Some of the sensational and pivotal moments of 2022 are found in the most popular reads from The Christian Post. While some of these stories were edifying, others prompted debates and raised new concerns for churches in America. The latest edition of The Twitter Files suggests that the White House pressured Twitter to censor tweets advocating a disfavored narrative on the coronavirus pandemic. The state of Florida has threatened to revoke licenses of venues hosting a Christmas-themed drag show a...
Jan 02, 2023•10 min
The International Olympic Committee has revised its guidelines regarding trans-identified athletes' participation in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France, as debates about fairness in women’s sports continue. A social worker at a public school accused of secretly giving a breast binder to a 13-year-old student without her mother's consent only has a conditional license to practice in Maine. A federal court has ruled in favor of a Christian student organization that filed a lawsuit agai...
Dec 23, 2022•10 min
One of the nation’s most prestigious academic institutions is urging its students to avoid using the term “American.” Brian Houston told a court in Australia that his father, Frank, was a "serial pedophile" who received a retirement package after he was stripped of his denominational credentials. A lesbian artist could face criminal charges and a possible prison sentence for posting on social media that men cannot be lesbians, a statement that placed the woman in conflict with Norway’s hate spee...
Dec 22, 2022•7 min
The United States Supreme Court has put a stay on the termination of an immigration measure aimed at limiting the number of people who could seek asylum in the nation for medical reasons. Christian actor Kirk Cameron said that two public libraries are working with him to host a reading of his new faith-based children’s book after multiple libraries across the U.S. refused to host him. Controversial Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries was arrested and c...
Dec 21, 2022•8 min
The leader of a prominent Christian conservative organization is predicting that faith-based voters will flock to a “fresh candidate” in the 2024 presidential election. The Rev. Franklin Graham criticized contemporary Christian music star Amy Grant after she and her husband announced their plans to host a same-sex wedding for their niece at their farm, denouncing homosexuality as a sin. The U.S. Senate has passed a bill ordering the U.S. Department of Defense to end its requirement that members ...
Dec 20, 2022•7 min
The number of colleges and universities that have significant restrictions on free speech has increased, according to a new report from a free speech advocacy group. A religious advocacy organization invited several human rights advocates to speak on issues related to women and religious freedom as African leaders convene in Washington, D.C. Gospel artist Kirk Franklin reacts to the tragic suicide death of DJ, television host and dancer Stephen "tWitch" Boss. Reflecting on the spiritual themes w...
Dec 19, 2022•8 min
A coalition of Christian and interfaith leaders in Texas are calling on members of U.S. Congress to condemn "anti-Christian hate and bigotry" from a local nonprofit they say is raising funds to demolish churches in India. Almost two-thirds of Republican and conservative-leaning voters would prefer the GOP nominate someone other than former President Donald Trump for president in 2024 even though they like his policies, according to the findings of a new survey. A new faith-based musical called “...
Dec 16, 2022•8 min
Americans who identify as religious unaffiliated appear to be slowing in their population growth, according to a recent analysis from the prominent polling organization Gallup. A city in Central Texas held separate Christmas parades this year after an LGBT group featured a man dressed in drag at last year's parade unbeknownst to the Christian group that once organized the annual festive event. TikTok has become the latest company to disassociate with Pornhub following a series of allegations tha...
Dec 15, 2022•8 min
The parents of a 14-year-old girl who suffers from a rare degenerative kidney condition, say Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, denied their daughter a life-saving kidney transplant because she didn't get the COVID-19 shot. A retired Navy SEAL who announced almost a decade ago that he wanted to change his sex has revealed that he is now detransitioning. A conservative law firm has speculated that if the Respect for Marriage Act is signed into law by President Joe Biden, it could...
Dec 14, 2022•8 min
The release of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files” has seemingly bolstered long-standing suspicions about the efforts of the social media company to suppress information that does not align with its employees' preferred opinions and narratives. The general manager of Sydney-based Hillsong Church has told a court that sex abuse committed by Frank Houston, father of the leader of the global multisite church, was not reported to authorities because it wasn’t a “current matter.” Authorities in Authorities i...
