Christian News Weekly Recap Jan 1 - 6, 2024 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Jan 1, 2024 Religious Americans say they want to do this more in 2024 Student sent home for wearing ‘homosexuality is a sin’ shirt gets payment from school … [Read more...]
God’s Promises to Israel
Were God’s promises to Israel too wonderful to comprehend in plain language? Some think so—hence, God allegedly revealed them using earthly categories. Why would someone conclude this? One example I have unabashedly pinched the following example from a Daily Devotional (which I happen to recommend, BTW). The … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 25 – 30, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 25 – 30, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 25, 2023 Merry Christmas! Tuesday Dec 26, 2023 Christian magazine ridiculed after insisting Jesus ‘was Asian’ Christian couple celebrating ‘first Christmas in … [Read more...]
Can the Lord return this year?
Can the Lord return this year? I love believing that He might. But not everyone sees it the same way. In fact some stridently oppose the idea. Yeas ago, I joined an online premillennial, pretribulational rapture group. At the time I leaned towards the posttribulational view. I was there mainly for the fellowship. … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 18 – 23, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 18 – 23, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 18, 2023 Pope Francis to allow priests to bless gay couples but not perform marriages or civil unions IDF confirms ‘incident’ at Gaza church after patriarch says 2 … [Read more...]
A Blessed Christ-Centered Christmas
I can't recall having written a column about Christmas before. So I'm feeling somewhat jittery. During this time, people tend to get into heated arguments and debates about Christmas. Regardless of anything I say there will be someone somewhere who disagrees. Be kind. It's Advent. This is the season for those … [Read more...]
Charles Spurgeon on Expecting Christ’s Second Coming
Charles Spurgeon gave Christians advice on expecting Christ's Second Coming. He wrote that we should live as if it would happen today. Do we live it? The two quotes below come from Spurgeon's Twelve Sermons on the Second Coming of Christ. Spurgeon's Advice Oh, Beloved, let us try, every morning, to get up as if … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 11 – 16, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 11 – 16, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 11, 2023 Evangelical messages at Milei’s inauguration in Argentina Denmark makes it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts Notre-Dame to reopen in a … [Read more...]
Israel in the Olivet Discourse
Yes, Israel is in the Olivet Discourse. I say, “Yes,” because many try to Christianize the dialogue away from ethnic Israel. I often read devotionals and prayers from times past where Israel and Zion are conflated as the church.In the book, Forsaking Israel, Larry Pettegrew observed that, soon after the Apostle John … [Read more...]
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 4 – 9, 2023
Christian News Weekly Recap Dec 4 - 9, 2023 This is a recap of the past week’s daily news items from our Christian News Section. Monday Dec 4, 2023 Fear and anger in the wake of Philippine church bombing Karabakh Christian refugees in Armenia face uncertainty and poverty in exile 74 churches granted … [Read more...]
