platforms owned by the corporation. Those who’ve signed the petition, spearheaded by the Parents Television and Media Council (PTC), are calling […]