Article Archive 2019
ARTICLE ARCHIVES
May 2019
- Southern Baptist Convention membership slipped below 15 million in 2018: report
- Makeover vs Transformation
- Something about Time
- The Best Use of the Human Body
- No Pastor, You Don't Need An Armor Bearer: Unnecessary Church Stuff That Compromises The Mission
- The Seed Sown
- The painful insights only pain can give
- Right or Left of Center?
- Ramadan Mubarak!
- Unthinking Animal
- Does Prayer Even Work Anymore?
- When God Winks!
- Making Sense of Senseless Tragedies
- Politics and Religion. Politics. And. Religion.
- Prophetic Dream: Fish, Fruit and Wayward Apostles
- Retired pastor sues senior living facility that threatened to evict him for holding Bible study
- Vengeance!
- Is Christianity harmful to women? Quite the contrary, says female apologist
- Twitter banned psychologist for tweeting clinical opinions on trans identity
- The Empty Truth
- We Are "Living Land!"
- Stepping on Blocks
- Student gov't at Texas Christian college votes to ban Chick-fil-A over LGBT record
- Rome opens up exorcism course to all major Christian faiths to fight rising demonic forces
- Georgia bans abortion after heartbeat is detected, recognizes fetus as natural person
- Womb rental akin to prostitution, campaigners say; women, babies exploited in surrogacy
- Chick-fil-A to become 3rd largest fast-food chain in US sales amid growing popularity
- Asia Bibi leaves Pakistan to be reunited with daughters in Canada: reports
- Boko Haram kidnaps pastor, churchgoers on their way to evangelize and deliver aid
- 'Pastors' in Pakistan helping Chinese men target poor girls for marriage
- After 40 years, 'megachurch' pastor slams Christianity and quits, deacon claims he had affair
- Lauren Daigle mentors American Idol finalists, says show gave her 'something to believe in'
- 80 percent of persecuted religious believers are Christians: British gov't interim report
- North Korean defector details decade of abuse, forced labor at orphanage
- Texas pastor on how churches can do better when reaching out to homosexuals
- Iranian intelligence minister concerned with growth of Christianity; converts summoned
- 'Fatherhood begins in the womb,' says Ben Watson at NYC Times Square pro-life event
- At NYC's largest ever pro-life rally, women, abortion survivors take a stand
- Great awakening on global scale is near, reminiscent of Welsh revival, Wallace Henley predicts
- Pence at Louisiana church attacked by arson: 'Attacks on communities of faith must stop'
- Child sex trafficking victims, ex-drug addicts find healing in 'Duck Dynasty' star's jewelry line
- Teen Vogue pushes prostitution as legit profession, like a medical doctor; feminists enraged
- National Day of Prayer: Americans called to 'love one another' or risk destruction as divided nation
- Trump admin. issues rule protecting conscience rights of medical workers, adoption providers
- Lauren Daigle gives breathtaking performance at Billboard Music Awards and wins big
Apr 2019
- Explosions in Sri Lanka target churches, at least 185 dead on Easter Sunday
- Rethinking Legacy
- Notre Dame's Cross
- 3 debates surrounding the crucifixion
- Helicopter to drop 30,000 Easter eggs at Illinois church: 'Sharing the hope of Jesus'
- Donations for 3 burned historic black churches pour in after Notre Dame fire
- The Return to Convicting Preaching that Riles Demons
- Have You Been Stifled?
