Breaking Christian News on The Gospel Herald

Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi, who is dealing with extremely advanced stomach cancer, stated he still anticipates God will send a miracle to heal him.

Actor and artist Val Kilmer this week shared with fans how religion and love helped cure his oral cancer.

Two Sudanese men, one a leader in the Sudan Church of Christ, are still in jail for allegedly aiding a now-released Czech aid worker Petr Jasek.

Police stated the death of 80-year-old Joseph McDowell, pastor of Southard Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio, was definitely a homicide.

Regarding a lawsuit accusing the then-presidential-candidate of inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally, the free speech defense tried by President Donald Trump's attorneys was rejected Friday by a federal judge.

Who U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will or will not dine with alone keeps attracting opinions, with some of them now turning more legalistic in interpretation.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Thursday in Ankara, Turkey, with the wife of a jailed American pastor, Andrew Brunson, a State Department official said on Friday.

"Let's get tough on hate," proclaims a physician who came to the U.S. from Pakistan and who just entered the 2018 race for California lieutenant governor.

Darren Mulligan of the "We Are Messengers" band said he fled from Ireland to America in 2003 to pursue a rock music career and to escape his home responsibilities; he was living a life not focused on God until he slid downward. He eventually realized his selfish decisions, and became a beacon of hope.

Attorney David Friedman was approved as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel during a confirmation meeting, which was followed by a 52-46 senate vote.

Pastor Emmanuel Momoh in the west African country of Sierra Leone discovered an incredibly rare uncut diamond, and unselfishly gave it to the country's president to be used to help and benefit impoverished African people.

The Case For Christ is a new Christian drama film based on a book written by an award-winning investigative journalist, who as an atheist was working to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife. The movie debuts in theaters April 7.

Two Southern Baptist leaders, one who is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, met this week and ended up planning how to create stronger bonds within the Protestant church network amidst public murmurs the meeting was really about the "critic's" job being at risk.

Declaring moral opposition to an "exclusively gay moment" in Disney's new Beauty and the Beast movie, religious-anchored American Family Association sponsored an online, open letter to Disney that can be signed by individuals to demonstrate public opposition. At publishing time, the letter was supported by 44,000-plus signatures.

"Occasionally, weep deeply over the life that you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Feel the pain. Then wash your face, trust God, and embrace the life that he's given you," suggests John Piper, founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minnesota.

While St. Patrick's Day is known for green, boisterous revelry, the holiday has a long history that's much more somber. Saint Patrick was born around 387 C.E. in Scotland, Wales or England, and turned to God once he was kidnapped by slave traders and taken to Ireland to be a shepherd.

Christian athlete Tim Tebow revealed starting a family is already on his mind, and that family would include an adopted child "from every continent" on earth, if the 29-year-old bachelor had his druthers.

When Rev. Joe Martin was an atheist, he said he saw most Christians as hypocrites. Then he found God as he aged into his late 50s, and something happened that he describes as "pretty amazing."

Although evangelist and Samaritan's Purse president Franklin Graham agrees the United States needs "a free press," he said he believes we "also need an honest press." However, given current tumultuous cultural concerns, ensuring the same definition is being applied to the term "free press" is warranted.

A notable number of Christian leaders are protesting or boycotting an upcoming rally in Vancouver by U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham, due to his controversial, "abusive" public comments about various types of faiths and society groups. In defense, Graham points to Jesus' sometimes harsh words.

Country music star Tim Graw's latest single "Humble and Kind" is prompting Christians to revisit the same, simple heartfelt instructions shared in a 19th century Methodist magazine.

A South Carolina man, accused of planning an attack "in the spirit of Dylann Roof," was arrested by FBI after he bought a gun in the Myrtle Beach area. Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell, 29, is a convicted felon.

The new, 84th Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to champion religious freedom in the US Justice Department.

Pope Francis insists indigenous groups must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands -- a view conflicting with Trump administrators who are pushing to build a $3.8 billion oil pipeline over opposition from American Indians.

Mark Driscoll, pastor of Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Ariz., highlighted the spiritual roots of Valentine's Day, disapproving of modern observations, in a Wednesday blog post.