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BY : Leah MarieAnn Klett Christian Today (CP) Mark Wahlberg’s latest project, the Mel Gibson-directed “Flight Risk,” is an adrenaline-fuelled thriller that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats behind the high-stakes action and intense performances. Faith remains at the centre of the actor’s […]
BY : Leah MarieAnn Klett, Assistant Editor Jonathan McReynolds is no stranger to mountaintop moments. At just 35, the gospel artist, author and Mensa member has spent more than a decade shaping contemporary Christian music with his soul-stirring lyrics, winning numerous awards in the process. […]
BY : Robert Parr Christian Today Jack Hemmings, the founder of Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and a veteran of the Second World War, died last month at the age of 103. Hemmings’ life in the air began at the age of 19, when in […]
By: Yonat Shimron (RNS) — As many Americans gather with their loves ones for Thanksgiving, a timely new survey from Pew Research confirms what miles of traffic jams and airport lines suggest: Family is the No. 1 source to which Americans look for meaning, fulfillment and satisfaction in […]
By: Bobby Ross Jr. WACO, Texas (RNS) — Tractor-trailer rigs roared overhead. Cigarette smoke wafted in the air as a praise band played drums and electric guitars on a stage set up amid tall concrete columns. On the Sunday (Nov. 18) before Thanksgiving, poor people riding […]
By: Neil Munro A federal judge is facing a public outcry after he threw out federal charges against several Muslims who are suspected of cutting girls’ genitals to minimize future sexual desires. “Outrageous,” said a tweet from Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a U.S.-based advocate, who was […]
By: Cathleen Falsani MALIBU, Calif. (RNS) — Two hours before the sun set over the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 8, the Rev. Joyce Stickney, rector of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Malibu, received word about wildfires that had broken out 30 miles away in the hills […]
By: Mark A. Kellner (RNS) — Anyra Cano Valencia was having dinner with her husband, Carlos, and their family when an urgent knock came at their door. The Valencias, pastors at Iglesia Bautista Victoria en Cristo in Fort Worth, Texas, opened the door to a desperate, overwhelmed congregant. The woman […]
LAND O’ LAKES, FL — Pasco County Public Schools personnel have adopted a harmful, unauthorized “policy” and practice of promoting LGBT ideology in violation of the rights of students, parents, and teachers, all without school board approval. Liberty Counsel has offered assistance to the Pasco County School […]
By MARC LEVY and MARK GILLISPIE PITTSBURGH (AP) — A gunman who’s believed to have spewed anti-Semitic slurs and rhetoric on social media barged into a baby-naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday and opened fire, killing 11 people in one of the deadliest […]
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Florida man in custody in connection with the package bombs sent to Democratic political figures is a fervent supporter of President Donald Trump with an extensive record of past arrests, including a stint served on […]
Between October 22 and 24, 2018, suspicious packages were received at multiple locations in the New York and Washington, D.C., areas and Florida. The packages are being sent for analysis at the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. “This investigation is of the highest priority for […]
By: Emily McFarlan Miller (RNS) — Eugene Peterson, the best-selling author of “The Message” and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” passed away Monday morning (Oct. 22) at age 85. Among Peterson’s last words were, “Let’s go,” according to a statement from his family. “During the previous days, it […]