Worship
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Viacheslav Bublyk/Unsplash While the number of donors to Catholic churches in the United States is decreasing, the average amount of money each donor gives is increasing, according to a new report analyzing trends following the COVID-19 lockdowns that forced many religious institutions to close. Earlier this month, the Center for the Study of Church Management […]
The Asbury Revival is something that has sparked a great deal of attention within the past few days. Since Wednesday, February 8, 2023, hundreds of people have been gathered at Asbury University in Kentucky. Over one hundred people fell at the altar on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, and it has since “turned into a Holy […]
I’ve always loved this line from poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning: “Earth’s crammed with heaven, / And every common bush afire with God; / But only he who sees, takes off his shoes, / The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.” What this means is that the Christian worldview is not merely something we […]
The Satanic Temple is launching an online abortion clinic that prescribes medication for patients who want to take part in its “religious abortion ritual.” The group named the initiative “The Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic” in reference to the Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade. In related […]
See the links at the end for my commentary on revivals breaking out (Asbury, for example) and what genuine revival looks like. Many years ago, a very old man who experienced a revival when he was younger was asked why the revival ended. His eyes were filled with holy fire when he cried, “When you […]
The Gatliff Memorial Building on the campus of The University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky. | William Turner/University of the Cumberlands The University of the Cumberlands is among the Christian institutions experiencing spontaneous worship and prayer services in response to the revival event at Asbury University. Students at the Williamsburg, Kentucky-based Christian university have […]
The Asbury University revival that entered its 10th day Friday has spread to multiple other schools, including Samford University, which is experiencing its own movement of God with student-led worship and prayer that has stretched to about 48 hours. Samford, located in Samford, Ala., is at least the fourth school to see a spontaneous revival […]
TV host and author Bear Grylls, best known for starring in Discovery’s Man vs. Wild, recently shared a picture of Jesus on Instagram, describing Him as “a wild one” and “totally non-religious.” The picture, which Grylls says “created quite a storm when it first came out,” shows Jesus taking a selfie with His disciples during […]
“The Holy Spirit was tangible in the room. Chains were broken, confession happened, and God was praised as holy, holy, holy.” This is how one student described the Asbury revival, which began last Wednesday at Asbury University in central Kentucky. This evangelical school of 1,639 students has been known through the years for a […]
NEW DELHI, February 16, 2023 (Morning Star News) – Plans to burn several church buildings in central India came to an end on Sunday (Feb. 12) after officers arrested three Hindu extremists, but not before they had set one structure ablaze, police said. Pastor Mahesh Kumre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chaukipura village (under […]