Evangelist Michael Youssef is issuing a wakeup call to the church as he tries to bring one million people to Christ by 2025. At an evangelistic event in Macon, Ga., earlier this ...
Read More »Help hand out backpacks and share Jesus with kids
School backpacks filled with supplies will be distributed Friday to kids living in the Olive Park Apartments and the surrounding neighborhood. Readers are invited to participate. The effort is being spearheaded by ...
Read More »Actor Dennis Quaid shares faith journey in new album “Fallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners”
Actor Dennis Quaid, who transformed his life from struggling with drugs to returning to his Christian roots, has released a new album, “Fallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners.” He recently shared his ...
Read More »Belief in five spiritual entities declines in new Gallup poll
The percentages of Americans who believe in each of five religious entities — God, angels, heaven, hell and the devil — have edged downward by three to five percentage points since 2016, ...
Read More »Singer Granger Smith trusts sovereignty of God despite tragic death of son
Country music star Granger Smith has grown in his faith through the tragic death of his son, River. “I have grown to trust and believe and surrender to a very big God ...
Read More »Many Christians more afraid of devil than God, Jim Caviezel says
Jim Caviezel, who stars in the new hit film “Sound of Freedom” about human trafficking, said it’s time for Christians to stand and be counted. “The problem is that modern-day Christianity has ...
Read More »Catholic Church to honor recent martyrs of all Christian traditions
Protestant martyrs of the faith will now be honored alongside their Catholic counterparts under a new initiative to recognize those from other Christian traditions. Pope Francis has commissioned a new working group ...
Read More »Finding Christ inside Lebanon’s largest prison
A massive iron gate slides aside. Beyond it, rows of grimy, barred windows tower above a grey courtyard. Old blankets drape as sun-shields over some, drying clothes hang from others, and a ...
Read More »Most UFOs have spiritual, not extraterrestrial explanation, ministry leader says
Many people, even Christians, believe that aliens are visiting the earth in unidentified flying objects. These beliefs about extraterrestrial phenomena are nothing new, said Jason Jimenez, who leads Stand Strong Ministries and ...
Read More »Franklin Graham preaches to large crowd in South Korea on anniversary of father’s historic visit
A half-century ago, Billy Graham led a powerful outreach in Seoul, South Korea. Last weekend, his son Franklin did the same. A crowd of about 70,000 people overflowed the Seoul World Cup ...
Read More »Poll: virtual worship satisfying, but most people want in-person
At the height of the pandemic, many Americans who attended in-person worship services turned to their digital devices and their couches instead for virtual viewing. Now, the Pew Research Center finds a ...
Read More »The cross: America’s only hope in a spiritual battle
If you take a few minutes to read any local or national news, you will find tragic stories. They often surround a person or group of people making poor moral choices that ...
Read More »Dr. Charles Stanley leaves legacy of inspiring words
Dr. Charles Stanley will long be remembered for his words that both encouraged and challenged Christians. These are some of his most memorable quotes. “Obey God and leave all the consequences to ...
Read More »2033 Commitment sets goal to fulfill Great Commission in next decade
Ministry organizations and church leaders from a broad segment of the global church are uniting around the “2033 Commitment: A Call to the Global Church for a Decade of Great Commission Effort.” ...
Read More »Episcopal bishop of Missouri bans Christian celebration of Jewish seder
The Passover seder is an increasingly popular way for Christians to connect with their well-established Jewish heritage. Episcopalians in Missouri, however, did not share in the practice this year but not everyone ...
Read More »Jesus our Messiah and the ancient Jewish calendar
As we enter into the Passover-Easter season, we can learn a lot by looking at the Jewish calendar and Holy Days that God gave to His people. They are filled with prophetic ...
Read More »Christians around the world pause to mark Holy Week before Easter
Holy Week, from Palm Sunday through Easter, is a sacred time for Christians around the world, with each day leading up to Sunday having special significance. Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches remember ...
Read More »Jews returning to Israel fulfills biblical prophecies, leader says
Jews from around the world are fulfilling biblical prophecy by returning to Israel. “It’s very monumental to see how this organization that my father dreamed about, that people said would never happen, ...
Read More »Israel bill against evangelizing sparks widespread opposition
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting a proposed law that would criminalize sharing the Gospel in Israel. The bill, supported by members of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, would punish ...
Read More »Lent is season for celebration, not just self-denial
Although Ash Wednesday marked the first day of Lent, many Protestants consider it to be primarily a Catholic season. The commemoration, however, is finding growing popularity among Protestants looking to bring a ...
Read More »Baptism of hundreds of Indiana inmates upsets atheists
After hundreds of inmates gave their lives to Christ and were baptized while in sheriff’s custody, atheists are trying to shut it down. The Sheriff’s office is “[pushing] Christianity onto inmates” according ...
Read More »In a high-tech world, adults prefer printed Bibles
Although the popularity of online Bibles has grown in the digital age, most adults still prefer the old-fashioned paper version. A report by the American Bible Society found that nearly two-thirds of Bible users ...
Read More »Daring new program disciples Afghan Christians
A new program aims to reach Afghan Christians who are forced to conceal their faith. In November SAT-7’s Persian-language channel launched a new social media initiative, Church4Afghanistan, comprised of a new brand ...
Read More »Scripture teaches timeless truths that are relevant today, author David Limbaugh says
David Limbaugh, brother of the late Rush Limbaugh, is continually amazed as he studies the Bible. “Every time you read scripture, you may read it in a different context,” he says. ” ...
Read More »Actress Dolores Hart gave Elvis his first on-screen kiss, then became a nun in real life
It’s one of those fascinating and intriguing factoids of Hollywood history and pop culture that the woman who gave Elvis Presley his first onscreen kiss actually became a nun – a Benedictine ...
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