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🌎 Skillet's John Cooper talks legalism, absolute truth and ‘demonic’ label on new Christmas song


December 13, 2025

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Skillet's John Cooper talks legalism, absolute truth and ‘demonic’ label on new Christmas song

When a small, yet vocal group of critics labeled Skillet’s new Christmas single, a rock 'n’ roll version of “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” as “demonic,” frontman John Cooper didn’t react defensively. Instead, he laughed. Because, in his words....


Many religions are heavily concentrated in a few countries

Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more concentrated than that. For many years, demographers at Pew Research Center have been studying the characteristics....


Ohio surgeon indicted after allegedly forcing abortion pills on sleeping girlfriend

An Ohio surgical resident has been indicted on multiple felony charges after investigators say he secretly administered abortion-inducing drugs to his pregnant girlfriend while she slept. Hassan-James Abbas, a 32-year-old resident at the....


NY archdiocese to negotiate settlements in abuse claims, to fund them

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced Dec. 8 that the Archdiocese of New York would be entering into mediation and taking steps to raise more than $300 million for sexual abuse settlements. “We have made a series of very difficult financial....


Pope Leo on not praying in Istanbul mosque: 'I prefer to pray in a Catholic church'

ope Leo XIV pushed back against speculation surrounding his visit to Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque during his recent trip to Turkey, but stopped short of saying whether he prayed there. "Who said that I didn't pray?" the pope asked in....



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

When the Holy Spirit Convicts Believers of Sin: A Journey Back to Hackensack

I grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey, a suburb of New York City. I graduated from Hackensack High in 1971, got my B.A. from Cornell University in 1975, a master’s in magazine journalism from Syracuse University in 1976, and landed a job as a...


FARC dissidents kill Christian leaders in Colombia: New footage emerges

New video footage has surfaced, allegedly showing FARC dissidents transporting and interrogating eight Christian leaders shortly before executing them and burying them in a mass grave in Colombia. The footage, recovered from a captured...


TMU turmoil: Bradley Reynolds indictment raises new questions

Former Truett McConnell University vice president Bradley Reynolds now faces a felony indictment for allegedly lying to police about his relationship with student-employee Hayle Swinson. The Bradley Reynolds indictment includes three counts....


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COMMENTARY

AI and a Possible Renaissance for Christian Higher Education

The early Greeks saw the essence of education as Paideia: the process of forming a whole person into an ideal citizen. They emphasized the formation of virtues like prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance in preparation for active citizenship....


Chick-Fil-A waffles on wokeness with same-sex marriage post and DEI focus

While most of corporate America wisely took the temperature of angry consumers and backed away from woke politics, one shocking holdout remains: Chick-fil-A. The beloved fast-food franchise, who’s best known for its Christian ownership and...


Why are so many Americans worried about falling birth rates?

Half of Americans think we should be at least somewhat worried about the impact of falling birth rates on society, according to the 2025 19th News/SurveyMonkey Poll fielded in September. Mary Aured, a 65-year-old based in Florida, indicated....


What are the Methods and Assumptions of the Academic “Quest for the historical Jesus’?

In this overview of a more extensive lecture on the topic of “The Making of a Messiah,” I discuss some of the methods scholars use to peer through our historical and material evidence to try to get at what we call the “historical figure of Jesus,”....


Distinctions About Holiness

Thank you for reading another issue of The Peasant Times-Dispatch, where we explore the life of faith from the perspective of a peasant—we aren’t experts, we aren’t theologians, we are just trying to do our best (and trying to mean it). Last....


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GOOD NEWS

‘I found my people’, Frank Turner on saving Britain’s grassroots music venues

t’s a warm summer evening and I’m standing in the upstairs room of a north London pub, one of a couple of dozen people watching Frank Turner perform. Only weeks earlier, I’d seen him fill London’s Alexandra Palace with 10,000 fans. Yet here he...


Teen Scouts Spend 2 Hours Carrying Injured Hiker to Safety After Finding Her on Mountain

Teen scouts spend two hours carrying an injured hiker to safety after finding her on the mountain. Sometimes the sweetest miracles happen in the most ordinary moments — on a trail, on a quiet descent, when courage and compassion shows...


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