Bill Johnson, lead pastor of the 11,000-member mega-congregation Bethel Church in Redding. Photo source: bjm.org. It’s safe to say that Bethel senior leader Bill Johnson is no socialist. If he hadn’t done so earlier, the self-appointed local apostle and prophet made his opposition to liberté, égalité, fraternité publicly…

(Noam Galai/Getty Images) There is always a prayer of a chance The Mass readings on this recent Sunday covered anxiety, the tension between the spiritual and the worldly, and Jesus teaching in the temple, where he exorcised a man possessed by a demon, who cried, “What do you…

By Leonardo Blair, Christian Post Reporter Follow | Thursday, February 18, 2021 Pastor Josh Scott preaches at GracePointe Church in Nashville, Tennessee. | Facebook/GracePointe ChurchA progressive Nashville church has drawn the ire of the internet after sharing a message on social media declaring the Bible isn’t the Word…

Today’s readings remind us of the struggles and commitments that help us to grow closer to God. They offer us an opportunity to reflect on the expectations for membership in a faith community.‘Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.’ (Jn 2:18)Liturgical dayTHIRD SUNDAY…

Ah, Presidents Day: a much-needed moment to slow down and commemorate presidents past and present, because we definitely don’t have enough of that in this country. I jest! Walking around Los Angeles, you’d be hard-pressed not to pass someone sporting BIDEN-HARRIS merchandise—a shirt, a bumper sticker, a sweatshirt,…

University AME Zion Church Pastor Kaloma Smith’s Easter sermon is livestreamed out of the church’s nearly-empty sanctuary in Palo Alto on April 12, 2020. Photo by Magali Gauthier. Santa Clara County officials are applauding a federal court’s ruling that affirmed the county’s ban on indoor gatherings. The ruling…

Let me adapt to recent circumstances a thought-experiment theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar proposed decades ago: Imagine that a friend contracts a severe case of COVID-19 and medicine can do no more for him. The doctors inform his widowed mother and us, so we gather with her for…

On Jan. 6, thousands of Christians came to Washington to support President Donald Trump and to pray. Later, however, many unwittingly found themselves in a large crowd that would march on the Capitol and eventually breach the building, leaving two dead and more than 100 police officers injured.…

The Canadian PressA look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, April 6, 2021The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday April 6, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 320,956 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,554,489 doses given.…

Christians in both political parties will tell you, if pressed, that the Bible holds the answers for life’s problems. But if that’s true, we have to wonder why we as Christians have failed to adhere to the Scripture’s command to “hate evil, love good; establish justice in the…