‘The Chosen’ Season 4 Finale Recap And Review - Religion …
Mar 1, 2024 · (REVIEW) While the Season 4 finale was weaker in its character payoffs than I would have liked, it still is the strongest season overall since the first. The stories are more focused, the drama more intense, the characters gelling more and the filmmaking seamlessly skillful. It’s what keeps me and t
Why Some Religious People Still Refuse to Celebrate Halloween
Oct 27, 2020 · Each year there are Muslims, Jews and Christians in the United States that abstain from celebrating Halloween. According to the National Retail Federation, 42% of the population doesn’t plan on participating in Halloween this year, though of course during a pandemic, not all these people are forgoing the holiday because of religious reasons.
Charismatics are at war with each other over failed prophecies of …
Jan 12, 2021 · As the mob swarmed the Capitol steps, climbed the inaugural scaffolding and even scaled the building like it was a gym climbing wall, the now commonplace red, white and blue “Trump 2020” and “Make America Great Again” flags flew alongside flags and banners with a range of Christian symbols, including a white flag with a pine tree inspired by the Old Testament and used in the ...
'The Forge' Review: If You Want Young Men to Leave Christianity, …
Aug 23, 2024 · (REVIEW) While “The Forge” deserves credit for wanting to address the real problems of struggling men and boys, it fails to speak to the very people it says it wants to help. Christian parents of such boys would be better off passing on this movie and following other sources for their boys, and foll
A New Interpretation of Faith: The Story Behind the LGBTQ
Jul 20, 2023 · (ANALYSIS) The Sparkle Creed was circulated in 2021 by the Rev. Rachel Small Stokes of Immanuel United Church of Christ in Louisville, Kentucky. A Shower of Stoles website biography notes that she was raised United Methodist, served as a missionary in that denomination and trained for the ministry.
Religion Unplugged
The late Warren Wiersbe, a prolific author of more than 170 books, never seemed keen on writing with his grandson Dan Jacobsen. Following Wiersbe’s death in May 2019, the family discovered a dusty manila file folder among the thousands of files Wiersbe left behind.
Are we all evangelicals now? How the term has grown to blur …
Mar 11, 2021 · The term “evangelical” has broken away from its roots as a sub-genre of Protestant theology and has now morphed into a social, cultural and political term that stretches far beyond the boundaries of Christianity. In fact, the term “evangelical” is now being embraced by religious groups that do not b
Why The Amish Could Decide This Year’s Presidential Race
Oct 15, 2024 · An untapped demographic . Estimates of Amish turnout in previous elections have been difficult to determine. A 2020 study found a record turnout from the community that year, which grew slightly two years late during the midterms.Nonetheless, the number of votes in Lancaster County, where most Pennsylvania Amish live, did not even reach 3,000 during the 2020 presidential race.
Biblicism: How do Protestants everywhere interpret the Bible?
Sep 14, 2020 · (OPINION) THE QUESTION: What is “biblicism”? THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: This question is the title of an article this month on Patheos.com by Michael Bird, an Anglican priest who teaches theology at Australia’s Ridley College and is also a visiting professor at Houston Baptist University.. More on Bird in a bit, but first let’s lay some groundwork for the discussion and why it is ...
The Legacy of Harold Camping, Who Falsely Predicted the World’s …
May 21, 2021 · Harold Camping, a radio preacher from California, became known for predicting the end of the world as May 21, 2011. The then 90-year-old preacher was so convinced of his message that he invested nearly $100 million into an advertising campaign to spread the news. While his predictions were declared