Even though America's spiritual cancer is consuming all facets of life, it's not too late to call America to repentance.

A late historian explores how crusade hymns told both the classic story of gospel salvation and the evolving story of evangelical worship music.Crowds of over 50,000. Famous special guests. Hundreds of cities in the US and around the world. Beloved, catchy songs. For many, these might sound like readouts from the Taylor Swift Eras Tour hype machine. But exchange the glittery girl power for the gospel in baritone, and you have one of the most successful musical touring acts in the postwar world: the Billy Graham Crusades.The first association that “Billy Graham Crusade” may evoke is not musical at all, but rather a close-up shot of the evangelist, with his penetrating, wide-eyed gaze and raised forearms, thundering, “The Bible says …” Admittedly, music was not the main focus.Yet as the late historian Edith Blumhofer shows in her final book, Songs I Love to Sing: The Billy Graham Crusades and the Shaping of Modern Worship, neither Graham’s ministry nor the late-century rise of contemporary Christian music can be understood without it. As crusade song leader Cliff Barrows pursued his main goal—“sing to save”—he and his teammates bridged stylistic, cultural, and generational divides, transforming evangelicals’ music into the harmonic blend of old and new that is familiar today.Mining rich resourcesBefore unpacking this highly original book, a few words about the author. Blumhofer is an American religious historian renowned for her empathetic biographies of hymnist Fanny J. Crosby and evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, as well as broader studies of evangelicalism and Pentecostalism. She concluded her career with this new study, sadly succumbing to a battle with cancer in the process.To finish the project, she tapped Jesus People expert Larry Eskridge, with whom she had for many years directed the Institute ...Continue reading...

A recent news article mentioned that top pro-LGBT doctors know transgender hormones cause cancer and death and yet still continue to prescribe them.

A recent news article mentioned that top pro-LGBT doctors know transgender hormones cause cancer and death and yet still continue to prescribe them.

Former Victoria's Secret model Nicole Weider has been sharing her faith for quite some time. However, recently, Nicole is speaking openly about her cancer diagnosis and asking for prayers from her social media followers and friends.

“When you go on the internet, please pray for the Hoffman Family – your missionaries to Cyberspace.” Volume 36? Issue 5? (September/October/2023) Greetings? in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! The Latest News: Bob’s prostate cancer is back. He has started on two years of hormone therapy and starts seven weeks of radiation therapy on […]The post Bob and Maureen Hoffman September/October 2023 Newsletter appeared first on Missionaries to Cyberspace.

Church leaders from multiple denominations and bodies are calling on Christians to pray for King Charles III as he battles an undisclosed form of cancer that was discovered during treatment for an enlarged prostate.

James Tour's lab at Rice has found a way to hammer cancer cells to smithereens with light.

Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”  Here are two people who have cancer. ... Read MoreThe post Suffering Fruitfully or Fruitlessly appeared first on Solve Church Problems.