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Temptation and "sex addiction" feature heavily in evangelical rituals and beliefs around gender roles. A mythical "heroic masculinity" underpins evangelical ideas on men and sex. No evidence links impulsive sexual behaviors with mass murder, experts say. See more stories on Insider's business page. For four days, as the country tried…

In 2017, beloved Bible teacher and evangelical personality Beth Moore had the chance to meet a theologian she’d long admired. As she later recounted on her blog, she was eager to share a meal with the iconic figure, left unnamed in her recounting, and talk about scripture. That encounter proved…

The Vatican on Sunday celebrated the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines with a Mass led by Pope Francis along with Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines said the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica was attended by Filipino Catholics living in Rome. Members…

(Philstar.com) - March 14, 2021 - 10:30am MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis will lead the Filipino community in Italy to celebrate the 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines. The celebration will be highlighted with a mass to be officiated by Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. Filipino Cardinal Luis…

No fewer than 40 youths in Tangale community and a district head for Todi in the Biliri Local Government Area of Gombe State, have been arrested by security operatives over the kingship tussle in the area. The Director-General, Centre for Justice on Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria, Pastor Kallamu Musa…

1521, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) drawing his sword while engaged in a battle against natives. Leader of the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, Magellan left Seville in 1519 and sailed through the strait named after him to (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) By Gus Vibal March 08,…

The Shepherd Superintendent of the Household of God Church, Rev. Chris Okotie, has described the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria as a parochial religious group.  Okotie said this while reacting to the election of the PFN in which Bishop Wale Oke of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries emerged as the…

It was among the most jarring scenes of the Capitol invasion, on January 6th. As rioters milled about on the Senate floor, a long-haired man in a red ski cap bellowed, from the dais, “Jesus Christ, we invoke your name!” A man to his right––the so-called QAnon Shaman, wearing a…

Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star) - March 4, 2021 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Pope Francis will lead the Filipino community in Italy in celebrating 500 years since the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced yesterday. In an article, the CBCP…

Home News (Image credit: FrankyDeMeyer via Getty Images) Followers of Jesus span the globe. But the global body of more than 2 billion Christians is separated into thousands of denominations. Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, Apostolic, Methodist — the list goes on. Estimations show there are more than 200 Christian denominations…