Ben Hur: Rome vs Christ, then and now
August 23, 2016 Unlike most reviewers, I enjoyed the new Ben Hur film. … In the 1950s Rome for some may have equated with the fading British Empire, while America was the noble republic, perhaps like the Hebrews. Rome was honored for its achievements even if seen as corrupt and passé. Today, in Christian circles […]
Unity in God: Jesus’ final prayer for his disciples and future Christians
June 6, 2016 7 “Now they know that everything you gave me is from you, 8 because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I do […]
The traumatized heart of God
May 27, 2016 Christians today think of God as a glorious judge dispatching people to hell or heaven. But God is the most miserable of all in the world. He has bitterly struggled to overcome what made the luminous heaven and earth fall into the darkness of hell. After God regained His composure, opened His […]
Nothing far-fetched about plot of ‘God is Not Dead – 2’, lawyer says
“God’s Not Dead 2,” which brought in more than $8.1 million at the box office the weekend, has been criticized by some atheists, among others, as being rooted in a far-fetched, Christian persecution storyline, but one lawyer has a message for dismissive and pessimistic naysayers. “I think that what happened in the movie illustrates what […]
‘He was in the world . . . yet the world did not know him’
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light […]
ISIL terrorists called Iraqi nuns for clues to find hidden weapons
Sister Hayat, a 30-year-old Iraqi nun, lived a quiet life of devotion in a Dominican monastery near Mosul, Iraq. She helped care for children in an orphanage and also taught anthropology at a local university. Then ISIL jihadists overran the city. “When we realized that running was our only option, all the nuns packed a […]
Who is Kim Davis? Clerk who went to prison over same sex marriage is Democrat, recent Christian
Rarely does a county clerk became the center of a national media firestorm. But Kim Davis, the clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, has become trapped in the eye of the national media hurricane that has surrounded her decision to prohibit her office from issuing all marriage licenses due to her Christian objection to same-sex marriage. […]
Pope Francis: Antichrist or just working to prevent the ultimate religious war?
If you type “is Pope Francis antichrist” into Google, you’ll get about 425,000 results in .37 seconds. … So why do so many people think—or at least ponder—that the Latin American pontiff is the Antichrist (or at least the end-time False Prophet mentioned in Revelation 19:20)? It could be for some of the same reasons […]
Pastor thinks ‘God is saying something’ through red stain beneath painting
A narrow red stain that has remained for years beneath a painting of a crucified Christ at the Saint John the Evangelist church in Newport, Rhode Island, has led the church’s pastor to speculate on its possible meaning and the presence of Jesus. Providence Journal reported on Monday that the 140-year-old Episcopal church has recently […]