Holy Spirit
Religious but not spiritual? Meet the skeptics favoring ritual over the supernatural
By Kathryn Post — January 23, 2024
(RNS) — Ten percent of Americans can be categorized as religious but not spiritual, according to a December 2023 study from Pew Research Center.
The fruit of the Spirit is not optional, despite what you might witness online
By Karen Swallow Prior — September 29, 2023
(RNS) — Before social media, I honestly never knew people who claimed to be Christians would treat one another with such cruelty.
In Philadelphia, artwork brings Catholic Church’s synod to life
By Kyle Desrosiers — November 30, 2022
(RNS) — Artwork reflecting the thoughts of young Catholics in Philadelphia pointed up the contentious issues swirling as the continental phase of the Synod on Synodality begins.
Kenyan woman ‘marries’ the Holy Spirit in Anglican ceremony
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 4, 2021
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A man who said he is her husband viewed the most recent ceremony differently: “There are not two marriages here. She is my wife.”
Breath, the divine metaphor, becomes a hallmark of America’s twin crises
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — July 8, 2020
(RNS) — The normally simple, normally unconscious act of drawing breath has come to define the United States’ most pressing problems. What the world’s faith traditions have to say about the meaning of our first act as humans.
Protester, Oluwatoyin Salau, found dead after tweeting assaulter was ‘disguised as a man of God’
By Kathryn Post — June 15, 2020
(RNS) — Black Lives Matter protester Oluwatoyin Salau has been found dead days after she reported being sexually assaulted by a man who offered to give her a ride to a church.
Who would you choose, Jesus or the Spirit?
By Thomas Reese — May 19, 2020
(RNS) — Most of us would give up a lifetime with the Spirit for five minutes with Jesus. Yet if that's what we believe, then we really did not understand the Gospels.
Anne Graham Lotz, a year after breast cancer diagnosis, says joy ‘never left me’
By Adelle M. Banks — September 24, 2019
(RNS) — ‘I feel like one reason God allowed me to have this is to show … that cancer is not punishment,’ Lotz said in an interview.
Prominent pastor: “The Spirit inside of you is better than Jesus beside you”
By Jonathan Merritt — December 17, 2014
Mega-church pastor J.D. Greear has been quietly amassing influence among conservative evangelicals. Now, he's making waves with a new book about the Holy Spirit.
Bestselling author Tim Keller’s practical prayer advice
By Jonathan Merritt — November 3, 2014
The New York Times bestselling author and influential pastor gets practical on prayer. He calls it "the key to everything we need to do and be in life."
Phyllis Tickle’s Holy Ghost heresy
By Jonathan Merritt — February 5, 2014
The controversial author says Christians are now living in "the age of the Spirit."
Will God be left behind? An interview with Rob Bell (part two)
By Jonathan Merritt — March 12, 2013
The provocative New York Times bestselling author has released his first book since inciting controversy among Christians with his views on the afterlife. Now he sits down with Jonathan Merritt to talk about his new book, what he's learned from his critics, and where he believes the Christian faith should go.
Will God be left behind? An interview with Rob Bell (part one)
By Jonathan Merritt — March 12, 2013
The provocative New York Times bestselling author has released his first book since inciting controversy among Christians with his views on the afterlife. Now he sits down with Jonathan Merritt to talk about his new book, what he's learned from his critics, and where he believes the Christian faith should go.
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