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A new study is showing that the majority of Christians are consuming porn in some capacity- and the most also feel comfortable with their porn consumption. The study, entitled “Beyond the Porn Phenomenon,” was conducted by Barna in partnership with Pure Desire ministries. The study surveyed 2,976 U.S. adults from Oct. 20-30, 2023. The study…

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A prolonged legal battle over the removal of a 28-foot illuminated cross in the Bay Area city of Albany has finally been resolved, with the city agreeing to pay over $1.5 million to settle the dispute with the Albany Lions Club. The decision ends a years-long controversy surrounding the Albany Hill Cross, which has been…

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The Chinese government has continued its growing crackdown on Christians within the country. Elder Zhu Longfei was arrested on August 9, 2023 by Shunde police for “illegal business operations.” Longfei is an elder at Shengjia Church, a house church which means is does not recognized the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) authority over it through the…

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The Kentucky Attorney-General’s office is reviewing a case after a man was declared brain dead at a Kentucky hospital, only to wake up moments before doctors began harvesting his organs. About three years ago, Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II was admitted to the emergency room at Baptist Health Richmond in Richmond, KY for cardiac arrest.…

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The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case between Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the United Methodist Church (UMC). The issues began in 2019 as the UMC battled over the issue of ordaining LGBTQ clergy and performing same sex marriages. At the time, the UMC voted in February 2019 to uphold the “Traditional…

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Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. The Chiapas public prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it had arrested the suspected killer, AFP reported. It was a killing that many say was a tragedy foretold, in…

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At a recent rally in Wisconsin, Senator JD Vance took a firm faith-centered stance in response to Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent actions, declaring, “Jesus is King!” This spontaneous moment occurred when an attendee shouted the same phrase during his speech, prompting Vance to echo it, creating a contrast with Harris’ approach at her rally…

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Nottingham University of England is being slammed for issuing a trigger warning on multiple medieval English works, including Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales for “expressions of Christian faith.” The trigger warning sent out from the university to students taking the module “Chaucer and his Contemporaries” warned them of “incidences of violence, mental illness and ‘expressions of…

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Evangelist Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in California, is standing firm in his decision to lead a prayer at a recent Donald Trump rally, stating that his actions were not politically motivated but rather centered on his calling to share the gospel. Laurie emphasized that his role as a pastor transcends political…

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JD Vance, Ohio senator and now Donald Trump’s running mate in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections, recently shared a personal reflection about his conversion to Catholicism and the impact it has had on his family. In a candid interview with The New York Times, Vance revealed that while his spiritual journey has brought him deep…
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