Justin Bieber has become an unlikely teacher on fame and “pastor worship” for the modern church. In a lengthy front page feature article in the May issue of GQ, Bieber chronicles his own ...
Read More »‘It’s Jesus’ says Baylor coach after championship win
Baylor basketball coach Scott Drew discussed his faith on national television after his team won the NCAA championship on Monday evening. During a post-game interview on CBS, Drew mentioned his faith as ...
Read More »The killing of Jesus and the defeat of corruption
The Merriam-Webster dictionary states corruption as, “dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people.” Further, it is described as a departure from the original, purest form. Mankind had its original, purest form ...
Read More »Sen. Warnock deletes Easter tweet that dowplayed death of Jesus
Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock has deleted an Easter tweet that downplayed the significance of the crucifixion of Jesus, saying we can “save ourselves.” The lawmaker’s tweet was immediately flooded with responses from ...
Read More »Easter and World History’s Two Greatest Events
The Gutenberg Printing Press was invented around 1440, having a huge impact on learning, communications and much more worldwide. The United States Constitution was adopted September 17, 1787, establishing a new form ...
Read More »Actress Roma Downey releases ‘Resurrection’ movie in time for Easter
“Resurrection,” a new movie from award-winning actress Roma Downey, is being released just in time for Easter. In an interview with CBN, Downey explained that the time frame for the film takes ...
Read More »Biblical Israel: Garden of Gethsemane
Mark and Matthew identify Gethsemane as the place Jesus went with his disciples after eating the Passover meal within the city of Jerusalem. This was just prior to his arrest (Matthew 26:36; ...
Read More »‘Turn Your Season Around’: Baseball legend Darryl Strawberry on winning the game of life
Few people understand the highs and lows of baseball – and of life itself – better than Darryl Strawberry. His storied career with the New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers and New ...
Read More »Consider the Cross: Stories from Arab and Persian viewers of Christian television
Across the Middle East and North Africa, people are coming to Christ as a satellite TV ministry encourages them to “Consider the Cross.” Sat-7 is a Christian satellite broadcasting ministry reaching into ...
Read More »American Indian pastor embraces his culture to share Jesus
People don’t grow into mature Christians until they serve others, says American Indian pastor and ministry leader Bruce Plummer. “I just believe serving people first is so critical when you want to ...
Read More »Michael Youssef warns pastors against woke culture in churches
Dr. Michael Youssef, best-selling author and pastor of Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, warns pastors about embracing “woke culture” in their churches saying it’s “popular and appeals to the flesh.” “Bowing ...
Read More »How to find peace in a divided nation
As President Joe Biden begins his leadership of the United States, he has made calls for peace, reconciliation and unity in the nation. Former President Donald Trump issued similar thoughts in some ...
Read More »Bestselling author Dr. Michael Youssef brings Americans ‘Hope for This Present Crisis’
Is it possible our world has gone mad? We are in crisis, under siege, and the war is not from without; it is from within. The collapse of the Roman Empire occurred ...
Read More »Topeka Rescue Mission Partners with Blue Cross / Blue Shield to feed the hungry
A pandemic affects everyone in some way, but the poor most of all. Many can’t get jobs or provide food for their families. Thankfully, there are programs that can help, such as ...
Read More »Driven by God to speak up on social issues
This is an often-asked question, “Should a pastor or other Christians address cultural or social issues or just keep focused on the gospel?” Sometimes speaking on culturally touchy subjects can cause division, ...
Read More »Sight & Sound to broadcast ‘Jesus’ live from Branson
Sight & Sound will broadcast its original production of “Jesus” live from Branson for Easter. “For more than 40 years, audiences from all over the world have been coming to Sight & ...
Read More »Was Rush Limbaugh saved? Friend and wife share his faith journey
Rush Limbaugh’s faith was increasingly important to him in the years leading up to his death last week, according to a friend and his wife. Interest has grown surrounding Limbaugh, who mostly ...
Read More »How should we respond to the Ravi Zacharias scandal?
In the aftermath of the shocking and tragic news about the sex scandal involving Ravi Zacharias, someone wrote me asking, “Would you consider writing something in regards to the Ravi scandals? I ...
Read More »NFL Man of the Year Russell Wilson preaches on love in acceptance speech
Quarterback Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks quoted from I Corinthians last weekend as he accepted the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. “To America, to the world, love is ...
Read More »Perfect peace in the midst of troubling times
In 1555, Nicholas Ridley was burned at the stake because of his witness for Christ. On the night before Ridley’s execution, his brother offered to stay with him in his prison cell ...
Read More »To Christians who voted for Biden: Did you not see this coming?
For the last four years, those of us who voted for Donald Trump and who identify as committed followers of Jesus have been asked incessantly, “How could you vote for him? If ...
Read More »Palestinian leader: Jesus was a suicide bomber to be imitated
The Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority has said Jesus was a suicide bomber who shows young Arabs how to practice “martyrdom-death.” The startling comments came during a Christmas dinner last week. ...
Read More »Billy Graham book ‘Til Armageddon’ being rereleased
Although Billy Graham died before the tumultuous year of 2020, his words about suffering and armageddon are as timely as ever. He examined the topic of suffering in his 1981 (see below) ...
Read More »Pastor once held in Turkish prison tells U.S. Christians to prepare for persecution
Christians in the United States can expect persecution to come in the near future, says Pastor Andrew Brunson who was unjustly locked up in a Turkish prison for two years Brunson, 52, ...
Read More »Archaeologists may have found Nazareth childhood home of Jesus
The remains of the first-century home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph may have been found, a British archaeologist says. Ken Dark, a professor of archaeology and history at the University of Reading, ...
Read More »