- Prayer mechanics checklist: help your children tune up their prayers
- Major Elements of the Christian Marriage Union and How to Avoid Shipwreck
- Reaffirming Marriage in Today's Divorce Culture
- To Err is Human
- How Reality TV Messes with Our Take on Reality
- 'Emotion for a whole nation;' Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral ruined by fire
- New Museum of the Bible exhibit to explore relationship between science and the Bible
- 'Running from pimps': Colorado megachurch turns meth homes into a center for homeless moms
- Louisiana church will give away free gas and prayers on Good Friday
- Giant billboard launched in Times Square to oppose New York's 'abortion extremism'
- HB Charles Jr. warns Christians against participating in 'man-centered entertainment masquerading as worship'
- Kathie Lee Gifford leaves Today Show and releases powerful short film, 'The God Who Sees'
- Bethel's Amanda Lindsey Cook reveals why she went silent, what she learned during difficult season
- Fla. pastor tackles problem of 'Cultural Christianity,' says unsaved Christians are prevalent
- Mark DeYmaz shares how churches can generate multiple sources of income by leveraging their assets
- Loving your enemies is the answer to America's woes, Arthur Brooks says
- Mike Huckabee identifies 'biggest threat' to moral fiber of US, why it's the Church's fault
- Pastor's kid belts out Lauren Daigle's 'You Say' in emotional 'American Idol' performance
- Nurturing the Will to Live in a Culture of Death
- I hate Hate
- What If I...
- 'The Great Commission should begin in the home': Seminary heads stress witnessing to one's own children
- Archaeological discovery: Small seal mentioning King Josiah court official mentioned in Bible found in Israel
- Kevin DeYoung: The 'Heartbeat of Jesus' ministry' was not 'to transform social structures'
- Candace Cameron Bure says family prays, sticks together in 'hard times' amid Lori Loughlin scandal
- Chick-fil-A banned from another airport for Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Salvation Army donations
- Testosterone being given to 8-y-o girls, age lowered from 13: Doctors
- Bible's definition of 'born again' is different from American culture's definition, says Tim Keller
- Group behind 'hate map' is 'morally bankrupt': Christian conservatives call out corruption, hypocrisy
- Spontaneous healing after prayer in Jesus' name featured in peer-reviewed medical journal
- Watch sneak peek of the raising of Lazarus in new series 'Jesus: His Life'
- Comfort, narcissism, doubt: Ministry experts list biggest challenges to reaching new generation
- NIH Director Francis Collins details his path to Christ after living as an atheist
- Church pays off nearly $2 million in medical debt for 900 Maryland families
- 'Unplanned' makes twice the expected box office sales despite social media censorship
- Can Christians get political without hurting the Gospel message?
- Megachurch pastor John Ortberg: Christians often dismissive of science for 'no good reason'
- Christian college nursing, education students getting blacklisted, CCCU president says
- In rural Ohio, a wax museum dedicated to all things Bible
Mar 2019
- Former USC football player says teammates shredded Bibles he gifted them
- Actress Madeline Carroll turned down roles with nudity, promiscuity to honor God
- Response to FOX News article: Church as we know it is over. Here's what's next.
- But the Words are Already Out There!
- Worship with Emotion
- Chick-fil-A requests dialogue after city votes to ban restaurant from airport over 'anti-LGBT behavior'
- Nudity in the Public Domain
- Deconstructing The Modern Trend of Media Confession
- SPLC's 'hate group' map used by news media is fundraising scam, liberal author's analysis finds
- When your child is struggling with suicidal thoughts, simply 'more faith' isn't the answer
- Mental health crisis: Depression, suicide rates among American youth skyrocketing
- How are men and women persecuted differently for their faith in Christ? Expert explains
- When God Picks a Side
- How Did Moses "Write" God's Law (and the Pentateuch) at and around Mount Sinai?
- Fly, Little Bird. Fly!
- Most Protestant pastors see school as 'negative influence' on spiritual formation
- Religious 'nones' now as big as evangelicals in the US, new data shows
- Stay Vigilant, My Friend
- $Money-$Money-$Money-$Money. $$Money!
- Calling same-sex attraction sinful makes LGBT individuals 'more like the rest of us,' says evangelical leader
- Preventing Identity Theft (A Reminder)
- The Case of Jussie Smollett and the 'Antihero' Culture
- First man recognized as 'nonbinary' in US regrets taking hormones, warns against trans 'sham'
- Quick to Listen, Slow to Act
- Once For All
- The Awards Worth Pursuing
- China vows to rid Christianity of 'western' influence: 'One more Christian, one less Chinese'
- United We Stand
- Early Christian Teachings: Politically Incorrect
- Sticks and Stones: Words and the Power of Forgiveness
- Moral High Ground
- Asia Bibi's daughter pleads for mother's release; Bibi still hidden away in Pakistan
- Despotic Times Call for Despotic Measures
- When You Hear Your Tune, Dance!
