Events from this week in Christian history include the consecration of Pope Martin I, the execution of Jan Hus and the laying of the cornerstone for the United States’ first…
Day: July 5, 2026
Trump celebrates American freedom in July 4th National Mall address: ‘Dawn of the golden age’
In a Fourth of July address from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump extolled American values, saying the country is unlike so many others around the world…
The Real Reasons We Don’t Read the Bible – Marshall Segal
Why don’t you read the Bible more than you do? Our minds might rush to all kinds of reasonable excuses. “My job has been really demanding this season.” “My child…
Priest murdered at his home honored for tireless work toward peace and reconciliation
A Roman Catholic priest who spent years brokering peace among warring groups in the Central African Republic has been mourned by his bishop and community after he was shot dead…
Bible-Belt Christianity Is a Harder Mission Field than Secularism – Thomas West
I spent five years planting a church in London, a city that had largely forgotten the faith that forged it. Then I accepted a call to pastor a 205-year-old congregation…
‘Why not you?’: Mom draws on faith while caring for son with terminal disease
When Angelina Olivera cried out to God and asked why she had been called to help a family member walk the path of Duchenne muscular dystrophy for a third time,…