Christianity

When trailers for The Green Knight first hit the internet back in early 2020, the reaction was immediate--the combination of director David Lowery's signature aesthetic sensibility and star Dev Patel's heartthrob status seemed like the ideal combo for fans of both medieval history and medieval fantasy. But this combination was…

The Heart of the Christian Witches, Lightworkers, and Empaths Movement.Houston, Texas Jul 24, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - The Church of New Enchantment is a New Mystical Christianity Movement inspired by Rev. Peter Sousa. Rev Peter felt there not only was a need for such a spiritual movement but a home to advocacy an…

Pope Francis is living proof that within every great progressive there lurks a deep, abiding pessimism. My friend Matthew Schmitz made that point very ably in these pages a few days ago. He points to the Holy Father’s stated belief that roughly half of all Catholic marriages are invalid, because…

A top US-based Jewish scholar has urged Christian churches to review their choice of Bible readings if they want to build relationships with Jews and avoid offending them. Professor Amy-Jill Levine, New Testament scholar and University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School made the…

A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, has sued the Nigerian government over the country's membership of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). He asked the court to declare the membership illegal and terminate Nigeria’s association with the OIC. Omirhobo also asked the court to restrain the Nigerian government from…

(The Conversation) — In his farewell address at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, outgoing president J.D. Greear acknowledged the internal disputes but assured attendees that the Baptist faith continues to affirm “those doctrines most contested in our culture,” such as “the authority, and the inerrancy, and the sufficiency of scripture.”…

A man who identified himself as a former pastor of the Living Faith Church International, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Peter Godwin, says he was sacked by the church for not generating enough money in his branch. Godwin in a trending video seen by SaharaReporters said he was employed on…

(RNS) — On Jan. 20, 2021, President Joe Biden became the first commander in chief to use the words “white supremacy” in an inaugural address. Naming “the cry of racial justice four hundred years in the making” and its corollary, “a rise in political extremism,” he called out white supremacy…

The Senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Dr Paul Enenche, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) not to release the five #BuhariMustGo protesters arrested on the church premises until SaharaReporters delete two stories against him and his father-in-law, Professor John Ibu, a source has said. The youths…

Books about an idealized American character often make for a body of elusive, exasperating speculations, delivered either on the fly or from a special-pleading pulpit of one sort or another. So there’s something appealing about reversing the polarity of such inquiries, and pursuing the fugitive American character through a series…