- Did Joseph Doubt His Father Jacob's Motives?
- Following His Lead in Marriage and Life
- Evangelist Todd White says spending time with God helps fight the devil's temptations
- Lent: Matt Chandler on why Christians should abstain from food
- Evangelism and Writing
- Colorado drops case against Christian baker Jack Phillips for refusing to make transgender cake
- Mother of girl who thinks she's a boy speaks out, unpacks lies therapists told her
- Justice Kavanaugh raises concern over NJ Supreme Court decision excluding churches from preservation grants
- Canada sees exponential rise in trans-identified kids, referrals to gender clinics
- New global religious freedom mov't underway: 'We can't just keep talking about it'
- A short history of babies born alive during an abortion
Feb 2019
- Suicide tips for kids hidden in YouTube cartoon videos, pediatrician warns
- 60,000 Christians gather in Orlando for 'Jesus Movement' of this generation
- As churches struggle to help Christians with mental illness, many flee
- Brian 'Head' Welch reveals what Jesus told him about his rock star appearance
- WWE Star Roman Reigns credits prayer for cancer remission: 'God's voicemail was full'
- Pro-life film 'Unplanned' slapped with R-rating by MPAA, unless abortion scenes removed
- LGBT Christianity goes against 'the DNA of Jesus,' says ex-gay leader to 'God's Voice' conference
- In wake of church sex abuse, California bill seeks to force clergy to break seal of confession
- Mob attacks 200 Christian families in Pakistan after 4 women falsely accused of blasphemy
- Tim Keller: Don't confuse 'blue state or red state individualism' with Christianity
- Supreme Court struggling to determine fate of 40-foot tall Bladensburg Cross
- New kit aims to help men 'chestfeed' babies with help of banned drug
- Inmate freed thanks to Trump's prison reform dedicates life to helping others
- Lauren Daigle dazzles on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' as she belts out two of her Christian songs
- Haiti: Aid groups implore Christians to pray, take action in time of crisis
- Activists will target churches who counsel LGBT people, therapist warns 'God's Voice' conference
- United Methodist Church upholds position against homosexuality, same-sex marriage
- UN subjects persecuted Christian refugees in Thailand to unfair burden, expert tells Congress
- Non-Christians want to talk faith, but don't see Christians as good listeners, Barna finds
- 'Shocking,' 'inhumane,' 'extreme': Senate Democrats block bill to protect babies born alive
- North Korean woman imprisoned for faith shares how God sustained her amid horrific abuses
- But... My Chains are Gold!
