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1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (823+ words) The ‘God Loves You Tour’ will come to Manchester on October 3, with churches across the region encouraging members to invite friends, relatives and neighbours to hear the American evangelist preach, said organisers, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). Alongside Graham’s…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1309+ words) Churches are making a significant but often overlooked contribution to essential community services across England, according to a new report. The Heart of the Neighbourhood report, published by Gather Movement, identified 12,840 instances of regular community provision among 1,632 churches and Christian…...

12+ hour, 40+ min ago   (550+ words) Grace Lutheran Church in Kingman recently discovered that several contribution checks mailed to the congregation had been stolen and cashed by someone else. Police, the U.S. Postal Service, and fraud departments at several banks are involved. Grace’s experience is an important…...

8+ hour, 19+ min ago   (187+ words) Naghmen has face so much with great dignity. FYI – Some Notes for everyone Naghmeh Panahi from her website “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” C. S. Lewis It’s…...

17+ hour, 15+ min ago   (216+ words) Editor’s note: Below is the full text of San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone’s notification to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, informing her that she should not receive Holy Communion in her home archdiocese, the Archdiocese of San Francisco....

11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (54+ words) “Why do Christians worship on Sunday rather than on the Sabbath day?” “Should We Keep the Sabbath?” “Various Questions on the Sabbath” Truth Matters, Life Matters More: The Unexpected Beauty of an Authentic Christian Life by Hank Hanegraaff AfterLife: What…...

12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (139+ words) "Works" means different things in Scripture: Law-works, merit, dead works, flesh, evil deeds, God's works, good works. Only good works, salvation's fruit, are commanded. None ever earn it. #CARM #Apologetics #Christianity #Salvation #Grace The idea of "works" has several meanings…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (144+ words) Questions for Eastern Orthodoxy on salvation, works, sacraments, and theosis, tested against Eph. 2:8-9, Rom. 4:5, and Titus 3:5. Grace through faith, not works. #CARM #Apologetics #Christianity #EasternOrthodoxy #Salvation Eastern Orthodoxy teaches a synergistic view of salvation, where a person works with God…...

14+ hour, 53+ min ago   (289+ words) Apostolic authority meant healing, raising the dead, and commanding demons, never transferred by ordination. Rome and Constantinople both claim it while rejecting each other. Neither actually holds it. #CARM #Apologetics #Christianity #ApostolicSuccession #ChurchHistory Matthew 10:1-8 defines apostolic authority in specific terms,…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (878+ words) The light shone by Earl Spencer, brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, on the financial threat to Britain’s historic churches is significant. But it is noteworthy that his article in the Financial Times did not mention the £100 million…...