This winter, Netflix invites audiences on a compelling journey back to ancient Judea to witness the story of the Nativity from an untold perspective: through the eyes of Mary of Nazareth, mother of Jesus Christ.
The next time you encounter a pastor who seems to be accumulating wealth and endorsing products or services that make you skeptical, don't dismiss your concerns.
Even though many Christians decry the prosperity gospel, why do so many of that gospel’s preachers seem to, well, prosper?
After Hurricane Beryl caused $20 million in damage to three of his church’s four campuses, Pastor Keion Henderson, founder, CEO and leader of The Lighthouse Church & Ministries in Houston, Texas, says God told him He damaged the churches so he can rebuild facilities twice as big and his followers will give him approximately $4.4 million in three weeks to do it.
Beach houses and beach condos along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts have become the vacation homes of choice for America’s wealthiest pastors and ministry leaders. .
There is no Christianity without the cross.
Edited video footage released by the Houston Police Department of the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Lakewood Church shooter Genesse Moreno on Feb. 11 shows an officer praying for Moreno’s 7-year-old son who was shot in the head.
Nearly a month after he was overcome with tears as he announced to his congregation that they had paid off a $100 million loan, Lakewood Church Pastor Joel Osteen was overcome with tears again as he prayed for 7-year-old Samuel Moreno-Carranza, who was shot in his head at the megachurch last Sunday when his mother instigated an armed attack on the church and engaged two off-duty police officers in gunfire.
Lakewood Church’s longtime Pastor Joel Osteen invited members of the public to join him Sunday for special services to heal from a tragedy he “never dreamed we’d have to deal with" a week after a deadly shooting at the megachurch.
Yet another church shooting on Sunday underscored the dangerous environment faced by Christians today, even in places once considered “safe” for Christianity.