- Asia Bibi stuck in Pakistan, frustrated and afraid amid threats
- True Face of Christianity
- Myanmar pastor killed after being kidnapped at gunpoint, leaves behind wife and 3 kids
- University can't ban Christian group for requiring that its leaders be Christian, court rules
- Democrat Rep. blasts transgender ban in women's sports, claims it's 'discrimination'
- Joni Eareckson Tada shares cancer update, Bible verse sustaining her
- Religious colleges fear higher education becoming more hostile to faith
- Pastor Brunson desires return to Turkey despite imprisonment; thanks USCIRF for advocating his release
- 'Finishing the task': Misconceptions about Christian missions to the unreached
- Tickle My Tribalistic Ears
- About half of millennial Christians think it's wrong to evangelize, Barna finds
- To heal, we must kneel
- Tim Keller: Christians should ask this 1 question before choosing a career
- 'God Friended Me' among top 3 Sunday TV shows; CBS renews it
- Christian university cancels Ben Shapiro speech, citing 'extremely divided' America
- Treat life like the Super Bowl, not the preseason
- Pastor, North Korean defectors reveal creative ways they share the Gospel in hermit kingdom
- Principal bans teacher from attending church event; superintendent steps in after legal pressure
- Feminist activists expose abuse, horrors of girls harmed by transgender medicalization
- To resist gender-transitioning of kids, be willing to lose friends, activists say
- What New York's pink tower says to pro-lifers
- Super Bowl: Pastor hilariously predicted Patriot win, 'goat's power,' with Bible verse
- 3 myths about late-term abortion
- Satan's plan to sabotage your destiny
- The governor of Virginia: Let's be civil about killing newborns
- Syrian Muslims find Jesus after ISIS brutality: 'Christianity was the religion I was searching for'
- Atlanta churches work to combat sex trafficking during Super Bowl, help exploited victims
- Drag Queen Story Hour with 'Annie Christ' sparks outrage in Philly
- MAGA: Make America Godly Again
- Pro-life activists plan 'Day of Mourning,' call for repentance after 'revolting' NY abortion law
- Super Bowl 53: 4 devout Christian Patriots and Rams players to watch Sunday
- Ditch amazon echo, alexa, 'surveillance' devices, to protect kids, experts say
- Ron Reagan Jr, atheist
- CCCU vice chair admits there is 'risk' associated with its LGBT compromise
- What you should know about Yemen and its tiny Christian population
- Multiethnic church movement is 'not where it should be' despite tripling in past 20 years, Derwin Gray says
- How Can I Know God?
- Pew: People who attend church are happier than those who don't
Jan 2019
- What's Your Measure?
- A Vow To Praise
- Pastors feel greatest pressure to address, avoid divisive issues from inside the church: Barna
- Servant Leadership – the Real Success Story
- 7 states already allow abortion up to birth — Not just New York
- If men got pregnant
- Pakistan high court upholds Asia Bibi acquittal
- Would the Richest Man of All Time Buy Cryptocurrency?
- I said 'Lay Down Your Life for Another,' not 'Slay Your Unborn Child,' Mother!
- Christian missionary could be tried for genocide after mistakenly entering land of remote tribe
- Our world is evil, but you can change that
- Christianity in Silicon Valley: Meet the movement transforming the San Francisco Bay area with Christ
- Joni Eareckson Tada, Nick Vujicic discuss hope for Heaven, why disabilities 'don't determine value'
- Planned Parenthood reports killing 332,757 babies last year, most since 2011
- Don't waste your life doing youth ministry
- How Christian Parents Can Blend Faith and Finances
- Use What God Provides
- ORU partners with controversial G12 ministry to bring Bible education to Christians worldwide
- How can moms fight feelings of failure in a Pinterest perfect era?
- 3 prayer priorities for America — January 2019
- Conservative Protestant fertility has declined dramatically, study finds
- Conservatives protest NY law allowing abortion up to birth for any reason
- New York passes bill allowing abortion up to birth, for any reason
- Planned Parenthood and the African-American community
- Tim Tebow releases new trailer for upcoming film 'Run the Race'
- NY Catholic bishop questions Gov. Cuomo's faith over 'death star' abortion law
- Roaming Throughout the Earth
- This is the No. 1 cause of death in the world — and it's (almost) 100 percent preventable
- New York and the culture of death
- Christians-only foster care agency gets waiver from Trump admin.
- School district won't change trans policy allowing girl to undress in boys' locker room
- Pakistan's top court to decide Asia Bibi's fate as Muslim extremists demand her death
- Agnostic Chicago Tribune reporter has his own 'God Friended Me' moment
- Francis Chan says trip to Holy Land helped him rethink how America does church
- A prayer when the future is uncertain
- History channel to premiere new TV series 'Jesus: His Life'
- Christians from India, Nigeria and Iraq detail the persecution their communities face
- Is God mad at me? 3 biblical truths about God's anger
- Boys also need to be rescued from the sex industry
- Targeting of Karen Pence is wake-up call to all Christians
- Candace Cameron Bure tells Liberty U students: Christian's need to 'walk the walk'
- What will Jesus' return look like to media saturated, hyper-connected world?
- Undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood harvesting baby body parts are 'authentic': court
- How should Christians respond to child drag queens and sexualizing kids?
- Alarm bells against discrimination
- Christian dishwasher fired by hotel because she refused to work Sundays awarded $21M
- Churches take part in 'Day of Service' on MLK holiday
- Asia Bibi living like a prisoner in Pakistan, hiding from angry mobs who want her dead
- Christians in a secular workplace: How to navigate anti-faith harassment, LGBT co-workers, #MeToo
- New poll shows millennials will change position on Roe when given the facts
- Nebraska principal who banned all things Christmas resigns
- After beating cancer, Mark DeMoss, founder of America's largest Christian PR firm, to close business
- Worst 50 places for Christians ranked in 2019 World Watch List: India in top 10 for first time
- The meaning and rationality of faith: A Christian and atheist conversation
- Tom Phillips, Chuck Colson and us
- Bring Your Bible to School Day lawsuit filed against Calif. school district in religious speech row
- Lauren Daigle continues mainstream success as Christian song 'You Say' breaks into Billboard Top 40
- University lets people use bathrooms 'they deem they need to use,' opens 23 'all-gender' facilities
- God in the space between the stars: Voyager 2 leaves our solar system
- Understanding why many non-Christians hate the Bible
- College Campus Ministries leader offers 6 necessary changes 'for reaching the next generation'
- New 'Visual Commentary on Scripture' website offers new way to study the Bible
- Only 7 percent of millennials support Democratic Party's position on abortion
- Why science needs God: Analyzing the religion and science conflict
- Hollywood actor cut from ABC show for refusing to do sex scenes is glad he stuck by Christian values
- Episcopal Church head Michael Curry punishes NY bishop who won't allow gay marriage in diocese
- What? Cervical exams for men who identify as women?
- When does lack of Bible reading become sinful?
- "Why do no miracles occur nowadays?"
- Atheist group warns over 1,000 school districts against taking Ark Encounter field trips; Ken Ham responds
- Missouri town to move giant cross off public land after atheist group's complaint
- Pathologizing masculinity: APA diagnoses men as the problem
- PragerU files 2nd lawsuit against Google, YouTube for 'restricting and restraining' conservative speech
- Democrats ban LGBT employment discrimination in the House of Representatives
- Here's how many abortion clinics closed in 2018: report
- The irony of refusing to swear in on the Bible
- Give up, dear Christian
- First-ever church in modern Turkey to be built starting February
- Tim Tebow proposes to girlfriend, former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
- Vietnam Christians beaten, arrested for refusing to worship Buddha and renounce faith in Jesus
- Joyce Meyer admits her views on prosperity, faith were 'out of balance'
- DC Comics to introduce Jesus Christ as new superhero with a distorted telling of the Savior
- When political activists take over your church
- New York Gov. Cuomo: No budget unless abortion made legal for any reason until birth
- Seven Things Every Married Couple Needs to Learn to Say
- Christine Caine to young Christians: Be willing to look 'foolish' for Jesus
- APA issues guidelines calling traditional masculinity harmful to men, boys
- Super Bowl doesn't bring biggest increase in sex trafficking but other events do, researcher says
- Dabo Swinney on national championship win: 'Only God can do this and that's a fact'
- 12 reasons the Gospel should be preached in every sermon
- Does Lauren Daigle still consider herself to be a Christian artist?