Dec 13, 2022•7 min
The superintendent of a major, high-profile school district has been fired after a grand jury concluded that district leadership “failed at every juncture” to take actions that could have prevented the sexual assault of a female high school student. The United States Senate approved the so-called Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, making federal protections for same-sex marriages one step closer to reality and causing concern for religious liberty advocates. A school at the center of a recently r...
Dec 12, 2022•8 min
Despite many voters expressing support for the so-called Respect for Marriage Act, a bill codifying federal legal protections for same-sex marriage that the Senate passed last week, most Americans are concerned about what impact this could have on religious freedom, according to a new survey. More than 50 public libraries have not accepted an offer for a Kirk Cameron story hour featuring his new children’s book, even though they allow drag queen story hours, according to his publisher. A federal...
Dec 09, 2022•7 min
A pro-life think tank has voiced its support for a proposed U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule seeking to increase regulatory safeguards for research on "human subjects." A Texas event venue says it’s canceling all remaining drag show performances through the rest of the year after claiming it was “bullied” over a drag show that featured a performer stroking the hair of a young and seemingly unattended child. Worship leader David Crowder known synonymously by Crowder released a new Christmas...
Dec 08, 2022•8 min
Religious liberty advocates gathered for a rally outside the United States Supreme Court Monday as the justices heard oral arguments in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, a case that will likely have major implications for religious liberty and freedom of expression. Under Elon Musk, Twitter has nearly doubled its suspension of accounts posting images and videos exploiting child sexual abuse, according to a cybersecurity expert. More than 400 congregations in Texas have voted to leave The U...
Dec 07, 2022•7 min
A congressionally mandated religious freedom watchdog panel has criticized the U.S. State Department's omission of Nigeria and India from its annual religious freedom designations. Nearly nine out of 10 Americans say they believe in at least one belief that falls under the loosely defined umbrella of new-age spiritualism, a new poll finds. The Christmas season has arrived, and many families are looking for Christmas movies that highlight the meaning of the season. Subscribe to this Podcast Apple...
Dec 06, 2022•6 min
The United States Department of Health and Human Services has expressed support for using taxpayer funds to cover the cost of body mutilating "gender transition" surgeries for minors. The popular YouVersion Bible app operated by Craig Groeschel's Life.Church has unveiled its most popular verse of 2022 amid a sharp increase in Ukrainian-language engagement. Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze has left to take the head coaching job at Auburn University, again becoming a head coach in NCA...
Dec 05, 2022•9 min
Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger has expressed his sorrow after the company opposed a Florida law barring schools from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk confirmed the suspicions of many conservative voices Wednesday after revealing that the social media platform “has interfered in elections.” Despite the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, hundreds of Evangelical organizations saw a rise in dona...
Dec 02, 2022•8 min
Scripture engaged Americans donated more than $100 billion to charity last year, giving more on average to churches and other charitable organizations than the other subgroups surveyed, according to a new report. The United States Senate approved the so-called Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, making federal protections for same-sex marriages one step closer to reality and causing concern for religious liberty advocates. A religious liberty law firm is declaring victory after the Biden administr...
Dec 01, 2022•8 min
A bill that would codify a right to same-sex marriage into federal law has unleashed a passionate debate in American politics and civil society as a whole as a final vote in the United States Senate looms. Former U.S. President Donald Trump's dinner last week with rapper Kanye West and white supremacist Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has prompted condemnation from conservatives. A transgender activist says she is “grateful” for a group of armed Antifa members who stood guard outside a North Texas...
Nov 30, 2022•8 min
Evangelist Franklin Graham is warning Christians that the so-called Respect for Marriage Act, which is set to be voted on by the Senate Monday, is a deceptive smoke-screen that would change the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman while not protecting those who hold a traditional view of marriage. A new survey reveals that most Americans reject the idea that politics is “broken” and instead believe that the political system in the United States is being “abused” by bad actors as a...
