Matt Chandler set to return to the pulpit

A Bronx pastor who earned a Purple Heart Award serving in Vietnam received the President's Volunteer Service Award on Friday night for his decades of ministry aiding persecuted Christians and others impacted in war zones worldwide.

The California Supreme Court has restricted Santa Clara County officials from forcing Calvary Chapel to pay $217,500 in fines for violating Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ongoing restrictions on church worship gatherings during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Louisiana police said a convicted rapist released from prison just months ago has been accused of killing a retired pastor and a church volunteer and burning their bodies "beyond recognition" before dumping them in downtown Covington, a New Orleans suburb.

Contrary to popular belief, a passport isn’t required to visit beautiful churches. There are countless examples of notable church architecture right here in the United States. Some of them even rival Europe’s great cathedrals.

The U.S.-based ministry Mission Aviation Fellowship is urging Christians to pray for the release and safety of one of its pilots, Ryan Koher, and two South African volunteers who have been detained for nearly a month in Mozambique on suspicion of supporting insurgent activity.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of Saint Sabas, Pope Pius IX declaring the Virgin Mary sinless, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.

Christie’s has announced that it is auctioning off a non-fungible token (NFT) version of the infamous 1987 photograph Piss Christ, which featured a crucifix inside a glass tank of urine.

Perhaps the greatest fear of secularists, like those bureaucrats in King County trying to turn Christmas into a black-and-white "winter wasteland," is the possibility that Jesus is real and that His birth was just the beginning of His Kingdom.