<rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.christianexaminer.com" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>Christian Examiner | RSS</title> <link>/</link> <copyright>Copyright © 2000-2026 christianexaminer.com All rights reserved.</copyright> <description>Christian new on Christian Today</description> <language>en-gb</language> <atom:link href="https://www.christianexaminer.com/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <item> <title><![CDATA[Should churches comply with California's ban on singing?]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/should-churches-comply-with-californias-ban-on-singing.html]]></link> <pubDate>2020-07-07 08:19:00</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[California has issued a ban on corporate singing. How should churches proceed? Thankfully, there are biblical and historical precedents that help inform Christian leaders.]]></description> <author> Adam Groza and Craig Vincent Mitchell </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/should-churches-comply-with-californias-ban-on-singing.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Jailed pastor's son 'bludgeoned' with baton, detained by Vietnamese police amid US ambassador's visit]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/jailed-pastors-son-bludgeoned-with-baton-detained-by-vietnamese-police-amid-us-ambassadors-visit.html]]></link> <pubDate>2020-07-07 08:12:42</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The wife of an imprisoned pastor and democracy activist in Vietnam says she and her family members were beaten and detained by police the day U.S. Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink visited their district.]]></description> <author> Samuel Smith </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/jailed-pastors-son-bludgeoned-with-baton-detained-by-vietnamese-police-amid-us-ambassadors-visit.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Abortions in Indiana fell by 5% in 2019: gov't report]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/abortions-in-indiana-fell-by-5-in-2019-govt-report.html]]></link> <pubDate>2020-07-06 17:02:35</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A recently released report by the Indiana State Department of Health found that abortions have declined by 5% in the year 2019 compared to the year before.]]></description> <author> Michael Gryboski </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/abortions-in-indiana-fell-by-5-in-2019-govt-report.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Calif. issues ban on singing in churches amid ongoing pandemic]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/calif-issues-ban-on-singing-in-churches-amid-ongoing-pandemic.html]]></link> <pubDate>2020-07-06 16:59:00</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[New COVID-19 guidelines in California forbid singing during worship services to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.]]></description> <author> Brandon Showalter </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/calif-issues-ban-on-singing-in-churches-amid-ongoing-pandemic.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA['Uncertain and unsettling': China approves controversial Hong Kong security law]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/uncertain-and-unsettling-china-approves-controversial-hong-kong-security-law.html]]></link> <pubDate>2020-07-02 00:00:43</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[The People's Republic of China has approved a new national security law for Hong Kong, igniting greater concerns about human rights in the semi-autonomous region.]]></description> <author> Michael Gryboski </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/uncertain-and-unsettling-china-approves-controversial-hong-kong-security-law.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Most US Christians uncomfortable with returning to church: survey]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/most-us-christians-uncomfortable-with-returning-to-church-survey.html]]></link> <pubDate>2020-07-01 23:50:04</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[White evangelical Protestants were the most comfortable with attending services, with 61% saying they were either "very comfortable" or "somewhat comfortable" with attending.]]></description> <author> Michael Gryboski </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/most-us-christians-uncomfortable-with-returning-to-church-survey.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Spike in violence, profanity on TV shows rated OK for kids]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/spike-in-violence-profanity-on-tv-shows-rated-ok-for-kids.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-10-18 13:46:32</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A lengthy new report from the nation's leading nonpartisan family television watchdog group indicates a large increase over the last decade in the amount of violence and profanity in television shows rated as appropriate for children.]]></description> <author> Samuel Smith </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/spike-in-violence-profanity-on-tv-shows-rated-ok-for-kids.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Bioethics panel: Why ignoring ethics yields horrors, abuses; media deceives about human costs]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/bioethics-panel-why-ignoring-ethics-yields-horrors-abuses-media-deceives-about-human-costs.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-10-17 11:36:58</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A group of prominent bioethicists are warning about the grave human harms that result when sound ethics in the practice of science are either ignored or manipulated in pursuit of innovation.]]></description> <author> Brandon Showalter </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/bioethics-panel-why-ignoring-ethics-yields-horrors-abuses-media-deceives-about-human-costs.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Christians risk arrest if they display Bible in Saudi Arabia, persecution watchdog group warns]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/christians-risk-arrest-if-they-display-bible-in-saudi-arabia-persecution-watchdog-group-warns.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-10-16 15:58:55</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Christians traveling to Saudi Arabia are being warned not to publicly display their Bible while in the country or travel with more than one copy of the text, despite the kingdom's recent openness to tourism.]]></description> <author> Michael Gryboski </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/christians-risk-arrest-if-they-display-bible-in-saudi-arabia-persecution-watchdog-group-warns.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Russell Moore warns Christians face spiritual warfare 'all the time;' identifies 2 ways Satan attacks]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/russell-moore-warns-christians-face-spiritual-warfare-all-the-time-identifies-2-ways-satan-attacks.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-10-15 14:30:53</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Russell Moore has warned that while Christian life in contemporary Western culture has largely neglected the concepts of demons and demonic powers, spiritual warfare is a reality Christians face "all the time," both overtly and covertly.]]></description> <author> Leah MarieAnn Klett </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/russell-moore-warns-christians-face-spiritual-warfare-all-the-time-identifies-2-ways-satan-attacks.