Faith & Church
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Revival In Secular Sweden: When Christianity Becomes The New Rebellion
Young men in bathing trunks emerge from a Swedish lake and begin cheering, embracing, and jumping with joy. They have just been baptized–not in America’s Bible Belt or somewhere in the developing world, but in one of the most secular nations on earth. For decades,…
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The Queer Beatitudes: When Pride Replaces Repentance
A disturbing pattern is spreading through LGBTQ-affirming churches. In sermons, Pride liturgies and online worship clips, the familiar opening words of Jesus’ Beatitudes–“Blessed are”–are being borrowed and filled with an entirely different message. These are not simply prayers asking God to comfort people who have…
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When The Prison Gang Becomes A Caliphate
“Convert or get hurt.” Three words. One terrifying choice. For a vulnerable man entering the wrong British prison wing, those may be among the first words he hears. The message is not an invitation to examine a faith. It is an ultimatum from men who…
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There Is No Off Switch: How Surveillance Followed Us Home
The television is off. The screen is dark. The family has stopped watching. But what if the television has not stopped watching them? A major investigation into LG smart televisions has uncovered an extraordinary amount of data collection occurring through a device millions of families…
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When The Church Becomes Entertainment, Who Preaches Repentance?
For nearly three centuries, worshippers have entered St Paul’s Cathedral to pray beneath its towering dome, hear Scripture proclaimed, and remember that there are things in this world greater than themselves. Now one of Britain’s most sacred Christian landmarks has found a new partner: a…
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Christian Physicians Are Being Screened Out By The Medical Establishment
Spanning throughout the U.S. and within the midst of the country’s medical education and residency programs, a silent ideological cleansing is occurring. For centuries, the Hippocratic Oath has existed as medicine’s north star of morality, an unwavering promise to preserve human life. Today, that honored…
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Israelis Worry Next October 7 Could Come From Judea & Samaria
Israel was promised a peace partner. Now its military is being told to prepare for the possibility of fighting that partner’s armed forces in an all-out war. More than three decades after Oslo, that development deserves far more attention than another diplomatic statement about keeping…
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Israel’s Election: Is The Third Temple Moving From Prophecy To Politics?
Israel goes to the polls on October 27 in an election that could reshape the country’s government and determine the future direction of the Israeli right. But buried beneath the familiar election issues is something few would have imagined becoming part of Israel’s political conversation:…
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10 Reasons Socialism Sounds Christian – Until You Look More Closely
At first glance, socialism can sound remarkably compatible with Christianity. Care for the poor. Reduce suffering. Challenge exploitation. Make sure people have food, housing and medical care. Christians hardly need to be convinced that these things matter. Scripture repeatedly commands God’s people to care for…
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Damascus: The Center Of One Of The Bible’s Most Dramatic Unfulfilled Prophecies
There are moments when a headline deserves more than a passing glance. There are moments when the words being spoken in the Middle East should cause students of Bible prophecy to stop, listen, and open their Bibles. One of those moments is presently unfolding in…