- Foster care agency leader would rather lose government funding than change Christian only adoption policy
- A thrilling Christianity vs. a boring one
- Why does God allow the innocent to suffer
- 'Popularity gospel' is today's 'prosperity gospel': former Christian music star on how to fear God
- LGBT-driven 'Fairness for All' adopted by evangelical organization will be 'special rights for a few'
- Natalie Grant suffers panic attack on flight; 11-y-o daughter prays
- University no longer teaching 'nonhuman perspectives' on queer in LGBT studies class
- Pope Francis: Better to be an atheist than a churchgoing Christian who hates others
- Lesbian 'Batwoman' gets approval at CW; first live-action superhero series with LGBT lead character
- 250 Dutch Christians sign Nashville Statement; prosecutors to decide if declaration breaks law
- The absence of God is the big issue
- Court allows Christian baker Jack Phillips to sue Colorado for anti-religious hostility
- How best to define evangelical? There are 'many evangelicalisms,' historian says
- Why are American families breaking down? Scholars, writers debate Tucker Carlson monologue
- New Hampshire city allows atheist flag to fly over Ten Commandments monument
- NYC's 3rd gender X birth certificate makes male and female obsolete, says Christian philosopher
- Louie Giglio: To be effective your faith must be built on knowing God, stop wavering
- International Justice Mission's Gary Haugen challenges college students: 'What darkness needs is your light'
- NBC should be 'ashamed' of telling parents to push transgender ideology on kids, advocacy groups say
- Christian persecution expected to increase in 2019; believers facing 'modern-day jihad'
- How to minister to the LGBT community: Wesley's Quadrilateral as a guide
- Kay Warren 'weeping' at 'horrible suffering' as adoptive parents forced to relinquish custody
- Transgender taboos: Don't question ... or else
- David Platt contrasts horrors of Hell with beauty of Heaven to highlight 'urgency' of mission work
- Actress Melissa Joan Hart talks faith, overcoming doubt in God
- 7 courageous decisions that could revolutionize your youth ministry in 2019
- Exercising your options in 2019
- At Cross19 Conference JD Greear tells young Christians small dreams, visions don't honor Jesus
- Urbana Missions Conference: How a silly idea became a godly force to fight sex trafficking
- Laos crackdown on Christians: 'Christianity is religion of Europeans and Americans'
- Tullian Tchividjian: 'I wanted nothing to do with Christians' after affair, ministry collapse
- Brian Head Welch reveals why he returned to Korn as a Christian despite the 'crazy' music
- Selena Gomez learned about sex trafficking horrors: girls crawling over bodies, being sold for $6
- Failed prayer studies: a response
- The Sexual Revolution's latest victims: Children abusing children
- YouVersion Bible Plan gets 1 million subscriptions on new year's day; 62 percent increase from last year
- Chad Veach urges students to anchor hope in Christ, avoid 'temporary fix' in social media, substance abuse
- Mother begs Christians to keep praying for abducted daughter Leah Sharibu
- Passion 2019: God's heart is to be Father to anxious generation hurt by divorce, iPhones and suicide
- Francis Chan identifies powerful key to improving one's prayer life
- Facebook apologizes to Franklin Graham for temporary ban
- Bolsonaro vows to fight gender ideology as Brazil's president, talks 'God's protection' with Trump
- Australia: Critics blast 'explore' gender kids dress up program as 'indocrination'
- Christian magistrate wins right to appeal firing; judge says 'intolerant' views should be respected
- Pro-choice activist tells kids: abortion is 'part of God's plan,' 'like dentist appointment'
- Doctors speak out: Lupron and the 'diabolical' push to sterilize, gender-transition confused kids
- Reading through the Bible in one year in 2019? Pastors weigh in
- Looking ahead: The issues of 2019
- Beginning the year with the most powerful essay I've ever read
- Does God still audibly speak to people? So. Baptist head weighs in
- Samaritan's Purse sends help as Ebola DRC outbreak becomes second deadliest in history
- Eliminating women from the human race
- Youth leaders, it's time to get off your big, fat 'buts' and get physically fit in 2019!
- Judge rules 'webcam' abortions can continue in Kansas despite new state law
- Urbana 2018: 3 habits for building relationships, sharing the Gospel in a divisive world
- The beauty of Heaven
- Extremists stone, slash Christians in India, claim victory for Hindu goddess
- Almost 42 million abortions performed in 2018; more deaths than from cancer, AIDS, traffic accidents
- Christian leaders share inspiring new year messages for 2019
