Three churches have been attacked in Sri Lanka as Christians celebrated Easter Sunday services. The churches are located in Kochchikade, Negombo and Batticaloa. Sources say at least 138 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in the attacks.
Without the bodily resurrection of Jesus, Christians have no hope and their faith is worthless.
Here are just a few things that happened this week, April 21-27, in Church history.
The percentage of Americans who say they belong to a church, synagogue or mosque has hit a historic low, a new Gallup report released Thursday shows.
It struck me a few years ago, sitting there reading some book, as my mind began to wander, that the crucifixion of Jesus is one of those things about the Christian faith that (1) I don’t really understand, and (2) seems vitally important to understand.
Based on “Summer of ‘69” by Bryan Adams
It has been said that Jesus’ physical emergence from the grave—corroborated by eyewitness testimony and resulting in the birth of history’s largest faith group—is the most verifiable fact of the ancient world.
That’s Christianity and the Easter story in two words: empty tomb. As I took my turn walking into the empty tomb, it wasn’t about what I was seeing, but knowing that because of Jesus, death no longer has the final word.
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times, from both Jews and Christians: “If you believe in Jesus, you’re no longer Jewish. You were Jewish. You’re not Jewish anymore.”
To understand the meaning of Easter, we must understand the context of Jesus’ day. The world Jesus lived in was not unlike our own.
School of Nursing Associate Professor Dr. Kim Little and Liberty alumna Terrill Zentmeyer traveled to Guatemala in March to carry out research for Zentmeyer’s honors thesis. (Photo by Chris Breedlove)
Actress Chrissy Metz, who is the lead of the upcoming film “Breakthrough,” revealed that the real-life telling has inspired her own faith.
Dallas Jenkins, creator of “The Chosen,” a new multi-season TV show on the life of Jesus, reveals how God spoke to him about creating the new record-breaking series during a difficult season in his Hollywood career.
The largest Christian college on the West Coast has named a new president who looks to restore financial stability and promote unity at a 120-year-old institution that has faced questions about its commitment to the authority of scripture.
