"Noah," the controversial biblical epic starring Russell Crowe, topped the box office in its debut over the weekend, grossing $44 million in the U.S. and Canada and outselling "Divergent" and Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Sabotage."
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake and more than 100 aftershocks rattled southern California over the weekend, causing light scattered damage around the Los Angeles area and forcing evacuations.
Exactly a week after Washington witnessed its deadliest natural disaster in nearly a century, communities observed a moment of silence Saturday even as the death toll from the mudslide rose to 27 amid an ongoing search for over 90 still missing. Chri..
Three weeks after the mid-air disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, an Australian navy warship with a U.S. black box locator Sunday joined the search in the Indian Ocean. However, a U.S. Naval Officer says the search could take years.
As the $125-million blockbuster "Noah" hit theaters Friday, one pastor sought to enlighten readers on what the biblical story of Noah is about and to apparently help Christians better decide if the Hollywood film misses the point.
Russian President Vladimir Putin phoned President Barack Obama Friday to discuss a U.S. proposal for a diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine crisis, which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presented to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier t..
Pakistan's opposition parties protested and international human rights groups condemned the death penalty given to a Christian sanitation worker about a year after he was accused of blasphemy.
Bestselling author Donald Miller has written a blog post arguing that conservative theologians and pastors often use the term "heretic" to defend territories of thought rather than to prevent misguided interpretations of the Bible, and as a result ma..
Bibles were lying in a pool of blood across the floor of a church near the Mombasa port after gunmen killed six worshipers and injured 17 others during a worship service Sunday to supposedly avenge Kenya's role in fighting Islamist militants in neigh..
More than 20 members of the Westboro Baptist Church held a protest outside a concert by pop star Lorde in Missouri. It was the controversial group's first protest since the death of the founder, Fred Waldron Phelps Sr., even as counter protesters hel..
Joe Carter, editor at The Gospel Coalition, has responded to criticism by Jonathan Merritt, a columnist, as a media debate carries on over whether Jesus' friendship with sinners had any pre-conditions or did He hang out with only those who were or wo..
Rescue workers were looking for survivors as many people were still stuck under the debris late Saturday after a massive, mile-long mudslide in Snohomish County in northwest Washington killed three people, injured at least eight others and destroyed ..
Russian troops on Saturday seized a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea, a day after the completion of the region's annexation, while Russia's state media explained the basis for sanctions against "anti-Russian" U.S. congressmen and senators, including John ..
A U.S. appeals court on Saturday temporarily put on hold a federal judge's ruling Friday to strike down Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage, a move that followed issuance of more than 300 marriage licenses to gays and lesbians by state officials.
Jonathan Merritt released a column this week to "[set] the record straight on Jesus" and whether he was a friend of sinners without pre-conditions. His column was backed by influential pastor Andy Stanley.
A feminist professor at a state university in California has been charged with physical confrontation with a pro-life protester from a Christian ministry on campus and with stealing and destroying a banner during an awareness event earlier this month..
A federal judge ruled Friday that a ban on same-sex marriage in Michigan violates the U.S. Constitution and therefore must be quashed. The ruling was seen by some as the latest example of "a single federal judge deciding that he knows better than the..
President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday Crimea is part of Russia in people's hearts and minds after signing a treaty recognizing the Ukraine's region as an independent state, despite the United States and Europe imposing new sanctions on Russia's senio..
Former Westboro Baptist Church member Lauren Drain, who wrote a book about her time in the WBC after being excommunicated, is urging compassion for the controversial group's founder, Fred Waldron Phelps, Sr., who is reportedly on his deathbed and was..
The greatest hindrance to worshiping God while gathering for corporate worship at church on Sundays can come in the form of idolatry, including that of music and preaching, warns worship leader Bob Kauflin in a blog post.