Truth Itself – Page 43 – News that Impacts Your Faith, Family & Country

This year’s most popular verse is a familiar one:

November 29, 2023

Throughout the year, YouVersion has tracked the verses that get the most activity on their popular app. This year, the verse that the global YouVersion Community engaged with most was Isaiah 41:10: “So do... Listen Now...

The leader of a Christian nonprofit watchdog group is pushing back against a recent Pew Research report suggesting that the number of Christians in China could have declined in recent years

November 28, 2023

A recent Pew Research Report measuring religion in China suggests that Christianity in the country has stagnated and is perhaps even in decline due to a crackdown by the communist government. In response, ... Listen Now...

Days before Thanksgiving, a fire tore through a Colorado family’s home, destroying almost everything….but one very special picture survived

November 27, 2023

The family told FOX31 that what the destructive fire spared can only be described as a sign from God: A picture of Jerusalem was left untouched by the blaze. Five days after the fire tore through the home in Aurora, Colorado, Renee Unruh is letting it all ... Listen Now...

For years Billy Graham hosted a “My Answer” column in several newspapers. One writer asked him, “How can I find freedom from the alcoholism that is ruining my life?”

November 24, 2023

Here was the great evangelist’s answer: “Alcoholism is one of the greatest scourges of our nation. It destroys the health and well-being of countless individuals and causes untold grief among families and f... Listen Now...

Why do we need Thanksgiving? Donald Sweeting, in an op-ed for The Christian Post has some thoughts on this Thanksgiving day:

November 23, 2023

Sweeting writes, Why do we need Thanksgiving? Who do we thank? And how do we do it? Here is where one of the great psalms of the Bible, Psalm 103, helps us understand. It starts out, “Bless the LORD, O my soul... Listen Now...

An 11-Year-Old Colorado boy climbs one of the state’s highest summits to raise $28,000 for a water project in Africa

November 21, 2023

Earlier this year, Bryson Reine told his father he wanted to do something massive in 2023 to raise money for the ministry known as BGMC. He did it by climbing the class 2 Mt. Massive at 14,421 feet to raise money for the ministry. Last year, Bryson did fo... Listen Now...

One Million Moms says Thursday’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will be a ‘transgender extravaganza’

November 21, 2023

More than 36,000 people have signed an online petition pledging to boycott the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, joining a Christian conservative group's campaign against what it calls a "non-binary an... Listen Now...

A Wisconsin city says government employees can put up Christmas decorations after telling them not to

November 20, 2023

Wauwatosa City Administrator Jim Archambo sent a memo to employees last week clarifying that an earlier email telling employees to refrain from putting up Christmas decorations was not a policy, nor was he try... Listen Now...

A Faithful dog survives 10 weeks in the mountains, staying by the side of her owner who died of hypothermia

November 17, 2023

Richard Moore of Pagosa Springs, Colorado, and his 12-pound Jack Russell Terrier, named Finney, had set out to climb Blackhead Peak east of the town on Aug. 19, but never returned home. Delinda VanneBrightyn with Taos Search and Rescue said a days-long sea... Listen Now...

A Finnish court has acquitted a politician of ‘hate crime’ charges over a Bible tweet against LGBT pride events

November 16, 2023

Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen, who is also a Lutheran bishop, was unanimously acquitted by the Helsinki Court of Appeals on charges stemming from her 2019 tweet that took issue with the Finnish Lutheran Church's pr... Listen Now...