Category : Christian News Around The Web
A La Carte (October 24)
Over the weekend I mentioned a sale at ChristianBook.com, but I wanted to bring it to your attention again since there are some really good...
Ukraine Passes Law to Ban Russia-Linked Orthodox Church
Threatened amid accusations of collaboration with an enemy state, implementation awaits more votes, presidential signature, and judicial review. UOC leader calls it “a struggle against...
Blessed Are the Thrifty?
Jesus’ teachings challenge how we spend when money is tight. In May, Italy’s government called an emergency meeting over the rising prices of pasta. Italians...
Behold Wonderous Things
This sponsored post was provided by Burke Care, and written by Jim Burke, which invites you to schedule care today with a certified biblical counselor. Open...
Korean American Methodists Struggle to Split from UMC
Some conservative churches that voted to disaffiliate say the denomination has responded by forcing out their pastors and charging them millions to keep their property....
American Evangelicals Divide over Ukraine
Republican candidates make competing arguments to potential voters. Ministers detained by police. A secret service that searches sanctuaries, questions clergy with polygraphs, and puts church...
One Christian’s Quest to Change the Way We See Immigration
Equipped with Scripture, history, and a defunct restaurant on the southern border, Sami DiPasquale hopes he can soften politics-hardened hearts. When Sami DiPasquale visited conflict-torn...
The Black Church Models a Different Conversation About ‘Gender Roles’
How women’s roles have changed in the Black church. Debates about women’s roles in the church are back in the headlines, but a lot of...
Our Divided Age Needs More Talk of Enemies
This sounds counterintuitive. But there are biblical and cultural reasons for believing it. We talk about enemies less than we used to. It may not...
Why Prison Ministries Are Growing
Adaptations for COVID-19 are helping Christians reach incarcerated people, with eager cooperation from government officials. To reach the chapel at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution in...
There Is an Edge to Living on the Edge
My outsider experiences have only strengthened my confidence in God’s goodness and sovereignty. Four years ago, I embarked on a master’s program at a theologically...
Interview: Mystics, Monastics, and the Moderns Who Need Them
Medieval Christianity holds up a helpful mirror to the contemporary church. In recent decades, evangelicals studying faith in the Middle Ages have done much to...
Dying to Our Selfies
We’ll never see the glory of God if we look only to our own brand. Greek mythology may not be a guide to the Christian...
I Stumbled in the Steps of the Good Samaritan
When we picture ourselves as heroes, we often forget our humanity. It seems to me that many of us read the parable of the Good...
Paul’s View on Death Changed Mine
The Corinthian church needed the reminder of the power of God. So do we. In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage...
A Day in the Life of an Ordinary Christian
Let’s suppose that for just one day the Lord chose to make a documentary about you—“A Day in the Life of an Ordinary Christian.” For...