Tag Archives: faith

Jerusalem is getting ready for Christmas. The Jerusalem Municipality distributed approximately 350 Christmas trees to residents free of charge on Thursday. Residents gathered at the New Gate in the Old City to ...

Bible sales spiked by 22 percent during the 12-month period ending in October, according to the professional book-tracking agency Circana BookScan. It remains the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated ...

Margi Colerick has taken the collection of nativity scenes to a new level, with 60 tubs full of sculptures weighing around 1,500 pounds. “It takes two weeks, several days, to put up, ...

By Anne Foley Rauth | My mom met Jesus January 31.  The next December, I was selfish and wanted her to jet back down from heaven, come to earth and help me ...

Sharon L. Shoemaker |   “Sharon, I understand that you have a BA in music,” Donna said. “Would you consider directing our choir for a while? “You are doing a great job.” ...

Fans of Brenda Lee have been “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” more than a billion times setting a streaming record and surpassing Mariah Carey. “It is a good song,” the 80-year-old singer ...

In Belarus, where the freedom to follow one’s religion has been reduced to a privilege given at the discretion of an authoritarian government, a terrible change is taking place. The ground-breaking “Faith ...

After all of the anticipation leading up to Christmas and New Year’s, there’s nothing worse than getting sick and missing out on the fun. Dr. Graham A. Colditz, associate director of prevention ...

As we embrace the spirit of giving and the true meaning of the Christmas season, there’s no better time to support organizations that protect and nurture vulnerable lives in our community. Pro-life ...

I was born December 5, 1941, two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into the Second World War. Many years later I could hardly believe ...

Donald Trump will attend the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris this weekend. It will be his first overseas trip as President-elect. The Cathedral, a symbol of Christianity since the 12th century, was ...

Emil Kapaun from Wichita, an Army chaplain who died in a prisoner of war camp in North Korea, is one of the heroes of a new movie about war chaplains. The documentary ...

T.D. Jakes, the pastor of Dallas’s Potter’s House, suffered what many say looks like a stroke in the middle of his sermon on Sunday. Jakes, a celebrity pastor and motivational speaker, had ...

The starting quarterback on the nation’s leading Mormon university is Jewish. Jake Retzlaff, fondly known at Brigham Young University as “BYJew,” is one of only three Jewish students in the school enrollment ...

In a raw and deeply personal discussion on “The Jordan B. Peterson” podcast, Pastor Greg Laurie and renowned psychologist Jordan Peterson explored the complex intersection of faith and grief. You can watch ...

The Bolivar school district in southwest Missouri has agreed to stop offering an official prayer during staff meetings after being contacted by the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). The foundation, a nonprofit ...

The historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has not jumped onto the casual dress bandwagon. “I want to make traditional church cool,” the Rev. Kevin Johnson  says. “Abyssinian will always ...

Hate crimes against Christians are soaring in Europe. A new report cited 2,444 incidents in 2023, including 232 personal attacks on Christians, ranging from harassment and threats to physical violence. These incidents ...

The recent presidential election showed that the path to the White House still runs through America’s pews. Donald Trump increased his share of votes from evangelical, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim voters. “Truth ...

If someone is regularly sitting in a church pew, their name is probably also on the church membership roll. According to a Lifeway Research study, around four in five U.S. adults who ...

All God’s Children International (AGCI) hopes to transform the lives of more than 1.2 million children worldwide through its $22 million Unlocking Hope campaign. Since launching in 2022, the campaign has raised ...

In a time when religious affiliation is on the decline, especially among younger generations, Youth For Christ (YFC) is doubling down on its commitment to reaching young people with a message of ...

Baltimore Ravens’ quarterback Lamar Jackson is putting up record numbers this season as his team also is enjoying success. In his last game, Jackson completed 16 of 19 passes for 280 yards ...

Christian actor Kevin Sorbo is encouraging unity in the wake of this week’s presidential election. “Once we have who we have, people have to go, ‘OK, what do we need to do ...

It’s not only evangelical Christians who are noticing a decline in religion in the United States. Jewish, Catholic and Protestant leaders agreed on the disturbing trend during a recent event at the ...