5 Jesus Movies You Should Watch This Easter - Religion Unplugged
WEBApr 4, 2020 · As Christians prepare for Easter, here are five movies about Jesus, both in theaters and on TV, that rise above the rest: Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, the film (it’s Italian title is ) is a 1964 drama of the story of Jesus based on Saint Matthew’s account. The film starts at the Nativity and runs through the Resurrection.
Q&A with Dr. Beth Allison Barr: how 'biblical womanhood' is a …
WEBApr 28, 2021 · The history of Christianity shows different and evolving interpretations on how Christian women should live. Medieval Christians for example prized joining a convent and devoting one’s life to God more than becoming a wife. This history is the subject of a new book by Dr. Beth Allison Barr, a professor of medieval history at Baylor University.
A New Interpretation of Faith: The Story Behind the LGBTQ
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The Sparkle Creed was circulated in 2021 by the Rev. Rachel Small Stokes of Immanuel United Church of Christ in Louisville, Kentucky. A Shower of Stoles website biography notes that she was raised United Methodist, served as a missionary in that denomination and trained for the ministry. However, she switched to …
A Brief History: How the Black Church Reformed American …
WEBJun 28, 2021 · The Black Church served as a keystone in African Americans’ lives, holding together communities fragmented by a tumultuous past. However, by centering its ministry around Jesus’ “greatest Commandment,” the Black Church also reformed the broader nation, relentlessly championing the. For a long time, slavers used the Bible to justify ...
Does Christianity believe in 'the immortality of the soul'?
WEBApr 6, 2021 · This piece first appeared at. (OPINION) Does Christianity believe in the “immortality of the soul”? No — Instead, Christianity teaches that just as Jesus arose bodily from the grave, so the promise of everlasting life involves a person’s eventual resurrection that unites the soul with the body in a newly glorified state.
The Future Of American Religion: Birth Rates Show Who's Having …
WEBOct 4, 2021 · (ANALYSIS) Just last month, a team of economists from Wellesley College and the University of Maryland published a working paper that focused on a peculiar puzzle facing the United States: declining birth rates.. More particularly, the team of researchers was trying to understand why birth rates continued to fall even after the economy was recovering from the Great Recession of 2007.
Former Mars Hill Pastor Mark Driscoll Finds A Safe Space In Arizona
WEBOct 2, 2023 · SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — After the dramatic implosion of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church in 2014, its co-founder and pastor — Mark Driscoll, an unapologetically confrontational preacher who resigned when church leaders accused him of abusive leadership — decamped with his family to Arizona.. Cast into a ministerial wilderness, Driscoll quickly began hunting for new allies and opportunities.
Are we all evangelicals now? How the term has grown to blur …
WEBMar 11, 2021 · The groups that are much further away from traditional Christianity have seen increases, as well. For instance, 7% of Jews say they are evangelical - that’s up five percentage points. For Muslims the increase is 10% to 20% from 2008 to 2019. Hindus have also seen a slight increase, as well.
Ancient site dedicated to Pan on Israel's Golan Heights is revered …
WEBJul 31, 2020 · Golan Heights grotto revered by Christians and Druze, reviled as pagan site by Jews. BANIAS, Israel—Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, I used to like to stand in front of the Grotto of Pan at Banias, at the foot of towering Mount Hermon and welcome tourists to the lush Hermon Stream Nature Reserve on the Israeli-controlled ...
Why Bibles Are Disappearing From Hotel Nightstands - Religion …
WEBNov 23, 2021 · Some believe that The Gideons actually want you to take these Bibles, perhaps in hopes of spreading the Good Word. However, your hotel staff may disagree. Removing The Bible from its place in a hotel room is not actually supporting the reason it was put there in the first place, as they are intended for the next guest to …