Category : Christian News Around The Web
Ohio Haitians Feel Panic, Local Christians Try to Repair Divides
On Thursday, Viles Dorsainvil, a former pastor in Haiti and the leader of Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, was getting phone...
Against the Culture of Demonization
I grew up in a small evangelical church in California’s Central Valley where there were more blue collars than white. About 25 families filed into...
Will Your Presidential Vote Send You to Hell?
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Since by nature of my work I’ve had to weigh in on a lot of controversial issues...
How to Talk About God and Politics in Polarized Times
How do we talk about Big Things when it seems so risky? It feels hard these days to even mention Jesus in conversation when we...
China Ends International Adoptions, Leaving Hundreds of Cases in Limbo
The Chinese government has officially ended its international adoption program, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced Thursday, ending hopes for hundreds of US families who...
Bangladeshi Christians and Hindus Advocate for a Secular Country
Amid a spike in violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh, a national council of Buddhists, Hindus and Christians is renewing a campaign for the Muslim-majority...
Take Me Out to Something Bigger Than a Ballgame
In 1929, a Kansas preacher named Charles Sheldon had to get something off his chest. Best known as the author of In His Steps (1896)—a...
#138: The Kingdom is in Your Midst
In this episode, Frank continues the commentary on every reference to the kingdom of God in the Gospels with a new conversation partner. This episode...
Deep in the Heart of Megachurch Country, Dallas Mourns a Summer of Pastor Scandals
On a recent Sunday morning, Gateway Church, one of the largest nondenominational megachurches in the United States, sprang to life. Golf carts ferried people from...
Christian Formation for the ‘Toolbelt Generation’
I always assumed my sons would go to college. My husband and I were indelibly formed by our own college years of deep reading, endless...
German Pastor to Pay for Anti-LGBTQ Statements
Nearly five years after a German pastor sparked controversy with comments about homosexuality, the legal dispute appears to be over with a settlement of 5,000...
Should Christians Across Denominations Be Singing the Same Songs?
If you feel like it’s hard to keep up with the cascade of new worship music, you’re not alone. The industry is producing new releases...
David Bentley Hart’s Brain-Breaking Argument for the Supremacy of the Mind
There is a beautiful garden in perfect bloom, existing somewhere outside of time and place. There, four pagan gods have gathered together for an intense,...