Christians suffer extreme persecution in 13 countries around the world, according to the 2024 World Persecution List published by the Open Doors organization, whose mission is to serve the faithful in ...

The whole Christian faith hinges on one historical event: the bodily resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth on April 5, AD 33 (or April 9, AD 30). If Jesus rose from the grave and the tomb is indeed empty, ...

The historical sections of the Hebrew Scriptures sometimes read like PG-rated dramas seasoned with a measure of bawdy humor. Today's story from 1 Samuel recounts the second time David refused to ...

According to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus told his followers on numerous occasions that he was God's son, the only way to heaven, and that he would die and come back to life. Many people saw ...

I think I must have been 9, maybe 10 years old when it finally dawned on me that the doctrine Pastor Bivens was hollering at the assembled black folk from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church didn’t ...

It was the afternoon of Good Friday, just before Christian tradition says Jesus drew his last breath. But to Lester DeKoster, his savior was every bit as alive as I was, sitting by his bedside. Such ...

Singer Naira Marley has asserted that any Muslim who doesn’t believe in Jesus isn’t a true Muslim. This, he said, highlighted Jesus’ importance in Islamic theology. “No Muslim is a Muslim if he does ...