Seen from the outside, the battle between supporters and opposers of Pope Francis is of little significance if it does not lead to the recovery of the biblical gospel.

Conservative delegates from the Global South helped stop the US-majority push to approve gay marriage. Liberal churches expected to leave the denomination.

“The summit has not given signs that the Roman Church will become transparent and honest about its sins and shortcomings”, says Leonardo De Chirico, Vatican expert and evangelical pastor in Rome.

Rome's problems are a lot more radical than they seem.

Three simple steps from the pen of Paul.

The gospel is still obscured by centuries of unwillingness to expose the church to a time of doctrinal reformation and by scores of devotional practices that lead the faithful astray.

Charles Spurgeon's powerful message upon Matthew 27:46.

There are 4,238 evangelical places of worship in the country. Evangelical Christians are the religious minority with the greatest presence in the country.

Present-day Roman Catholic Mariology is still framed in an emotional setting that makes it hardly reformable according to the Word of God.

He pays well; He always gives much more than we deserve.

Is the Tree a Pagan Symbol?, Is Santa the Antichrist? (and more).

The apartment he lives in is replete with Marian images. The rooms where he officially meets with people are furnished with portraits of Mary. His own daily clothes carry objects associated with Mary.

The ring is engraved with a wine vessel surrounded by Greek letters spelling out “Pilatus”. Those rings were used to stamp official documents.

The day will come when there will be no confusion about the future.

For Christians the paradigmatic model of success served others and gave his life for our rescue.

A private company says it will freeze and preserve human bodies for at least 100 years. In the United States, 350 people have already given their body to cryopreservation.

If Roman Catholicism is Roman, it cannot be truly catholic.

How the gospel transforms the Untouchable to the Touched-by-Grace.

The death toll has risen to more than 2000. 86 church buildings in Palu have been established as aid centres. Pastors ask believers “to pray for strength for their communities to endure in the midst of trauma”.

The way we communicate online is changing the political debate in strange ways.

The sexual abuse crisis has been on the table in a dramatically growing way since the years of Benedict XVI. The problem is systemic and pervasive.

The “provisional” deal is criticised by some Catholic sectors. Organisations working for persecuted Christians express their concerns.

A book review of Hans Boersma’s two volumes on the topic.

Exodus 4:24-26:  Those three short verses are the only place in the biblical narrative where Zipporah is recorded as having done anything, but how important was her contribution!

Me, me, me...