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Philistines Likely Immigrants From Europe, DNA Discovery Shows

An archaeological discovery of the remains of Philistines that inhabited the ancient port city of Ashkelon, Israel during biblical times gives context to the accounts of this people group being referred to as outsiders and gentiles.

Michael W. Smith to Direct New Liberty U Music Program

Michael W. Smith will join the Liberty University School of Music as the director of the Michael W. Smith Center for Commercial Music, set to launch this fall. Another well-known name to be involved is Kevin Jonas, Sr., father and original manager of the popular group, the Jonas Brothers.

Anne Marie Miller to Mark Aderholt: ‘This Is Over’

Anne Marie Miller, who accused former Baptist missionary Mark Aderholt of sexually abusing her in 1996 and 1997, has finally seen the conclusion of her case.

Foster Care Is How One Couple Is Helping Migrant Children

Amid general outcry over migrant children detained at the U.S. border, one couple in Florida has decided to use Bethany Christian Services to become transitional foster parents to kids who are unaccompanied immigrants. 

7 Churches Leave the UMC Over Views on Sexuality

At the Mississippi Annual Conference, seven UMC churches were approved to disaffiliate from the denomination out of disagreement with the church's stance toward LGBT individuals. One, however, had a reason that was slightly surprising.

This Church Is Showing the Love of God by Erasing Medical Debt

Grand Rapids First church in Wyoming, Michigan, is doing something incredible: paying off the medical bills of debtors in four counties, all to show people that God loves them.

Truth and Kindness Are Focus of Church’s Social Media Guidelines

The Church of England has issued its first social media guidelines, saying it hopes to foster kindness online and help the church be a “force for social cohesion” in the digital sphere.

PCA General Assembly Says ‘Yes’ to the Nashville Statement

The PCA General Assembly voted yesterday to endorse the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s Nashville Statement by a vote of 803 to 541.