Can an Archaeological Dig Change the Future of Jerusalem?
Tiny First Temple find could be first proof of aide to biblical King Josiah
Black and Evangelical: Why I Keep the Label
Ancient West Bank site draws Christians, and controversy
The Real Reasons American Evangelicals Support Israel
BIBLE BOMBSHELL: Archaeologists unearth site of Jesus’ ‘water into wine’ miracle
But now academics claim to have solved the millennia-old mystery, bolstering the case for the New Testament’s historical accuracy. The Gospel of John famously recounts the story of Jesus Christ turning water into wine during the Wedding at Cana. In the account, Jesus, his mother Mary and his disciples are invited to a wedding, and […]
Catholic Scandals & African Christianity
Many liberals have hoped and conservatives feared that Francis is steering the church toward more accommodation of Western individualism especially on sexuality. Others would insist that Francis is not changing core Catholic doctrine but only urging a more pastoral versus dogmatic approach. Vigano recalls Francis telling him: “The Bishops in the United States must not […]
United Methodist Church proposes new belief statement: ‘We support legal access to abortion’
Until now, the United Methodist Church has held a sort of “nuanced” position on abortion… but all of that may be about to change. The church’s official statement has been that it recognizes the “tragic conflicts of life” that lead women towards abortion, and favors laws that limit abortion, such as parental consent laws and […]
Prelates and Pederasts
Sixteen years ago, reporters at The Boston Globe conducted an extensive investigation of the sexual abuse of minors by priests in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Not long thereafter, reporters elsewhere detailed similar abuse in places like Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and the like. The word used in the press to describe what had […]
Liberal Lutherans Doubling Down
Over the last reporting decade the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has lost more than 1 million members or 25% of membership, now down to 3.5 million, from 4.7 million ten years ago. At this rate of decline the denomination won’t exist in 30 years or so. Newly elected ELCA bishops might be expected […]