In Acts 1:8-9, Jesus tells the apostles that the power of the Holy Spirit will come upon them so they could be His witnesses in cities and regions. What ensued was so dynamic that the unbelievers described the apostles as
In recent days, several reports have emerged of artificial intelligence (AI) being used to change the Bible. An unlikely organization for doing that is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It is reported that PETA recently used the
Editor’s remarks: This is Mother’s Day weekend, and we salute all those who proudly carry the title “Mum”. We live in a world where parenting is not getting any easier with the complexity of modern life providing ever increasing challenges for
More than 500 churches across Texas are no longer affiliated with the United Methodist (UMC) denomination. Many of them are in the Houston area. While pastors admit the decision to leave has not been easy, they felt it necessary for
Father, we pray that You would bring fresh fire to the church. Fill our congregations with passion for prayer and constant intercession, Lord. Christianity is dying in the west, divorced from a church that once worked passionately to fuel it.
The Chinese Communist Party’s zero-Covid policy wasn’t about controlling the virus. It was about controlling the Chinese people. The white-paper protests, in which people held up blank pages, became a visible expression of anger. The government eventually announced looser testing
At the beginning of each new year it is customary for some to enter into new year resolutions. It is also customary for those resolutions to be broken a short time into the new year, so some may ask “why
In the book of Romans, Paul’s masterpiece on salvation, he spends 11 chapters explaining the beauty of God’s plan of salvation. In Chapter 12, he pivots, calling us to respond by presenting ourselves to God and then embracing the priority
American author and radio talk show host Eric Metaxas warns that the West is fast approaching a dangerous cultural tipping point, although he says it’s not too late to reverse course. In his new book, “Letter to the American Church”,
Editors note: Whilst this article relates to the American Church, we publish it as it also has implications for the Church in Australia Prominent Evangelical pollster George Barna says that most Americans blend their beliefs to create “a customized worldview”
