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What began as a regular Wednesday chapel service at a Christian university in Kentucky has blossomed into a 50-plus-hour revival that was still ongoing Friday and drawing national interest. The revival at Asbury University’s Hughes Auditorium in Wilmore, Ky., was being compared to past Asbury revivals, including one in 1970 that lasted 144 hours and led […]
Students crowd the altar at Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University during a revival event that began on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. | Josh Sadlon Asbury University has become the sight of a revival gathering, with students and staff engaging in continual worship and prayer on campus over the past few days. What began as part […]
Back in 2019, former U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave an extraordinary speech in which he provided one of the most robust defenses of religious freedom in a generation. He said of the increasing and dangerous trend to silence and punish religious faith, “If you rely upon the coercive power of the government to impose […]
According to American intelligence officials, China’s spy balloon program is part of a global surveillance effort to collect information on the military capabilities of countries around the world. Surveillance balloons, like China’s spy balloons, have advantages over satellites: they can fly closer to the earth and drift with wind patterns that are not as predictable […]
In their own words, “He Gets Us has an agenda.” “How did the story of a man who taught and practiced unconditional love, peace, and kindness; who spent his life defending the poor and the marginalized; a man who even forgave his killers while they executed him unjustly—whose life inspired a radical movement that […]
According to Reuters, an earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude occurred on February 6, 2023, in Turkey and northwestern Syria. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was the world’s biggest earthquake since 2021. The damage was made worse because Syria is experiencing an unusually cold winter, and the earthquake devastated areas containing refugees from Syria’s […]
Pastors Phil and Lucinda Dooley were appointed as the new global senior pastors of Hillsong Church after serving as interims following Hillsong founder Brian Houston’s resignation last year. “Phil and Lucinda were raised up in our church. They have served many roles, as youth pastors, worship pastors, pastoral care, and for the last 14 years […]
Patrons visit the entrance hall of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Among the visible aircraft were Spirit of The St. Louis, the Apollo 11 command module, Space Ship One and X-1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Air_and_Space_Museum_Entrance.JPG | Wikimedia Commons/Jawed Karim A Christian legal organization told the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., to prepare for litigation […]
Three stories making headlines this morning offer a case study into human nature. First, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northern Syria this morning, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 1,300 people. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue workers comb through mounds of wreckage for people still […]
Last month, according to the Congolese military, a militant group attacked a Pentecostal church, killing at least 10 and wounding scores of others. Though incidents like this are hardly new, they rarely make the news. Many in the Western world simply don’t realize how prevalent Christianity and Christian persecution are outside of Europe and North […]