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This subject matter came up in another recent thread where another poster suggested that this topic should have its own thread, to which I agreed, and therefore here it is, essentially word for word from that previous post in a different thread. Please know up front that this is not an attempt to discredit either of the following two passages or Gospel accounts: I believe both are legitimate and true. However the two apparent discrepancies in the following two narratives must therefore... Crucifixion Narrative Doctrine ..read more

Meet an early evangelist, an education reformer, and a preacher who held Bible studies with the royal family. Christianity arrived in Japan in 1549 through Jesuit missionaries and challenged the dominant Confucian view on the hierarchical position of women in society. The Confucian instructional book Onna Daigaku (School of Women) instructed parents to raise their daughters to be submissive in order to... These 3 Japanese Christian Women Changed Their Country ..read more

That means dropping the façade and admitting their own struggles. As Generation Z teens grow up, many are moving further away from Christian faith and challenging church leaders to adapt to new expectations from the youngest in their flocks. Last month, Barna Research reported that young adults aged 18 to 22 are half as likely to identify as... Gen Z Christians Want Leaders to Keep It Real ..read more

"On behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as God entreating through us; we beseech you on behalf of Chirst, Be reconciled to God. Hin who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf, that we might become God's righteousness in Him." (2 Cor. 5:20,21) For reasons not yet understood by me the Reply button no longer appears to me to comment on a thread (or... Be Reconciled to God ..read more

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The former president’s potential arrest shows that character does matter. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. As I write this, I have no idea if or when we will see something no generation of Americans has ever witnessed: a mug shot of a former president of the United States. What I do know is that the entire... Criminal or Not, Trump’s Case Is a Moral Test for Christians ..read more

What Scripture tells us about the story of this “outstanding” Jewish woman in chains. About a decade ago, when my family was on vacation in Rome, Italy, we visited the Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli (“Saint Peter in chains”)—where tourists and Christian pilgrims come to see Michelangelo’s famous statue of Moses and a set of prison chains that tradition claims belonged to the apostle Simon Peter during his... Junia, the Female Apostle Imprisoned for the Gospel ..read more

New revelations will require increased accountability, but pastor wants to look to the future. Phil Dooley, the new global senior pastor of Hillsong Church, has promised he will clean house. “I can’t change the past, but I can play a significant role in changing the future,” he said during a Sunday service in Sydney, shortly after the board chair announced a forensic audit of church spending under Dooley’s... Hillsong Says It Is Moving Forward ..read more