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A centuries-old church in Germany attracted more than 1,200 people during worship services featuring music from Taylor Swift. The Church of the Holy Spirit, a well-known church in Heidelberg that meets in a 600-year-old building, recently put on a service called “Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift Church Service” in an effort to draw young people’s interest,…

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Women’s rights activist and author Ayaan Hirsi Ali expressed regret for her previous critiques of Christianity at the inaugural Dissident Dialogues conference in New York. Ali, a former figurehead in the New Atheism movement, openly recanted her past assertions that all religions, including Christianity, were equally damaging. During a lively discussion with evolutionary biologist Richard…

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Possession, exorcism, and sinister evil are mainstays in several Hollywood productions. However, these themes are also deeply rooted in Scripture, with the New Testament highlighting Jesus’ ministry of expelling the demonic from tormented individuals. These are themes at the heart of “The Exorcist Files,” a podcast created and hosted by Ryan Bethea. The show is…

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Amid the current anti-Israel protests on college campuses across the country on top of the continued conflicts in the Middle East, an Auburn, Washington-based pastor is stressing the importance of prayer even as “some people remain skeptical of it,” he told Fox News Digital. Pastor Jesse Bradley of Grace Community Church, located outside of Seattle,…

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John 10:11 reads, “Jesus said, ‘I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.’” This verse comes from the Gospel of John, one of the four gospel narratives in the New Testament. The exact authorship of this gospel is unknown, but it’s most commonly attributed to the Apostle John,…

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