By Joe Palazzolo At a recent meeting of the Osceola County, Fla., board of commissioners, many attendees bowed their heads in silence as they listened to an invocation delivered by an atheist. “Habit, I guess,” says David Williamson of Central Florida Freethought Community, who, in lieu of calling on the almighty, invoked the spirit of…
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. We acknowledge that you hold the whole world in your hands and that you never slumber nor do you sleep. O God, be attentive this hour to the cries of those who are living in places in the…
Many think of the week after a General Assembly as the time to return to the regular rhythm of life and life in the church. But following this particular General Assembly meeting the regular rhythm has been disrupted. The dust is not settling. To the contrary, the dust is even now just beginning to rise….
Iraqi Christians have requested urgent prayer as the situation in Mosul and surrounding areas deteriorates. Islamist militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS), as al-Qaeda related group, began their violent take-over on Friday, June 6th. ISIS now has full control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. The International Organization for Migration estimated…
By Ronnie Martin As a phone conversation with my sister was winding down, she offered stinging final words after debriefing over some family drama: “Well, we all know you’re the spiritual one in the family.” I sighed an internal ugh, knowing that she really meant to say self-righteous one. In an attempt to defend what I…
By Tim Challies I think I may be leaving one phase of fatherhood behind even while I enter into another. My youngest child is just about to turn eight, which means that we are not only past the baby and toddler stages, but even nearing the end of the little kid phase. Meanwhile my oldest…
By FoxNews.com The Supreme Court has upheld the right of local officials to open town council meetings with prayer, ruling that these do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity. The court said in 5-4 decision Monday that the content of the prayers is not critical as long as officials make a…
Please join us in praying for all those affected by the devastating storms that swept through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas on Sunday night and through Mississippi and Tennessee on Monday. Foremost in our prayers are the families and friends of the 15 people who lost their lives in the Arkansas tornado. Pray for the…
By David Mathis We were made to meditate. God designed us with the capacity to pause and ponder. He means for us to not just hear him, but to reflect on what he says. It is a distinctively human trait to stop and consider, to chew on something with the teeth of our minds and…
By Anugrah Kumar Exactly a week after Washington witnessed its deadliest natural disaster in nearly a century, communities observed a moment of silence Saturday even as the death toll from the mudslide rose to 27 amid an ongoing search for over 90 still missing. Christians are among relief providers. More than 100 firefighters and volunteers…