When pastors flirt with celebrity
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When pastors flirt with celebrity
When pastors flirt with celebrity
Lead pastor of Hillsong Church, New York City, Carl Lentz worships at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. | Facebook
A few years ago, a popular Christian singer ended her set by leading the audience in “O Come All Ye Faithful,” even though it wasn’t Christmastime. By the time the song was over, and the crowd’s attention was pulled back to the stage, the singer was gone. While it was her concert and not a church service, she hoped to point to God and not herself. When it was time for her well-earned applause, the singer was out of sight.
A couple walks into a polling center to vote in the midterm elections on November 6, 2018, in Provo, Utah. | Getty Images/George Frey
I’m ready to make a prediction about the 2020 election. I realize it’s a bit late, though I am comforted by the fact I cannot be more off than the polls were. For the record, this isn’t a prediction about whether or not President Trump will
concede or
succeed in returning to the Oval Office, or even about what will happen in the very important Georgia Senate run-offs.
No, this is a prediction I thought about making months ago, but I couldn’t quite figure out how to articulate it. But now, I’m ready to predict that many people are going to regret how they talked about and treated others over the last year or more.
Preach Christianity’s weird stuff
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Preach Christianity’s weird stuff
Preach Christianity’s weird stuff
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An agnostic historian just offered some interesting advice to Christians who want to be heard in a skeptical culture: “Preach the weird stuff.”
, said that Christians shouldn’t shy away from the things that make the Faith unique. For example, the idea that Jesus of Nazareth is both God
Is Christmas a pagan holiday?
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Is Christmas a pagan holiday?
Is Christmas a pagan holiday?
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Several years ago, in a documentary called “Religulous” (clever, right?), Bill Maher claimed that most of the story of Christ, especially the parts about His birth, were cribbed from pagan mythology. After all, Maher claimed, the Egyptian God Horus was born of a virgin on December 25th, was baptized, had twelve disciples, performed miracles, and ultimately died and rose again. Christianity, said Maher, is nothing but a cheap knockoff.
Andrea Bocelli’s beautiful testimony: Mother refused to abort him
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Andrea Bocelli’s beautiful testimony: Mother refused to abort him
Andrea Bocelli’s beautiful testimony: Mother refused to abort him
Andrea Bocelli sings during the “Music for Hope” concert at the Duomo cathedral in Milan, Italy, April 12, 2020. | Screenshot: Youtube/Andrea Bocelli
Sixty-two years ago, a young Italian woman named Edi Bocelli, pregnant with her first child, was hospitalized with appendicitis. Her doctors advised her to abort the child because, they said, “the baby would be born with some disability.” A devout Catholic, Edi Bocelli refused, but the doctors’ prognosis was