Search faith resources and communities

34+ min ago (740+ words) by Melinda McCredie | Dec 9, 2025 When you think about it, if Jesus is who He says He is, then He's the only person in history who was able to choose the time and the place of His birth. Yet He opted for an uncomfortable Christmas, a stable amidst the Roman occupation of Israel. What does that tell you about God? Christmas can be a time of contemplation for many of us. If God is God, why have Christmas at all? If Christmas is Christmas, why do we celebrate it the way we do? The name makes it pretty clear what it is. And yet it's all about turkeys and trees, presents and parties. On this episode of A Different Perspective, Berni Dymet shares his reflections on why people who don't even believe in Christ celebrate Christmas, and how the real meaning…...

48+ min ago (259+ words) Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas" takes a direct and reverent approach to the Nativity story, exchanging the traditional holiday cheer for a more historically grounded portrayal of the circumstances, no matter how difficult, surrounding Jesus" birth. The two-hour ABC special... "Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas" takes a direct and reverent approach to the Nativity story, exchanging the traditional holiday cheer for a more historically grounded portrayal of the circumstances, no matter how difficult, surrounding Jesus" birth. The two-hour ABC special, airing Dec. 9 and then the following day on Hulu, blends reenactments, narration from Costner, and commentary from Christian theologians to reframe a story many viewers think they know well. "Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas" takes a direct and reverent approach to the Nativity story, exchanging the traditional holiday cheer for a more historically grounded portrayal of the…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (135+ words) So Jer 4:23-26 Jer 4:23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, (no humans alive on... I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. 24 I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro. 25 I looked, and behold, there was no man, (no humans alive on Earth) And all the birds of the heavens had fled. 26 I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness,...

1+ hour, 29+ min ago (887+ words) (RNS) " 'I was taught to question all my desires and that, at baseline, my desires were probably wrong, because the idea of depravity extended to every part of you,' said Rollins. The post In "Famished," Anna Rollins links the deprivation of purity culture and diet culture appeared first on RNS. (RNS) " Growing up Southern Baptist in West Virginia in the 1990s and early 2000s, Anna Rollins heard one message clearly: Your body is a liability. Like many evangelical Christian women raised at a time when secular America became consumed with diet culture and evangelicalism sought to control young women through purity culture, Rollins tried to transcend her body altogether, restricting her eating and exercising obsessively. After she married, she was diagnosed with vaginismus " a condition in which involuntary muscle spasms in the vagina prevent intercourse, which is twice as common for women…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago (97+ words) [An Air Force medical technician draws a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate Air Force reservists at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, Sept. 12, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Paolo Felicitas)]Man's attempt to replicate the language of God, plus dark forces at work in the medical industry Ritual piercing of the body. The shedding of blood. The promise of salvation. John Leake explains the religion of vaccines, and why its adherents are dangerous. (0:00) The Vaccine Hesitation Heresy (8:11) The Bribing of Churches to Promote the Covid Vaccine...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago (169+ words) First question to AI: Using strict rules, "Is there any NT text that calls for weekly Sunday worship, or is the only explicit weekly pattern that of Sabbath preaching in Acts 18:4?" (AI confirms that there is no command to observe week-day-1 as a day of worshiip/rest etc) Second Question to... First question to AI: Using strict rules, "Is there any NT text that calls for weekly Sunday worship, or is the only explicit weekly pattern that of Sabbath preaching in Acts 18:4?" (AI confirms that there is no command to observe week-day-1 as a day of worshiip/rest etc) Second Question to AI First question to AI: Using strict rules, "Is there any NT text that calls for weekly Sunday worship, or is the only explicit weekly pattern that of Sabbath preaching in Acts 18:4?" (AI confirms that there is no…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago (510+ words) Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas" takes a direct and reverent approach to the Nativity story, exchanging the traditional holiday cheer for a more historically grounded portrayal of the circumstances, no matter how difficult, surrounding Jesus" birth." The two-hour ABC special, airing Dec. 9 and then the following day on Hulu, blends reenactments, narration from Costner, and commentary from Christian theologians to reframe a story many viewers think they know well. It"s not a glossy story, and the production"s central strength lies in its emphasis on realism." Rather than presenting Mary and Joseph as static religious symbols, the dramatizations depict them as young people navigating fear, uncertainty and danger. The couple"s youth and social vulnerability, the political pressure of Roman rule, and Herod"s mounting paranoia form the backdrop of the journey to Bethlehem. This was a pregnant,…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago (471+ words) Two months after elders at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, formally restored their founder, Pastor Tony Evans, to ministry following an undisclosed sin, his son Jonathan Evans was formally installed as the church's new lead pastor on Sunday. Comfortably back in the pulpit of the 11,000-member church he started more than 48 years ago, Tony Evans, 75, preached with conviction about ministry transitions and beamed with pride as he passed the spiritual baton to his son, handing him the gift of his father's Bible. "This is my father's Bible. Well worn, used, because he loved God's word. Teaching it, preaching it, and executing it. What better thing for a father to give a son that can go to his grandson than the Word of God? So, I gift you my daddy's Bible. And I love you, and I'm proud…...

2+ hour, 31+ min ago (299+ words) Grace to you, and peace in Christ. Dear and virtuous lady, your dear brother [Reverend] Jerome Weller has made known to me how sorely you are troubled with temptation concerning eternal foreknowledge, which is truly grievous to me. May Christ our Lord deliver you from it. Amen. I know this malady well, and have lain in the hospital on account of it, being sick even to death eternal. Now will I, besides my prayers, give you counsel and comfort. In such matters, writing is a weak thing; but I will not desist, if God will give me grace for it. I will show you how God has helped me out of it, and by what skill I daily maintain myself against it. Therefore, it is certain that these ideas come not from God, but from the devil, who plagues the…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago (712+ words) Australian News, Christian News by Vision Editorial Team | Dec 9, 2025 THIS ARTICLE IS FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW ALLIANCE A Christian executive chef at an up-market New South Wales hotel has reached a satisfactory settlement " after allegedly being sacked without warning because of his faith. His lawyers from the Human Rights Law Alliance (HRLA) said he was escorted off the premises for making "inappropriate remarks" and "speaking too openly" about his faith. He was never told what he had done wrong. No clear examples. No prior complaints. No opportunity to respond. CHEF'S EMPLOYMENT TERMINATED BECAUSE OF HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH The HRLA writes: For many Australians, the workplace should be a place of professionalism, mutual respect, and fairness. But for Tony Whitley (not his real name), it became the source of deep distress, financial hardship, and fear, when his employment was abruptly…...