Justin Bieber is engaged to American model Hailey Baldwin, according to reports.

Baldwin has hosted music award shows and worked as a model for Tommy Hilfiger and Dolce and Gabbana. She was raised as an evangelical Christian. Her father is actor Stephen Baldwin, who has been outspoken about his faith.

Hailey Baldwin has also been open with her faith. Earlier this month, she retweeted a video of a hospital staff praying for its patients.

She has said she’s “not the poster child for Christianity,” but she and Bieber are both members of Hillsong Church.

She has also posted Bible verses on her Instagram page, which boasts a following of nearly 13 million people.

“Not everybody is going to believe in the God that I believe in, but it’s something that I’m not afraid to share with people because I know how it inspires me — how it positively affects my life,” she told Teen Vogue.

“So if you don’t like it, no one is saying that you have to follow what I follow, but I should be free to talk about what I want to. I think that God kind of put me in the place in my life to not be quiet about it, not be quiet about him, but to reach people and to inspire people.”

In the interview, Baldwin said she believes in a relationship with God and not a “set standard of rules” of religion.

“I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of…

California evangelist and megachurch pastor Greg Laurie said during his sermon on Sunday that God uses the “books in Heaven” to keep records and tallies of every action — good and bad — committed by all human beings throughout history.

Laurie, the pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, continued with his sermon series focusing on the “end of days.” After focusing last week on “Angels in the Life of the Believer,” the title of this past weekend’s sermon was “God, the Future and You.”

As the sermon touched on the prophetic similarities between the Old Testament book of Daniel and the New Testament book of Revelation, Laurie assured the audience that Bible prophecy should not be treated by Christians as an “academic exercise” or a “hobby horse” because biblical prophecy has real consequence.

“As we realize these things are true, it should concern us because we know people that are not Christians, right?” the 65-year-old pastor asked. “We don’t want them to face a certain judgment. We want them to join us in Heaven. So it alarms us but it shall also cause us to be concerned about own life and how we are living our life. This all…

The son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, was christened this afternoon at the Chapel Royal, St. James’ Palace in the United Kingdom.

“Prince Louis was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, who also led the baptism service of Meghan Markle in March,” Express reports. The ceremony lasted about forty minutes and was comprised of hymns, scripture reading, and anthems along with the baptism. The water used to christen Prince Louis was from the Jordan River.

The Duke and Duchess chose six godparents for Prince Louis, who attended the christening: “Nicholas van Cutsem, Guy Pelly, Harry Aubrey-Fletcher, Lady Laura Meade, Hannah Carter and Lucy Middleton.” Other attendants were members of the Royal family, including Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall; the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle; the parents of the Duchess of Cambridge, Michael and Carole Middleton; her sister, Pippa Matthews and husband, James Matthews; and brother James Middleton, among other family friends.

Prince Louis, the youngest child of the Duke and Duchess, was christened in the same gown as his siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The baptismal gown was crafted as a replica of Queen Victoria’s oldest daughter’s baptismal gown, worn in 1841. This “handmade replica of…

Archaeologists in Israel say they’ve uncovered the entrance gate to Zer, a biblical city from the Old Testament they say was later known as Bethsaida in the New Testament.

The find in the Golan Heights area was made in the past two weeks and was announced Sunday by the Golan Regional Council, according to The Jerusalem Post. Zer is mentioned in Joshua 19:35 as one of the fortified cities for the people of Naphtali, one of the 12 tribes of Israel. The verse reads: “The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth …”

Archaeologists say Zer was known as Bethsaida in the New Testament. Bethsaida is where Jesus healed a blind man (Mark 8) and fed the 5,000 (Luke 9). It also is where Andrew, Peter and Philip were from (John 1:44).  

The gate find was made by about 20 archaeologists working with Hebrew Union College, The Post reported. Rami Arav, director of the Bethsaida Project, is helping lead the effort.

“There are not many gates in this country from this period. Bethsaida was the name of the city during the Second Temple period, but during the First Temple period it was the city of Zer,” Arav said.

Tourists have been visiting the Bethsaida region for years to see a location Jesus performed miracles. Avi Lieberman, director of the park where Bethsaida is located, said he hopes the new discovery will help draw even more tourists.

“The…

A small church in Indiana is being evicted from its building due to an outdoor sign that criticized homosexuality.

Remnant Fellowship Church in Auburn, Ind., posted a message on its sign that read: “LGBTQ is a hate crime against God. Repent.” WPTA-TV ran a story about the sign on June 27, focusing on the sign and the pushback by some in the community against it. On July 8, WPTA reported that the congregation had been booted from building by the landlord. A church member confirmed the news.

The pastor had told the television station that the sign was an attempt to “reach young people and steer them away from a lifestyle they believe is harmful to them.”

The controversy apparently began when one woman, Kristin Russell, was offended by the sign and changed it so it read, “Stay Open Minded.” She posted the picture of the new sign on Facebook, sparking the WPTA report.

“I kind of sat there for a little bit, what am I supposed to do about this?” Russell said. “I saw the message ‘stay open minded’ in the letters, so I thought, why don’t I just change it to that,” Russell said.

The church changed the sign back to the original message.

Now, the congregation is looking for a new home.

Readers on WPTA’s Facebook were split on the issue.

“Churches, I thought, were about love and forgiveness,” Gail Bailey Adams wrote.

Wrote Bleu Hefner,…

Chick-fil-A has once again emerged as America’s top-rated fast food restaurant, according to a report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index.

The Christian Post reports that the ACSI rates restaurants on a 100-point scale, and Chick-fil-A scored an 87. The survey polled 22,522 customers.

Panera Bread and Subway were the only other fast food restaurants on the list to score 80 or higher.

Next in the rankings were Arby’s (79), Starbucks (78), and Dunkin’ Donuts (78).

This marks the third year in a row that Chick-fil-A has topped the ACSI’s list. Additionally, before Chick-fil-A came on the scene, no restaurant had scored higher than 86.

In addition to providing delicious chicken sandwiches, Chick-fil-A restaurants prioritize excellent customer service and Christian values, such as being closed on Sundays and playing Christian music in their establishments. ACSI also credited Chick-fil-A’s “product focus” as a reason for their continued success.

Although the fast food chain often comes under criticism for these Christian values, it also continues to be popular with customers, as the ACSI report shows.

As far as full-service restaurants on the list, Texas Roadhouse ranked highest (83), followed by Cracker Barrel (81), Longhorn Steakhouse (81), and Olive Garden (80).

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