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"5 Christian Clichés You Should Stop Using"
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Do Immigrants Fit Into the Local Church? How Refugees Belong in the Body of Christ
Did you know the significant majority of immigrants in the United States (whether present lawfully or not) self-identify as Christians?
Christianity Is the Bad Guy?: Bemoaning the Demise of the Classical World
In “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon blames Rome’s demise, at least in part, on Christianity. He wrote, “The clergy successfully preached the doctrines of patience and pusillanimity; the active virtues of society were discouraged, and the last remains of military spirit were buried in the cloister [and] a large portion of public and private wealth was consecrated to the specious demands of charity and devotion...”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Under Fire after Saying Christian and Muslim Prayers 'All Go to the Same Place'
Controversial Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has come under fire for declaring that all prayers -- Muslim, Christian and Jewish -- reach the same higher power.
Mama Maggie - and Christianity: Are Still Good for the World
Thirty years ago, Mama Maggie was a well-to-do Egyptian woman who loved traveling from Cairo to Europe with her husband for parties and shopping. But in her mid-thirties, she and a group of friends from church decided to visit one of Cairo’s garbage slums.
Where Is Christianity Headed? The View from 2019
As 2019 begins, the world is becoming more religious, not less. Faith from diverse traditions grows as population expands throughout most of the Global South. Last year, nearly 50 million more Christians were added in Africa, making it the continent with the most adherents to Christianity in the world, 631 million.
Number of Witches in the U.S. Soars as Millennials Reject Christianity, Claims Newsweek
Media site NewsBusters.org says that a Newsweek article claiming the number of witches in the U.S. is climbing while millennials reject Christianity isn’t accurate.
Unleashing the Kingdom: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Movements
In the book, by telling compelling stories of God at work through ordinary people—both today and throughout history—Sunshine and Trousdale counter the prevailing myth that Christianity is in decline around the globe.
The Enlightenment Got It Wrong; The West’s Debt to Christianity
It’s a rock-solid Western conviction: All men—and women—are created equal. But where does it come from? Well, not the Enlightenment.
Mourning Bastille Day; “Reason’s” Radical Assault on Christianity
We say all the time on BreakPoint that reason and faith go hand in glove. But in revolutionary France, the disciples of reason unleashed one of the bloodiest revolutions in history.
