A Canadian House of Commons committee on Tuesday (Dec. 9) removed a “religious belief defense” from a hate crime bill, a move a Christian body had warned against as detrimental to legal protections for religious expression by Christians and others.
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Making room for Jesus during the Christmas season is the most important thing we can do. During Advent and the Christmas holidays, slow down enough to breathe deeply, remember who we are, and stay connected to our spouse, we move in alignment with the pace at which God created us to live.
What are we to make of children who profess faith in Jesus? Does it mean they are saved? Evidence from scripture supports the idea that we should present the gospel to young children, invite them to trust in Jesus, and accept their expression of faith.
At Christmas people are looking for connection. No more so than families with an incarcerated parent. It doesn’t cost much to give a gift, extend an invitation to church, or offer friendship. Such things can be a lifeline, and Prison Fellowship Angel Tree can help you provide it.
Technology gives us unprecedented ways to collaborate as the global Church but it takes intentionality to use it for Kingdom purposes. During global Bible month the CEO of YouVersion Bible, with over 1 billion installs, notes that people walking closely with Jesus and investing in authentic relationships are what transforms the world.
Christian apologist and author Frank Turek recently pushed back against claims that dispensationalism and Christian Zionism are heresies, but acknowledged the details of the End Times remain "veiled" and subject to honest debate among Christians.
Raising awareness about the mental health crisis and increasing suicides facing rural America is at the center of a new free resource released by a Christian college–based training hub.
A sharp rise in state-facilitated deaths in Canada has drawn strong criticism from a leading U.K. pro-life group, which warns that the country’s experience should serve as a cautionary example as British lawmakers debate assisted dying legislation.
When the Neoliner Origin completed its first transatlantic crossing in late October, climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe saw more than a successful trial of a new cargo sailboat. She viewed it as a concrete sign of hope — evidence, she said, that real, scalable solutions to the climate crisis are beginning to take shape.
A high-profile U.K. podcast is drawing new attention to questions of justice, forgiveness and prison reform through the real-life story behind a transatlantic stage play now running in London’s West End. “Can the Justice and Prison System Be Truly Transformed?” examines the aftermath of a single punch that killed a young paramedic in 2011 and the unlikely journey of remorse and reconciliation that followed.
Liberty University, a large, private, non-profit evangelical Christian university located in Lynchburg, Virginia, is now offering 600 online degrees to students in Europe and actively exploring the possibility of establishing a physical campus in the future.
Australia has become the first country to prohibit children under 16 from using social media, ordering major platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook to block access beginning at midnight Wednesday.
