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An Atlanta megachurch pastor contended that growing cannabis on his church property would be a successful outreach tool. “New Birth is the largest land-owning Black church in America,” Pastor Jamal Bryant of Birth Missionary Baptist Church recently told The Cool Soror Podcast host Rashan Ali. He added, “My position to my deacons is, ‘why aren’t we […]
Attendees gather for the reopening ceremony at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine in New York City on Dec. 6, 2022. The church was destroyed during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. | St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine A New York City church that was destroyed during the terrorist […]
Getty Images Christianity is not an “intolerant” religion because being theologically correct is not the same as being intolerant, an apologist contends. Jason Jimenez, an author who founded Stand Strong Ministries and a faculty member of Summit Ministries, hosted an episode of his “Challenging Conversations” podcast last week in which he fielded questions from listeners. […]
Getty Images A 29-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for beating a pastor’s daughter, a young mother, to death with a garden tool and hiding her body under stairs outside the church. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Deborah Turner sentenced Jamal Kukla to life in prison, with the possibility of parole after […]
Tomorrow, December 10, is the anniversary of the birth of a man regarded as the father of modern fantasy literature, someone who profoundly influenced writers such as G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis. Though the writing of pastor and author George MacDonald often lacked theological precision, his legacy includes inspiring some of the most important Christian […]
Pastor P.M. Smith | Screengrab: WBFF What’s behind the declining population, increasing crime and persistent poverty in Baltimore, Maryland? A pastor in the city says it’s due to the breakdown of the family and deteriorating education, both of which he’s trying to remedy through his ministry. “One of the things is the breakdown of the […]
The River Ouse runs through York, England. | Dennis Lennox There are few places more significant in the development of the Church than York, England. That’s because it was here in 306 — as in 1,716 years ago — that Constantine was proclaimed emperor. Back then, York was called Eboracum by the Romans. Constantine, better […]
Getty Images Nearly two in five Americans, including half of U.S. Christians and a quarter of the religiously unaffiliated, agree “we are living in the end times,” a new study has found. That’s about 39% of Americans who believe we are living in the End Times, according to Pew Research, highlighted by Lifeway Research. Those […]
Note: Thank you to Dr. Ryan Denison for writing today’s Daily Article. He is the Denison Forum Senior Editor for Theology and has written more than four hundred articles for Denison Forum. One of my favorite parts about the Christmas season is the diverse ways in which people celebrate it. Sure, there are probably some time-tested standards […]
On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill codifying same-sex marriage into federal law. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature. All House Democrats and 39 Republicans approved the measure, titled the Respect for Marriage Act, in a 258-169 vote. The decision follows last week’s bipartisan vote in the […]