A Pennsylvania church is drawing rave reviews online after its pastor allowed members to gather for worship in kayaks and canoes in the reservoir at Bald Eagle State Park.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 6:57:00 AM
Over the last few weeks, Barna has been taking stock of the information we’ve gathered on the next generation—first Millennials and now Gen Z. Concerning trends have been surfacing around this emerging group, including their skepticism about faith-sharing, an increase in the church dropout rate among those who were raised Christian and a general longing for connection—despite being the most globally connected generations the world has ever seen. How can the Church respond to this data and offer strong, lasting relationships to young people, even in the challenging social context prompted by the COVID-19 crisis?
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 7:15:00 AM
Many Christian traditions disapprove of premarital sex. And even though Christians in the United States hold less permissive views than religiously unaffiliated Americans about dating and sex, most say it’s acceptable in at least some circumstances for consenting adults to have sex outside of marriage, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Monday, September 7, 2020 1:48:00 PM
Less than half of U.S. Christians expect to experience eternal salvation because of their confession of sin and acceptance of Christ as their Savior, while a larger number of professing Christians believe good works will get them into Heaven, a new survey has found.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Wednesday, August 12, 2020 6:56:00 AM
A new study based on the compilation of 43 datasets that consist of more than 11,000 couples suggests that perceived partner commitment is the top predictor of relationship satisfaction.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 7:19:00 AM
Today on Break it Down, we explore deep breathing with Chartered Counselling Psychologist Dr Tamara Vaughan of Mind Health Psychology;
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Monday, August 10, 2020 12:43:00 PM
A new survey shows that the majority of Americans no longer believe that Jesus is the path to salvation and instead believe that being a good person is sufficient.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Monday, August 10, 2020 7:01:00 AM
A new online platform has emerged with the goal of addressing the massive amount of Christian students who leave their faith during college by connecting them with other believers to establish or join Gospel-centered communities wherever they are.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Friday, August 7, 2020 8:20:00 AM
A life-sized statue of Billy Graham will be installed in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the US House want removed.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Thursday, August 6, 2020 8:14:00 AM
Fresh off the success of The Clark Sisters biopic, Lifetime is preparing to release another film on a famous gospel legend. Danielle Brooks, of Orange is the Knew Black fame, is set to play gospel pioneer, Mahalia Jackson, in an upcoming film executive produced by journalist Robin Roberts, the network announced on Monday (Aug. 3).
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:45:00 AM
A county in California has ordered the closing of indoor worship services, as well as other secular facilities like gyms and shopping malls, to counter a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 7:42:00 AM
When thinking about anxiety, it’s important to first distinguish between general anxiety and clinical anxiety. Anxiety itself is a really normal emotion that we all have; it forms part of what we might call our ‘internal alarm system’ and is designed to
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Posted by Azania Phillips
Friday, July 31, 2020 3:01:00 PM