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Feminist activist warns of push to normalize sex trade, hide harms of child exploitation]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/feminist-activist-warns-of-push-to-normalize-sex-trade-hide-harms-of-child-exploitation.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-10-12 16:20:04</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A feminist activist is warning about the systematic push to normalize the sex trade and the work of progressive nonprofits that are guiding politicians on how to obfuscate the harms of child sex trafficking.]]></description> <author> Brandon Showalter </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/feminist-activist-warns-of-push-to-normalize-sex-trade-hide-harms-of-child-exploitation.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Atheists believe gestures of 'thoughts and prayers' in hard times make them worse off, study finds]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/atheists-believe-gestures-of-thoughts-and-prayers-in-hard-times-make-them-worse-off-study-finds.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-10-11 15:04:18</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Christians who suffer during natural and human disasters value thoughts and prayers from religious strangers, while atheists and agnostics believe they are made worse off by such gestures, a new study led by a University of Wyoming economist shows.]]></description> <author> Leonardo Blair </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/atheists-believe-gestures-of-thoughts-and-prayers-in-hard-times-make-them-worse-off-study-finds.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Pakistan: School principal abducts 15-year-old Christian girl, forces Islamic conversion]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/pakistan-school-principal-abducts-15-year-old-christian-girl-forces-islamic-conversion.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-09-12 16:22:51</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A school principal in Pakistan is accused of abducting a Christian student and taking her to an Islamic madrasa to forcibly convert her to Islam.]]></description> <author> Samuel Smith/CP </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/pakistan-school-principal-abducts-15-year-old-christian-girl-forces-islamic-conversion.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[US evangelical leaders held meeting with Saudi crown prince on eve of 9/11]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/us-evangelical-leaders-held-meeting-with-saudi-crown-prince-on-eve-of-9-11.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-09-12 16:16:40</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a delegation of American evangelical leaders met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss the state of religious freedom and the battle against extremism in the kingdom.]]></description> <author> Samuel Smith </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/us-evangelical-leaders-held-meeting-with-saudi-crown-prince-on-eve-of-9-11.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[America facing shortage of 'economically attractive' unmarried men, study says]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/america-facing-shortage-of-economically-attractive-unmarried-men-study-says.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-09-12 16:12:54</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[America is facing a significant shortage of highly educated "economically attractive" unmarried men who earn at least $53,000 and have a college degree. And the situation could result in unmarried women remaining unmarried or marrying less well-suited partners, a study says.]]></description> <author> Leonardo Blair </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/america-facing-shortage-of-economically-attractive-unmarried-men-study-says.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Chance the Rapper tells Ellen DeGeneres that Jesus is the reason he gives back to his community]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/chance-the-rapper-tells-ellen-degeneres-that-jesus-is-the-reason-he-gives-back-to-his-community.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-09-12 16:09:10</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Grammy Award-winning artist Chance the Rapper, whose real name is Chancelor Jonathan Bennett, was a guest on NBC's "Ellen DeGeneres Show" where he declared that Jesus has inspired him to be a more generous person.]]></description> <author> Charity Gibson </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/chance-the-rapper-tells-ellen-degeneres-that-jesus-is-the-reason-he-gives-back-to-his-community.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Pastor Jarrid Wilson took his life hours after officiating funeral of Christian woman who took her own]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/pastor-jarrid-wilson-took-his-life-hours-after-officiating-funeral-of-christian-woman-who-took-her-own.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-09-12 16:05:30</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Hours before he would take his own life on the eve of World Suicide Prevention Day Monday night, Pastor Jarrid Wilson, 30, asked for prayers as he got ready to officiate the funeral of a Christian woman who had earlier taken her own.]]></description> <author> Leonardo Blair </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/pastor-jarrid-wilson-took-his-life-hours-after-officiating-funeral-of-christian-woman-who-took-her-own.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Millennial author at Exponential: 'Make the Great Commission Great Again']]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/millennial-author-at-exponential-make-the-great-commission-great-again.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-09-12 15:54:35</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[A millennial Christian author is urging the church to reconsider its model of ministry to engage millennials, who he describes as "the most cause-oriented generation."]]></description> <author> Brandon Showalter </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/millennial-author-at-exponential-make-the-great-commission-great-again.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Tim Tebow's mom hopes every woman will influence the world for Christ]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/tim-tebows-mom-hopes-every-woman-will-influence-the-world-for-christ.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-08-15 16:14:20</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Every Godly woman has a deep desire to influence the world for good, Pam Tebow shares in her new book, Ripple Effects.]]></description> <author> Victor Wilson </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/tim-tebows-mom-hopes-every-woman-will-influence-the-world-for-christ.html]]></guid> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Beautiful Bible verse coffee mugs, sets to inspire women, men, couples]]></title> <link><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/beautiful-bible-verse-coffee-mugs-sets-to-inspire-women-men-couples.html]]></link> <pubDate>2019-08-15 15:47:29</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Bible verse coffee mugs brighten in the morning, inspire during the day and encourage in the evening.]]></description> <author> Victor Wilson </author> <guid><![CDATA[https://www.christianexaminer.com/news/beautiful-bible-verse-coffee-mugs-sets-to-inspire-women-men-couples.html]]></guid> </item> </channel></rss>