Spirit
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By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Pastor Charles Ellis of the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, Michigan, speaks with his hand near singer Ariana Grande’s chest after she performed at the funeral service for Aretha Franklin on Aug. 31, 2018. | YouTube/AP Archive Bishop Charles H. Ellis III, the longtime senior pastor […]
The deeply biblical idea of vocation presents a radical break from the privatization of our modern world and a revolutionary expansion of most Christians’ thinking about the nature of their lives. Our tendency is to compartmentalize, with our spiritual life over here and our jobs over there. Yes, we struggle with how to live for […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Friday, July 18, 2025 Beverly Gumm (L), 72, and her daughter, Christina Combs (R), 32, were fatally shot at Richmond Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky, on July 13, 2025. | Facebook/Beverly Gumm A week after their lives were cut short by a deranged gunman who entered Richmond Road Baptist Church […]
In a recent video, Shawn Bolz claimed that there is an online trend in Charismatic and Pentecostal Christians who have asked Chat GPT to speak in tongues. Bolz, who was previously accused of fabricating prophecies, shared how a friend of his informed him that Chat GPT was able to interpret her speaking in tongues. He also claimed to […]
Recently, Chip and Joanna Gaines said, “Doesn’t the Bible say ‘judge not’; who are you to tell people what they can, and cannot do?” Unfortunately, misrepresentation of this Scripture is common among the media and other groups who often misquote Jesus’ words from Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, that you be not judged.” Ironically, few reference […]
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, July 12, 2025 Actor and Christian book author Kirk Cameron seen posing with his new children’s book, “Pride Comes Before the Fall.” | Courtesy of Brave Actor Kirk Cameron hopes to see Christian parents train their children to act as “soldiers of light,” warning they can’t stand idly […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, July 10, 2025 The Rev. Kenneth Moales Jr. leads the Pentecostal Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bridgeport, Connecticut. | Screenshot/Fox News A Connecticut pastor who was caught on video tackling a teenage gunman during a carjacking in Baltimore, Maryland, in June, is thanking God for keeping him alive […]
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Monday, June 30, 2025 Dominique Alexander (right) walks with Karmelo Anthony, who was indicted in June for the murder of Austin Metcalf in Frisco, Texas. | YouTube/WFAA A coalition of North Texas religious leaders and parents has joined a legal effort led by an activist minister to stop […]
In June, I wrote that I had reached a tipping point: I no longer wanted to pastor anymore, and I wasn’t sure why. Looking back, I don’t believe that it had to do with stress as much as discouragement. If you are currently standing on a landmine, or if the explosion has already taken place, […]
In recent months, at two synods for different dioceses of the Anglican Church of North America, I encountered a significant number of impressive young men, mostly in their twenties. In one case, they humbly served the clergy and leadership throughout the multi-day proceedings. In the other, they attended a local parish but chose to join […]