Nov 29, 2022•8 min
Operation Christmas Child will deliver its 200 millionth shoebox filled with toys this season to a child in Ukraine. Bishops in the Church of Norway, the largest Christian denomination in the Scandinavian country, say they are open to ordaining unmarried cohabiting priests, going against a resolution of the Bishop’s Conference that prohibits cohabitation. For the first time, more than half of all Americans who died after contracting COVID-19 were vaccinated at least once, according to data from ...
Nov 28, 2022•8 min
Here are five places in the United States and Canada that held Thanksgiving events before the famous observance at colonial Massachusetts took place. Twitter’s new boss, Elon Musk announced Monday that the company has suspended the relaunch of their $8 a month Blue Verified subscription program until they have a strong system in place to prevent the verification of impersonators such as a parody account of Jesus Christ with nearly 900,000 followers. “Devotion" tells the true story of Jesse Brown...
Nov 25, 2022•9 min
Four pro-life activists have been sentenced to 45 days in jail for conducting what they call a "Red Rose Rescue" event at an abortion facility in Flint, Michigan. A new report highlights a growing trend of trans-identified and nonbinary individuals undergoing surgeries to have both male and female genitalia. The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is officially underway, even as some fans are scrambling to understand the customs and laws of the Sunni Muslim nation. The creators behind "The Chosen" share how...
Nov 23, 2022•7 min
Donald Trump is back — at least on Twitter. The former president is one of several high-profile accounts that were reinstated by Twitter, along with The Babylon Bee, Dr. Jordan Peterson, and Kathy Griffin, among others. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has asked the U.S. District Court to protect the state’s right to partner with private, faith-based foster care agencies that help place children in foster care in response to the American Civil Liberties Union’s lawsuit to shutter religious fos...
Nov 22, 2022•8 min
The number of countries expressing support for a document explicitly stating that “there is no international right to abortion” continues to expand as nations around the world work to implement policies consistent with its mandate to make the family the bedrock of society. A Michigan school district will reduce students’ access to certain books in school libraries after parents, particularly those in the Muslim community, complained the materials were sexually explicit. A new study found suicide...
Nov 21, 2022•8 min
The Republican Party has officially taken back the U.S. House of Representatives. Control of the House was declared Wednesday, as the Republicans won their 218th seat of the 435-seat body after Mike Garcia won the race in the 27th District of California. A meeting to review an application for the first over-the-counter birth control pill has been indefinitely delayed by the Food and Drug Administration "to allow the agency additional time to review new information." An Alabama mother has filed a...
Nov 18, 2022•8 min
Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign announcement drew several reactions from prominent figures offering praise and criticism. A court has ruled against the Biden administration’s requirement that healthcare providers perform sex-change procedures, concluding that federal Title IX’s definition of sex discrimination does not include sexual orientation or gender identity. A Florida high school employee says she’s “not OK” after a colleague painted a Bible verse in their personal parking space...
Nov 17, 2022•8 min
A 24-year-old Syrian refugee has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for plotting to bomb a church in Pittsburgh for the Islamic State. A detransitioner is suing doctors who performed body mutilating sex-change surgeries on her as a minor, seeking to hold accountable the “mutilators” who “butchered” her. Colorado's State Board of Education voted to update the state's social studies curriculum for all grade levels, restoring references to the LGBT community and marginalized rac...
Nov 16, 2022•8 min
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will investigate whether the largest school district in Virginia failed to properly handle harassment against Jewish individuals in the district. What will happen 30 seconds after the rapture? " Prophesy Pros Podcast " hosts Jeff Kinley and Todd Hampson believe that the pre-tribulation rapture—an End Times event many Christians believe will happen that involves believers, both living and resurrected, being lifted up into the air to meet ...
Nov 15, 2022•7 min
A report published last month in Educational Researcher, a journal tied to the American Educational Research Association, suggests that the cost of restoring pre-pandemic learning levels could total around $700 billion, a figure that some experts say is difficult to assess until more data is available. A 10-year-old Florida boy is facing a potential misdemeanor battery charge after a counselor at Holly Hill School in Volusia County told police that the fourth grader touched her inappropriately w...
Nov 14, 2022•8 min
