Author: Erick Neuman
The members of the Christian rock band Newsboys released a statement Thursday in response to allegations of sexual misconduct and drug abuse against former frontman, Michael Tait, saying they are “devastated” by a recent report outlining his behavior. Band members Jeff Frankenstein, Jody Davis, Duncan Phillips, and Adam Agee released the joint statement days after an investigative report by The Roys Report detailed accounts from three men who say Tait groomed and assaulted them while on tour. The more than two-year investigation alleges the men were assaulted between 2004 and 2014. As of Friday morning, Tait has not responded publicly…
A former prison inmate who chased fame, money, drugs, and women says he was radically changed during an encounter with the Holy Spirit in his jail cell that changed his “fate from thug life to Christ.” John Robert Hill Jr. is better known by his 1.3 million online followers as Holy Gabbana. The 27-year-old recently appeared on the God Behind Bars podcast to share how God radically changed his life while he served time in prison for hit-and-run charges, gun charges, and narcotics possession. Gabbana told the ministry he turned his reckless behavior of vandalism, theft, and robbery as…
President Trump and Elon Musk appeared headed towards a truce after their feud ignited into a war of words over social media. According to POLITICO White House aides scheduled a call between the pair for Friday. But early Friday CNBC reported the President is not interested in a call with the Tesla billionaire. “No. I won’t be speaking to him for a while I guess, but I wish him well,” Trump told CNN, that outlet reported Friday morning. “I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem,” Trump said. The very public rift…
More than half of practicing Christians admit to struggling with pornography use, and yet, when asked, only 10% said they were aware of their churches providing programs to kick the addiction. That issue alone — the church failing to minister to people in practical and pragmatic ways — is doing significant harm to the body of Christ, according to author and evangelist Nick Vujicic. “We’ve got Christians who are saved, bleeding on their way to their graves,” he told CBN News earlier this year, speaking about the lack of resources available to churchgoers in the West, an issue he’s seeking to remedy. Speaking from Grapevine,…
It’s been three years since the historic split in the United Methodist Church, where more than 7,600 congregations have officially disaffiliated over disagreements surrounding same-sex marriage and the ordination of LGBTQ clergy. “2022 was easily the most difficult year of ministry,” said Rev. Clark Atkins, pastor of First Church in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. His congregation was among those that voted to leave the UMC and join the newly formed Global Methodist Church—a theologically conservative denomination that launched with just a few dozen congregations in 2022 and now oversees more than 4,600 worldwide. “The Global Methodist Church really offered the closest…
The Supreme Court says Wisconsin cannot discriminate against a Catholic charity and force it to pay state unemployment taxes. In a unanimous ruling, the high court sided with the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior after the organization argued the state violated the First Amendment’s religious freedom guarantee when it required it to pay unemployment taxes while exempting other faith groups. Under Wisconsin law, nonprofits that are operated primarily for religious purposes are generally exempt from the state’s unemployment compensation program. However, state officials argued the organization didn’t qualify for an exemption because its day-to-day work doesn’t involve…
With more than half of American adults accepting at least one New Age belief, according to the Pew Research Center, it’s no wonder adjacent New Thought ideas are creeping into the church. There are, though, very distinct differences between the doctrines of the New Age and New Thought. While the New Age movement — a product of the 20th century — merges a myriad of Eastern religions and a pantheistic view of divinity, New Thought beliefs arose in the 19th century and are rooted in early Christian ideas and view Jesus as the pinnacle of spiritual enlightenment and achievement. Melissa Dougherty, a Christian…
Two Chinese nationals have been charged with conspiracy and smuggling after one allegedly brought a dangerous, toxic fungus into the United States last year, according to the FBI. The fungus, Fusarium graminearum, is considered a potential “agro-terrorism weapon” because it can devastate food supplies by infecting wheat, barley, maize, and rice—and also sicken livestock and people. Federal authorities say Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, who are Chinese citizens, conspired to bring the fungus to a University of Michigan lab, which does not have federal permits to handle it. Jian, who worked at the lab, was arrested and remains…
One of the victims of the terrorist attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, is a Holocaust survivor. The 88-year-old woman narrowly survived another encounter with the deadly scourge of antisemitism. She already “endured the worst evil in human history” and “came to America seeking safety,” stated Leo Terrell, who heads the Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism at the Justice Department. “Now, decades later, she’s victimized again.” “The attack on this survivor reminds me of the horror of October 7, (2023), when Holocaust survivors were murdered and dragged away by Hamas terrorists in Israel,” Terrell said. “But this time, it…
NEWS FEATURE A wife and mother of five, Kaitlyn Scott first encountered Jesus Christ as a junior-high student at a Christian camp near the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, where in 2024 alone nearly 300 youth responded to the Gospel. Today, an author and worship leader, due in part to her early camp experiences, Scott remembers the presence of Jesus in worship as much as the camp’s iconic name. Camp IdRaHaJe, which is taken from the song “I’d Rather Have Jesus,” is celebrating 77 years of introducing young campers like Scott to the Lord during weeklong forays to the foothills of…