Worship
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, September 17, 2026 Getty Images A California bishop with the Syriac Catholic Church is accused of stealing a $200,000 donation meant for a church remodeling project and is now facing a lawsuit. Hani Toma, a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Syriac Catholic Church, filed a civil suit against […]
Brought to you by Key Points Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List estimates that more than 388 million Christians face high levels of persecution or discrimination worldwide. Pastor Son Hyun-bo’s testimony challenges believers to consider whether worship, Scripture, prayer, and public faith are worth suffering for. Religious freedom is not only something Christians defend; it […]
Constitution Day is a good time to celebrate one of the greatest blessings of our freedom: the constitutional guarantee of religious liberty. Protected in the Constitution is the right to worship God freely, pray openly, exercise our faith publicly and pursue our callings faithfully. There is much to be thankful for and much to preserve. […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, September 15, 2026 Colorado Buffaloes football team head coach Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders speaks in tongues at the start of a post-game press conference on Saturday, September 12, 2026. | YouTube/Joey Wagner – Steelers Streamer A 10-second public prayer in tongues by University of Colorado Buffaloes head football coach […]
John Calvin described humans as perpetual idol factories. Today on Breakpoint, Michael Craven, Vice President and Dean of the Colson Fellows Program, completes his series of theological reflections on idolatry and right worship. ————————– Now we come to the most important question of all: What is God’s answer to idolatry? The answer is simple. […]
What happened to the ancient gods? How did Christianity so quickly replace idols that had been worshiped for more than a millennium? Today, Vice President of the Colson Fellows Program Michael Craven continues his theological reflection on idolatry and the Christian worldview. —————————— Zeus, Apollo, Artemis and the rest of the Greco-Roman pantheon once dominated the ancient world. But within a […]
By Dennis Lennox, CP Contributor Sunday, September 13, 2026 Laramie, Wyoming | Dennis Lennox One of the West’s best-kept secrets sits in plain sight along Interstate 80. Home to the University of Wyoming, Laramie is unquestionably a college town. Yet its strong patina and unmistakable sense of place also make it a classic frontier town. […]
Augustine of Hippo famously wrote: “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Like Augustine, our hearts can lead us to false gods. Today on Breakpoint, my colleague Michael Craven, Vice President & Dean of the Colson Fellows Program, offers a theological reflection on idolatry. […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, September 09, 2026 SUNY Broome Community College in Binghamton, N.Y. | Screenshot: Google Maps Another Christian club is suing a public New York college for refusing to allow the student organization to require that its leaders be practicing Christians. Campus Bible Fellowship (CBF) filed the lawsuit last week in the […]
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, September 08, 2026 The late Pastor Steve Junker. | GoFundMe Weeks after suffering a cervical spinal cord injury and nearly drowning during his son’s wedding celebration aboard a cruise ship in Italy, Pastor Steve Junker of Chippewa Lutheran Church in Brandon, Minnesota, has died. He was 58. Junker’s daughter, […]