More importantly, December 25 was a pagan holiday, and many believe that the Church adopted this day to celebrate Christmas ...

About 200 congregants filled the stain glassed-windowed sanctuary on a Shabbat morning this spring, praying, singing and welcoming new members. Among the newly welcomed members was a young Israeli man ...

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On Sunday, Pastor Chad Holland took the stage at the weekly service of the King of Kings messianic congregation in Jerusalem before an electrified audience. During the previous hour, some 150 English ...

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MERRY Christmas! The phrase “messianic in mission” may sound lofty, even dramatic. Its origins lie in the word “messiah,” a Hebrew term for “anointed one” or “deliverer.” While the religious roots are ...

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A rapidly-growing disinformation network is attempting to position itself as a leading online movement by appealing to devotees of QAnon, the far-right cult. "Sabmyk'' actively targets the group's ...

COLUMBIA. S.C. and MANCHESTER, N.H. – In a giant Sunday afternoon rally suffused with Christian – and at times messianic – rhetoric, Barack Obama made his largest-scale pitch to black and white ...

The concept of messianic multipolarity, as articulated in the context of Russian foreign policy, offers a powerful lens through which to understand the foreign and domestic strategies of the Islamic ...

Theologian Edward Kessler, in his 2005 book A Dictionary of Jewish-Christian Relations, defines Messianic Judaism as a religious movement consisting of both Jews and non-Jews who follow traditional ...