| Thursday, November 04, 2021 |
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| | While most millennials view Jesus and the Bible as at least “a little positive,” nearly one-third of America’s largest, most educated and misunderstood generation also identify as LGBT. The report from Arizona Christian University also found that 75% of respondents are “searching for a sense of purpose in life." |
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| | On Tuesday, voters across the United States went to the polls in the first general election since President Joe Biden took office in January. The election was widely seen as a preview of next year's midterm elections that will decide the control of U.S. Congress and as a referendum on the president's first nine-and-a-half months in office. |
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| | William Neil “Doc” Gallagher, an 80-year-old Christian radio personality from Texas and author of the Jesus Christ, Money Master Leader Guide, was sentenced to three life sentences plus an additional 30 years in prison Monday for defrauding more than 190 people, many of whom were older adult Christians, of at least $23 million. A release from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stated that "he exhausted virtually all investor funds on spending unrelated to the accounts, including misappropriating significant portions for personal and company expenses and to make Ponzi payments to investors." |
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| | In a Sunday podcast about marriage and relationships, Justin Bieber admitted his past is filled with “trauma and scars” and the only way he could enter into a “healthy” marriage relationship with his wife, Hailey, was by experiencing “serious” healing. “I also think the idea of what marriage means and the significance and the seriousness of that and just making that commitment is really a step of faith,” Bieber explained. |
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| | Members of the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Thorofare, New Jersey, who shut out their newly appointed Pastor, Ratona Stokes-Robinson, from preaching at the pulpit inside the building since June, finally relented on Sunday and allowed her inside. Congregants reportedly kept her out because of her sex. |
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| | Greg Laurie discusses Billy Graham's decision to surrender to Christ's loving authority and how it changed Graham for the better. "Billy listened for God’s voice and, although he didn’t hear anything audibly, he received his answer. He was being enlisted by God to preach. And it was then that Billy decided to fully surrender his life to God," Laurie writes. |
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| | Jews make up only two percent of the U.S. population, yet sixty percent of hate crimes related to religion are directed against Jews. Baseless hatred of people often goes hand in hand with bizarre claims in order to stir violence and fear towards them. In my new book, Conspiracy U: A Case Study(Wicked Son, 2021), I demonstrate how professors in academia - specifically, Northwestern University - break away from rational thinking into the dangerous waters of conspiracy theories. You would think in academia, professors would understand the differences between a conspiracy theory and a theory, though that is not the case these days. My alma mater, Northwestern University, has professors that attempt to make arguments that they portray as scholarly discourses - when in reality, they are merely conspiracy theories dressed up with fancy words. Conspiracy U takes readers through the journey of Jewish history and how Israel is central to both Judaism and Christianity. Students should be able to rely on professors to teach facts and not to display blatant biases... read more |
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