Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven Matthew 5:10 Christian Newsline News updates on the persecuted Church The following stories and more can regularly be found updated at barnabusfund.org/news New Interreligious Aide to Imran Khan Says Minorities in Pakistan “Not Second-Class Citizens” Two Pakistani Christian Men … More News from the PERSECUTED CHURCH
The Culture and the Pulpit On Feb. 15, 2021, Stand in the Gap Today Hosts Keith Wiebe and Sam Rohrer discussed the purpose, power, and responsibility of the pulpit at this defining hour in our nation’s history. Guests were Pastor Joe Green with the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church in Pennsylvania, and Reverend Paul Blair with Fairview Baptist Church in Oklahoma. What is the … More The Culture and the Pulpit
Abortions worldwide this year: 😥6,217,035😪 The number of abortions performed worldwide so far this year and counting. This corresponds to approximately 125,000 abortions per day. In the USA, where nearly half of pregnancies are unintended and four in 10 of these are terminated by abortion [1], there are over 3,000 abortions per day. Twenty-two percent of … More Pro-Life News Updates (Various Sources)
Exodus 33 I doubt there are very few folks in the “civilized” world who have never heard the hymn Rock of Ages Cleft for Me. Many biblical references apply to this Hymn, but none greater than that found in our main text for today Exodus 33:21-23. ¹As the young minister traveled through the rugged country … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/20/2021
But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ – Mark 10:6 (ESV) Redeeming Gender in an Increasingly Gender-Hostile World In 2015, Drag Queen Story Hour launched in San Francisco. Exactly what it sounds like – men dressed as women (often provocatively) reading stories (often provocatively) to young kids in schools or … More Redeeming Gender in an Increasingly Gender-Hostile World
When Black History Month is observed each year, faith is a thread throughout many of the stories and celebrations of the Black community in the U.S. In fact, according to Black Americans, it’s an essential part of the narrative. In this February release for Barna’s ongoing 2021 series exploring new data about the Black Church, … More Barna Update: Most Black Adults Say Religion & the Black Experience Go Hand in Hand
They who love anything better than Christ are not worthy of him. – Covenanter field Minister James Renwick, on the day of his martyrdom MATTHEW 10:24-39 Some try and say that this section of scripture is counterintuitive to the teachings of Christ. After all, didn’t Christ tell us that Love was the foundation of … More Devotional Thought for Today – 02/18/2021
“But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” [Ezekiel 33:6] I am not a Presbyterian, but I ascribe … More Christian Observer
INSPIRING HOPE THROUGH TRANSFORMATION “Hope is possible, recovery is possible, restoration and reconciliation are possible … there is hope for me, and there’s hope for anybody that’s in a dark place.”—Amber Amber Bigelow grew up too fast. Amber’s parents divorced when she was just a baby, and she was raised by her mother, who Amber … More Amber Found Hope, Recovery, and Restoration
Biology Matters Last month, after more than ten years in hiding, Lisa Miller surrendered herself to American authorities at the U. S. Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua. Miller, now in custody at the federal detention center in Miami, faces kidnapping and conspiracy charges. She’ll likely be found guilty but, in reality, she’s a victim of bad ideas. … More Biology Matters
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