Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a loan to Sri Lanka of nearly $3 billion. In theory, the loan will help alleviate Sri Lanka’s ongoing financial crisis – one of the worst in the nation’s history.
With every history-making headline from the last three years, 2019 may seem like a lifetime ago. But for survivors of the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, 2019 feels like yesterday.
A swimmer at a Virginia college is partially paralyzed after a tragic accident while vacationing in Alabama, shocked relatives said.
Marking Good Friday ahead of Easter Sunday, TODAY’s Craig Melvin travels to Dallas, Texas, to sit down with Bishop T.D. Jakes for a conversation centered on faith during challenging times. “The very symbol of Christianity centers around the cross and the pain and the resurrection, […]
Holy Week spans from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Do you know what happened on the days leading up to the crucifixion and after? Russ Ramsey, pastor and author, has written a helpful article for The Gospel Coalition titled “Easter Week in Real Time.”
Ash Wednesday in 2022 will be on Wednesday, March 2.
Each year, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and is always 46 days before Easter Sunday. Lent is a 40-day season (not counting Sundays) marked by repentance, fasting, reflection, and ultimately celebration. The 40-day period represents Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted […]
On Easter Sunday in 2019, suicide bombers launched attacks on three churches in Sri Lanka, killing hundreds of Christians. Read more about the attack here.
Although large numbers of churches did not hold in-person services for Holy Week due to coronavirus shutdowns, Bible reading greatly increased compared to last year, according to YouVersion App.
Evangelist Luis Palau is set to go big this Easter with a special digital experience sharing a powerful and heartfelt message of hope, love, and joy in the midst of his cancer and these trying times. According to the Palau Association this evangelistic message, in […]
Deadly tornadoes have hit Mississippi and Louisiana on Easter Sunday, causing catastrophic damage and several deaths.
Evangelist and author Priscilla Shirer said she hopes temporary church closures will empower ministers to rely more on the Holy Spirit instead of trying to manufacture the fire of God by using production “gimmicks” many modern churches have become dependent on.
