Rodrigo Duterte, the president of the Philippines, is stirring up controversy for speaking out against God and even calling Him “stupid.”

Slate.com reports that. In a speech last Friday, Duterte questioned the truth of the Bible and said “Who is this stupid God? This son of a b**** is then really stupid. How can you rationalize a God? Do you believe?”

Duterte quckly received pushback and criticism for his harsh comments, especially from religious leaders in the Philippines, which is Asia’s largest Catholic nation.

Catholic bishop Arturo Bastes responded to Duterte’s comments by stating, “Duterte’s tirade against God and the Bible reveals again that he is a psychological freak, a psychopath, an abnormal mind who should have not been elected as president of our civilized and Christian nation.”

Leaders of Protestant churches also condemned Duterte’s comments. The Philippine Council for Evangelical Churches demanded that Duterte “refrain from issuing insulting statements against the Christian faith.”

In addition to his comments against God, Duterte also cursed the Pope, the European Union, and the United Nations, according to The Telegraph.

Slate reports that the Philippines is more than 80 percent Catholic, with another 10 percent of the popular belonging to other Christian denominations. Duterte has often clashed with his country’s…

A 20-year-old student from a Christian college wowed the judges on NBC’s America’s Got Talent Tuesday night … and also survived a few awkward questions about dating and kissing.

Joseph O’Brien, a student at Boyce College in Louisville, Ky., played the keyboard while singing a rendition of “Hello” by Lionel Richie. O’Brien originally is from Columbia, Tenn.

When done, O’Brien received a standing ovation from the crowd.

“There’s so much potential of where you could go with your vocals … and I absolutely adore you,” judge Mel B. told him.

Another judge, Howie Mandel, said he sensed O’Brien was nervous but believed he could go far in the show.

All four judges voted “yes” on his act, meaning he advanced to the next round.

“I absolutely loved it,” judge Heidi Klum said.

O’Brien’s Facebook page says: “My goal is to write music that is centered around Scripture and inspires a generation to stand up for Jesus Christ!” His father, Michael O’Brien, is a former member of the group NewSong.

Denny Burk, professor of biblical studies at Boyce College, said he, too, was impressed. O’Brien is one of his students. Boyce is a school of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

“I thought Joseph’s performance was fantastic,” Burk told…

Pastor Chris Sonksen is on a mission to encourage Christians to “quit church” — but his quest isn’t quite what you’d think. Sonksen, author of the new book, “Quit Church: Because Your Life Would Be Better If You Did,” recently told “The Billy Hallowell Podcast” that he’s concerned over the “common threads of weakening spiritual behaviors in people’s lives.”

The preacher, who is committed to offering solutions, doesn’t want people to literally quit worshiping at church as much as he wants believers to rethink their approach to living their faith out.

Read Also: How to Balance ‘Truth and Love’ in an Age of Fear

“The idea of ‘Quit Church’ isn’t to quit church,” he said. “It’s to quit our approach that we currently have towards church and the things of God.”

Complacency and half-heartedness, he argued, have led many Christians to rob “themselves so much of all that God has for their life.” These people are essentially saying, “I want all of God’s blessings, but I’m only going in ankle deep.”

Listen to Sonksen reveal why he wants people to “quit church”:

Sonksen said that this is simply not good enough and encouraged believers to form a deeper connection to God and their faith. He also detailed some of the ways he believes modern churches have gone wrong,…

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries in a 5-4 decision, arguing it is within the executive branch’s power to “suspend entry of aliens into the United States.”

“The President has lawfully exercised the broad discretion granted to him … to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States,” the decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, reads, citing a statute in the United States code on inadmissible aliens.

“By its terms, (the statute) exudes deference to the President in every clause. It entrusts to the President the decisions whether and when to suspend entry, whose entry to suspend, for how long, and on what conditions. It thus vests the President with ‘ample power’ to impose entry restrictions in addition to those elsewhere enumerated in the (Immigration and Nationality Act).”