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While the country of Jordan is steeped in Christian history, only 3 to 4 percent of its population is Christian ... and Islam serves as the officially sanctioned religion.

Historians trace the Taliban’s origins to the early and mid-1990s, when Afghanistan was facing social upheaval after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The word “Taliban” means “students” in Pashto, one of the languages spoken in Afghanistan. The...

Next time you think, “Is the Christmas tree pagan?” look at the tinsel, the lights, and the fully decked out trees, and remember the true meaning of Christmas is God’s beautiful story of unconditional love, forgiveness, miracles, and redemption.

There are some important questions we can ask ourselves this Christmas. As Christians, we are called to open our lives to the one who comes to us. Jesus is our Savior every single day of our lives, no matter who we are or what we face.

Some issues in the Christian life matter more than others. The apostle Paul made a distinction between matters that were primary to the gospel, and issues that were not.

On November 3, 1921, J. Gresham Machen presented an address entitled, "Liberalism or Christianity?" In that famous address, later expanded into the book, Christianity & Liberalism, Machen argued that evangelical Christianity and its liberal rival...

God would be less than perfect -- even selfish -- if he did not display his glory and allow us to share in the divine joy and fulfillment.

Profanity is common in the world, the use of swear words does not fit with the new life of those who have placed faith in Christ. Believers are new creatures, who have new identities that should impact the way they live, act, and communicate.

“We perish from want of wonder, not from want of wonders.”—G. K. Chesterton

Our natural instinct to try to cover up our mistakes rather than admit them is inherited from Adam and Eve.

Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department of Boston University, wrote a book titled Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know – and Doesn’t. Prothero has often administered a fifteen-question quiz to his undergraduate...

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries in a 5-4 decision, arguing it is within the executive branch’s power to “suspend entry of aliens into...

Church attendance does not save. Only God can do that. But a vital connection to a local church strongly indicates the believer’s level of commitment to God.

"The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. Those who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them." [Isaiah 9:2] Those words from the prophet Isaiah told of the coming Prince of Peace, and of the light and life He would bring....

What was finished as He drew those final breaths before death? We know that three days later He rises, but what did Jesus mean was done?