Christianity Archives - Page 11 of 24

Japanese Jesus? Inside the Obscure Legend That Christ Died in Japan at Age 106

April 21st, 2022

The small town of Shingo, Japan, has a strange local legend. They say that Jesus Christ is buried there. As the story goes, he escaped crucifixion, traveled to Japan, and died at the ripe age of 106 in northern Japan.

Christian 24 Comments

40% of Americans Say Invasion of Ukraine Sign of End Times

April 19th, 2022

Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine a sign of the end times? Is the COVID pandemic proof we're at the end of days? According to a new study, 40% of Americans say yes, and believe that the return of Jesus is imminent.

Life and Death 112 Comments

Got Jesus? Faith Group Launches $100M Marketing Blitz for Christianity

April 15th, 2022

Love thy metrics? Jesus Christ is going corporate thanks to a new ad blitz courtesy of a Christian marketing team. The $100m dollar campaign hopes to make Jesus more relatable to Gen-Z, but will it work?

Political & Religious Controversy 145 Comments

The Real History of Easter: a Pagan Holiday

April 8th, 2022

How did colorful eggs and chocolate bunnies come to be associated with the Easter holiday? Many Easter traditions are actually borrowed from a pagan festival called Ostara, which celebrated the Goddess Eostre.

Pagan & Wiccan 62 Comments

Violating "God's Time"? The Religious Fight Against Daylight Savings

March 15th, 2022

Are we violating "God's time" every time we observe daylight savings time? If you curse the time change, you're not alone. Many evangelical Christians were historically against springing forward and falling back.

Political & Religious Controversy 37 Comments

As Holidays Wind Down, Three Kings Day Approaches in Spain

December 31st, 2021

While the holiday season is winding down for those of us in the United States, it's still in full swing until early January in Spain and Latin America, as they'll celebrate Three Kings Day on January 5th.

Christian 28 Comments

How Will Religion React to Aliens? NASA Turned to Theologians to Find Out

December 30th, 2021

NASA's apparently recruited 24 of the world's leading theologians to predict how the world's major faiths would react to the confirmation of extraterrestrial life. Um, something you need to tell us, NASA?

Science & Technology 69 Comments

What Did Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Actually Look Like?

December 14th, 2021

What did Jesus Christ look like? That depends on who you ask. While Western depictions of Christ have often shown him as fair haired and white skinned, historians and theologians say he likely looked very different.

Science & Technology 232 Comments

Yule Want to Read This: The Pagan Origins of Christmas

December 9th, 2021

How does ritual bloodletting and sacrifice turn into eating honey baked ham? What does snogging under the mistletoe have to do with Jesus’s birth? This is the story of how Yule merged with Christmas.

Pagan & Wiccan 98 Comments

Vote With Your Bible? Christian Politician Accused of Antisemitic Attack Ad

November 26th, 2021

One Ohio Senate hopeful took aim at his opponent's Jewish faith, arguing that he simply cannot have good Christian values while practicing Judaisim. But should politicians be required to have certain values... or faith?

Political & Religious Controversy 100 Comments

Previous 11 of 24 Next

The Universal Life Church Ministries proudly welcomes all who feel called to get ordained, regardless of creed. We enable all faiths; Christian, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, Wiccan, Atheist – and more – to join our growing non-denominational congregation. Underlying everything we do is a simple core belief: that we are all children of the same universe.

Ready to share your thoughts? Click here to log in to your account. Not yet ordained? You can sign up in just minutes by filling out a free ordination application.