Worship
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As we are in the thicket of the Thanksgiving holiday season, sometimes it can be easy to get caught up or even lost in all the celebrating. Or we might just find ourselves silently asking, “What is all of this really about anyway?” After all, the motions of life do not stand still simply because […]
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever (Psalm 136:1). “I wanted to give up, but because of my faith in God, I’m still here standing. And I just want to use my story to encourage others never to give up, no matter what you go through.” […]
On this Thanksgiving week, the last thing you want to think about this morning is another mass shooting. This is the last thing I wanted to write about as well. But it feels disrespectful to the victims and their families not to acknowledge the horrific tragedies of recent days. From the nightclub shooting in […]
St. Etheldreda’s Church (Roman Catholic) in London. | Dennis Lennox Pre-Reformation England was one of the most pious countries. So much so that more English churches were dedicated to Mary than churches in France, Italy or Spain — the countries more commonly associated with Catholicism. By the 19th century, the established Church of England was […]
A South Dakota pastor recently faced backlash for wearing skinny jeans while preaching. One person even accused him of wearing the tight-fitting pants “on purpose to be sexy.” Last month, Pastor Adam Weber, who is also the founder of the multi-campus Embrace Church, posted a photo on Facebook of an anonymous letter sent to him by […]
Hillsong United singer and songwriter Benjamin William Hastings is launching a solo music career. Hastings’ debut album is self-titled and includes 25 tracks. “I started (the album) quite a while ago,” he said. “I mean, some of the songs have been in existence in some form for about 10 years, but I really started working […]
A man collects money from donations in a Detroit church in this file photo. | Reuters/Mark Blinch Authorities in Georgia have arrested more suspects connected to a crime ring that is believed to have stolen approximately $1.5 million from churches in over a dozen states, bringing the total number of suspects arrested to seven. The […]
Former President Donald Trump launched his third bid for the White House last night. He spoke to an invited crowd from the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida, where he declared, “America’s comeback starts right now.” As you know, Republicans are divided over whether Mr. Trump should be their nominee again in […]
The doors of American churches are open again, although their attendance numbers are not back to pre-pandemic levels, according to a new Lifeway Research survey. The poll of Protestant pastors found that churches in August were, on average, at 85 percent of their worship service attendance levels compared to January 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic spread […]
Islamic jihadist groups in Nigeria have killed at least 4,000 Christians and abducted more than 2,300 other Christians so far in 2022, according to a recently released report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law. According to The Christian Post, between January and October, Fulani herdsmen and Islamic terror groups linked […]