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Christian Soccer Superstar Ricardo Kaká Signs with New MLS Team Orlando City
International soccer player Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite - known as Kaká – has agreed to play for a new Major League Soccer (MLS) expansion franchise in Orlando, Florida. He announced his plans to leave Italian professional football league AC Milan Monday, and plans to spend six months on loan at Sao Paulo FC prior to joining the Orlando City club in January 2015.
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Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ask Hobby Lobby Dissenter Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Step Down
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being asked by her liberal colleagues to resign from the Supreme Court before November. Justice Ginsburg, who is one of the most liberal justices who has served on the Supreme Court for 20 years, wrote a 35-page dissent full of vehement speech in opposition to the Court’s 5-4 majority ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby on Monday.
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Hobby Lobby: Religious Freedom, Liberty Triumphs over Obamacare Contraception Mandate
The Supreme Court met today to deliver its ruling on Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby, wherein the Christian family-owned business opposed complying with the Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate of the Affordable Care Act, which requires that employers provide employees with cost-free contraception and abortive measures. ABC News reports that the 5-4 majority ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby this morning, stating that for-profit, family-owned corporations can choose not to offer such measures to their em
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Christian Woman Meriam Ibrahim Released, but Cannot Leave Sudan - Family Seeks Shelter at U.S. Embassy
Meriam Ibrahim and her family is reportedly taking shelter at the United States embassy in Khartoum, Sudan after being prevented from leaving the country. The wife of American Daniel Wani and mother of two had been re-arrested while trying to leave Sudan one day after being released from prison.
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Duck Dynasty's Jase and Willie Robertson to Play Alongside Bubba Watson in Greenbrier Golf Tournament
“Duck Dynasty” stars Jase and Willie Robertson plan to join professional golfer Bubba Watson to play in The Greenbrier Classic tournament in West Virginia on Wednesday, July 2.
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A church in South Korea’s Guri City suffers fire damage, no injuries reported
A church in Guri City, near Seoul, South Korea, experienced a fire on July 3 that caused damage to parts of its main sanctuary building
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Bible scholar suggests ‘Mark of the Beast’ may not be 666 after all
Canadian Bible scholar Wes Huff is encouraging Christians to reexamine a widely held assumption about Revelation 13:18—that the number of the beast is definitively 666. According to Huff, some of the earliest and most respected manuscripts suggest a different number altogether: 616.
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‘Squid Game’ Season 3 raises spiritual questions about trust, despair, and redemption
In a recent column for Christianity Today, Michelle Park explores Squid Game: Season 3 through a biblical lens, arguing that the show’s narrative highlights not only societal decay but also a deeper, often unspoken, yearning for redemption and trust.
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“Sinners”: Gospel distorted by ethnicity and regionalism
In the latest installment of his Bricolage in the Movie series, Dr. Ukjoo Park offers a cultural-theological reading of Sinners, a supernatural drama directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in the racially segregated 1930s Mississippi Delta, the film follows two Black brothers who operate a juke joint while battling vampires—and racism.
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Trump Faith Office cites Psalm 34:18 as Texans pray amid deadly flooding
Central Texas is grappling with devastating flooding that has claimed at least 82 lives and left more than 40 people missing.