Three in five (58 percent) Canadians have read or otherwise engaged with the Bible recently or at some point as an adult, finds a new online survey, adding that while most Canadians (60 percent) have a positive view of the major sacred texts, many are not engaged with those texts. Cardus, a non-partisan Christian think…
Cancelling Christ
December 22, 2022
admin
cancel culturechristianityChristmasJesus ChristLocal NewsnativityNorthern CaliforniaOpinionRegional-Local NewsreligionUSViewpoints
0 Comment
Commentary You know the rules. Do not dare to say “Merry Christmas.” Only say “Happy Holidays.” Drop the term “Christmas vacation” and instead use “winter break.” Christmas parties will now be referred to as “holiday parties.” Do not pray publicly. Above all, do not publicly use the name Jesus Christ—it is offensive to others. With…
How Do We Get Our Nation Back on Track?
Commentary Some thoughts about our country as Christmas and the new year approach. In his Farewell Address to the nation in 1796, America’s departing first president, George Washington, observed: “It is substantially true that virtue or morality is a necessary spring to popular government.” And what is the basis upon which we define morality? Washington…
Before the Wrath | Documentary
November 10, 2022
admin
ancientanthropologicalArts & CultureArts & TraditionbelieversbiblicalBrightdocumentaryEpoch CinemaEpochTVeventFaith-Based FilmsFeatureFilm & TVprophesiedreligionresearchersscholarsSubscribers Only
0 Comment
This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. While scholars debate the timing of the rapture, the world has lost why this event is prophesied to occur in the first place—knowledge that was once understood by those in the first century. Today, researchers in the Middle East have rediscovered ancient…
WA Religious Ministers Must Report Abuse
Ministers of religion in Western Australia are now legally required to report child sexual abuse, including information from confessions, under new laws now in force. Failure to make a mandatory report is now an offence with a maximum penalty of $6000. A minister of religion will not be excused from criminal responsibility even if their…
The Crisis of Well-Being Among Young Adults and the Decline of Religiosity
For decades, well-being across adulthood has followed what social scientists call a “U-shaped pattern:” higher well-being in young adulthood, a dip during midlife, and increased well-being in older age. But earlier this year, the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University released troubling findings showing that there has been a complete flattening out of the left side of…
Book Recommender: Examining How Religion Has Buoyed America Throughout Its History
“American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation” was written by a former magazine and book editor. However, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham is best known as a historian, having written more than a dozen history books as well as served as a trustee for such institutions as the Smithsonian National…
EXCLUSIVE: Former Employee Sues Miami-Dade County for Violating Rights of Religion, Free Speech
October 7, 2022
admin
constitutional rightsdiscriminationFeatured TopicsFirst AmendmentFloridaLocal NewsRegional-Local NewsreligionSocial IssuesUSUS News
0 Comment
A former employee of Miami-Dade County in Florida is suing the county’s board of commissioners after he says he was fired over his Christian beliefs about transgender ideology and his refusal to attend punitive “diversity training.” John Labriola, who served as a media aide for the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners from 2013 to 2021, wrote…
The Establishment Clause Can Defeat Wokeism
Commentary For decades, forces unfriendly to religion have used the Constitution’s separation of church and state to minimize the influence of traditional faiths—particularly Christianity—in public life. Americans holding a more favorable view of tradition might now consider taking a page from their playbook to defeat the new religion of Wokeism. Wokeism is everywhere. It’s spoon-fed…
Religious Freedom Means Nothing If Religion Means Nothing
Commentary In August of 1790, President George Washington visited Rhode Island, which a few months earlier had ratified the U.S. Constitution. Among those who welcomed the new president was the Hebrew Congregation of Rhode Island, founded in 1763. Now known as the Touro Synagogue, it is the oldest standing synagogue in the nation. The synagogue’s…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`