As postmodernity and humanism take center stage, Christians, especially in nations that were once majority Christian are frequently accused of imposing their values or beliefs on others. Such accusations are unheard of in countries that deny their citizens freedom of religion. Morality is defined as “Standards about what is right, […]
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Press Release on The False Accusation That ECWA Forces Persons, Including Almajiri, To Convert to Christianity
by Rev. Stephen Baba Panya Press Release on The False Accusation That ECWA Forces Persons, Including Almajiri, To Convert to Christianity The attention of the leadership of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), has been drawn to some distorted media report that the Department of State Security, (DSS) agents raided […]
Read MoreDoctrinal Uniqueness and Unity of the Evangelical Church Winning ALL (ECWA)
by Rev. Dr. Mipo E. Dadang, Ph.D How a Church can remain faithful to their history and biblical legacies in a changing world. Many nuances of doctrinal beliefs and practices appear to remain in the background of how things are conceptualized and applied within ECWA circles, however, quite often the […]
Read MoreIs Christianity too Narrow?
by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot | Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to
Read MoreOverview of Religion in Russia
by Doxa In the 10th century Prince Vladimir I, converted by missionaries from Byzantium, adopted Christianity as the official religion for Russia, and for nearly 1,000 years thereafter the Russian Orthodoxy is the most widely professed faith. Other Christian denominations are much smaller and include the Old Believers, who separated […]
Read MoreThe Protestant Reformation
Jesus Christ Savior | The Protestant Reformation resulted from the failure of the Catholic Church to reform itself in time. The dark side of the thirteenth
Read MoreRethinking the Enlightenment: Faith in the Age of Reason
by Joseph T Stuart We are victims of our century, wrote one of the Carmelites of Compiègne before going to the guillotine in 1794, “and we must sacrifice ourselves that it be reconciled to God.” Attacks on Catholic churches, anti-Christian elites, and suffocating political correctness—the eighteenth century witnessed cultural conflict […]
Read MoreThe Spiritual Problem of Modem Man
by Carl Jung The spiritual problem of modern man is one of those questions which are so much a part of the age we live in that we cannot see them in the proper perspective. Modern man is an entirely new phenomenon; a modern problem is one which has just […]
Read MoreWho were the seventy elders of Israel?
by Got Questions Elders in the Old Testament were men chosen to lead because of their wisdom, leadership abilities, and proven integrity. Israel had elders even before God delivered the nation from Egyptian slavery, but we don’t know how many there were. God sent Moses to appeal to those elders […]
Read MoreRastafari: A New Religious and Social Movement
by Elizabeth A. McAlister Rastafari, also spelled Ras Tafari, religious and social movement, begun in Jamaica in the 1930s and adopted by many groups around the globe, that combines Protestant Christianity, mysticism, and a pan-African political consciousness. Rastas, as members of the movement are called, see their past, present, and […]
Read MoreWhat’s the Difference Between Shia and Sunni Islam?
by Huda | Sunnism is the largest and most orthodox branch of Islam. The word Sunn, in Arabic, comes from a word meaning “one who follows the traditions of the Prophet.” Shia Muslims believe that following the Prophet Muhammad’s death, leadership should have passed directly to his cousin and son-in-law, Ali bin Abu […]
Read MoreChristianity to North America
Jesus Christ Savior | The first Mass of Thanksgiving on North American soil was actually celebrated by the Spanish with the Timucuan Indians from Seloy
Read MoreReligious Liberty in Contemporary Evangelical Social Ethics: An Assessment and Framework for Socio-political Challenges
by Andrew T. Walker | Christian reflection on religious liberty is as old as Christianity itself. But unless it is rehearsed and given fresh expression and articulation in new contexts, it can fall by the wayside. Marx was believed to have said, “Take away a people’s roots, and they can […]
Read MoreThe Reconquest of Spain
Jesus Christ Savior | Spain was troubled in 997 when the Moor Almanzor usurped the power of the Caliphate and sacked the city and Cathedral of
Read MoreWeekly Spiritual Digest: Can I Know God Personally?
Isaiah 64:6 New International Version (NIV) 6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous
Read MoreWeekly Spiritual Digest: Is Jesus Really God?
by Rev. Sunday Bwanhot | Only God is the omnipresent Spirit who can hear and answer prayer, but Jesus said in
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