Are you ready to experience radical transformation in your walk with Christ? Do you want to inject hope into the dark corners of your life with spiritual truth? A 40-day devotional has ...
Read More »Former Royals pitcher Paul Byrd shares Christ through equine ministry in Georgia
The early 2000s were the dark days of Kansas City Royals baseball, far removed from world championships in 1985 and 2015. Pitcher Paul Byrd was one of the few bright spots, compiling ...
Read More »President Trump to focus on religious freedom at UN
President Donald Trump is set to make the protection of religious freedom a key focus at next week’s United Nations meetings in New York. “The President will highlight American values and underscore that America is a positive ...
Read More »Brad Pitt reconnects with Christian roots
Brad Pitt returned to church over Labor Day weekend, thanks to his friend, musician Kanye West. The popular actor, who grew up in Springfield and attended the Missouri School of Journalism, was ...
Read More »Kindness is key to a more peace-filled world
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control”—Galatians 5:22-23 Did you know you have the power to turn someone’s day around? And, in the ...
Read More »Orange Tour stop in KC will encourage church leaders, volunteers and parents
A national one-day training event for church leaders, volunteers, and parents makes a stop in Kansas City in October. The Orange Tour outlines a comprehensive strategy from preschool to adulthood for influencing the faith ...
Read More »The lesson of Jairus
“A man named Jairus came to him. He was a leader of the synagogue. He had only one daughter. She was twelve years old, and she was dying. So Jairus bowed down ...
Read More »Christian school gives deaf Hondurans a voice
“There goes that dumb kid,” people said. It was a half-truth. Hernan couldn’t speak because he couldn’t hear. Wandering the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, it wasn’t long before the drug dealers picked ...
Read More »Recent suicide is reminder of stresses that pastors face
Pastors are only human. It’s easy to forget that spiritual leaders face the same stresses and challenges as the members of their congregations. Dealing daily with the struggles of others often exacerbates ...
Read More »Faith fuels success of Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes
It’s hard to turn on the television, pick up a newspaper or even buy cereal these days without seeing the smiling face of Patrick Mahomes. The personable 23-year-old quarterback has been in ...
Read More »New book delves into the faith of Johnny Cash
Guitars, fiddles and heartbreaking songs take center stage this fall as “Country Music”, the new documentary series from acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, airs on PBS. The man in black, Johnny Cash, is ...
Read More »Kansas City: Here’s your calling!
Cities, like individuals, have unique attributes, gifts, and callings endowed by the Creator for the purpose of the building up and expansion of God’s Kingdom as a whole. “Worthy are You, our ...
Read More »Inside MyPillow inventor Mike Lindell’s transformation
Millions of Americans know Mike Lindell from his popular commercials for MyPillow, but many people are likely unaware of the iconic pillow magnate’s incredible backstory of overcoming addiction, finding faith and using ...
Read More »‘Steve McQueen: American Icon’ is Ecclesiastes on the screen
Iconic Hollywood actor Steve McQueen, who became a Christian late in life, will be the subject of a new film based on Marshall Terrill’s 2010 biography Steve McQueen: The Life and Legend ...
Read More »Pastor shared Jesus with thousands of North Koreans before he was assassinated
A pastor on the China-North Korea border shared the hope of the Gospel with at least 1,000 North Koreans before he was assassinated for his missionary work in 2016, a defector has ...
Read More »Finding God in 9/11: A survivor’s story
GROUND ZERO, NEW YORK CITY – Most of us remember where we were when terrorists rammed jets into the World Trade Center towers 18 years ago. More than 3,000 died on 9/11, ...
Read More »Should we have great expectations in marriages?
I have many occasions in which I am able to see marriages at their worst. What would be more accurate to say is, “I see people at their worst in their marriages.” ...
Read More »Christian in Pakistan police custody tortured to death
A Christian man has been tortured to death, not by terrorists, but by Pakistani police while in their custody. The shocking incident came to light this week after news emerged from the ...
Read More »Canadian Orthodox priest fired after prayers for Israel
A popular orthodox priest in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia says he was forced to resign after giving a sermon about the importance of honoring the Jewish roots of Christianity and ...
Read More »C5Alive Luncheons to Feature Scott Perkins at the Zoo; Hal Smith & Pastor Appreciation
Scott Perkins will be the featured speaker at the September C5Alive Luncheon, to be held September 12, 11:30am to 1pm at the Topeka Zoo’s Gary Clarke Education Room. Perkins is known as ...
Read More »Australia considers legislation to protect religious speech
Australia, one of the more secular countries in the Western world, is considering legislation designed to protect people who express their faith outside of the workplace. Including the religious speech of famous ...
Read More »Contrary to what you’ve heard, millennials are becoming MORE religious
I thought the subject of this article might grab your attention because it is not what we are generally hearing about millennials and Generation Z these days. For example, the Wall Street ...
Read More »Small girl beaten into coma after Christian parents refuse ancestor worship
Vietnam is usually not on the radar of the top countries for persecution of Christians. But for believers in the communist country, they are paying a high price for their faith in ...
Read More »Afghanistan: 48,000 mosques; no churches
KABUL – That is one way to describe Afghanistan: 48,000 mosques; no churches. Our mental picture of Afghanistan is a country torn by Taliban tribal warfare and a haven of ISIS. That ...
Read More »Presidential candidate finds ‘so help me God’ in oaths is absurd
A Democrat presidential candidate says he finds it absurd that witnesses continue to be instructed to say, “So help me God” in their oaths while testifying before Congress. “Unfortunately, it’s been kind of ...
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