(RNS) — As racial tensions have risen in recent months, a new report reveals that some Christians are becoming less motivated to act on racial justice, and an increasing share say there is “definitely” not a race problem in the country.

“Christians generally, and practicing Christians in particular, have changed their minds on addressing racial injustice, but if anything, they’re actually moving away from being motivated,” said David Kinnaman, president of Barna Group.

“It’s not a majority of Christians, but it is a segment of Christians who say they’re unmotivated or not at all motivated to address racial injustice,” he said, adding that the group has “essentially doubled” in the last year.

Thirty percent of practicing Christians — people who identify themselves as Christians, have attended worship in the past month and claim to strongly prioritize their faith — say they are not motivated to engage in matters of racial injustice (12% unmotivated, 18% not at all motivated). That’s an increase from 2019, when 17% said they were not motivated (9% unmotivated, 8% not at all motivated).

That was one of the most surprising findings of the summer study on race by Kinnaman’s California-based research firm.

“I think there was a lot of anticipation that the last three, four months might change Christians’ perspectives on some of these things,…

Last Saturday, one of the three co-founders of the Black Lives Matter organization spoke out against televangelist Pat Robertson for rendering the group as anti-Christian, Newsweek reports.

Robertson, who hosts the 700 Club, made the remarks on Thursday’s broadcast as the televangelist called out the movement’s Marxist ideologies, as seen on their website.

“They’re talking about Marxist communism,” Robertson said. “They’re talking about destroying the nuclear family. They’re talking about destroying essentially Christianity as being racist. And all the way through, they want to upend the capitalist structure and destroy America.”

While he affirms the phrase “Black Lives Matter”, the televangelist noted that the organization is ultimately, “a stalking horse for a very, very radical anti-family, anti-God agenda.”

“People should be aware that they’re not just standing with the poor oppressed Black people. Of course we want to stand with people against police brutality. Of course we do,” he said.
“But we don’t want to go along with a lesbian, anti-family, anti-capitalist Marxist revolution. We don’t want that for America.”

In a statement released on Saturday, BLM co-founder Patrice Cullors decried Robertson’s comments as “completely inflammatory and dangerous” as she defended the group’s support of Christianity.

“In response to…

Conservative Christian commentator Eric Metaxas, a New York Times best-selling author and host of The Eric Metaxas Show, urged young Christians to remain active in their church as well as in politics in an exclusive live interview with The Christian Post.

Metaxas, who authored well-researched biographies on Deitrich Bonhoeffer and William Wilberforce, in addition to other famous leaders of change, sat down with The Christian Post’s John Wesley Reid to talk about the intersection between faith, family, and Christianity while attending Liberty University Falkirk Center’s Faith Summit.

Metaxas offered inspiring words to young Christians, saying “Understand whose battle this is, understand who called you to the battle. That’s what will keep you going when other people say, ‘I’ve had enough.'”

In the interview, Metaxas reminded young Christians of William Wilberforce, who, when he became a Christian, decided he should abandon politics entirely because it was such a corrupt system until a group of Christians implored him to stay. Wilberforce later became one of the driving politicians behind abolishing slavery in England, using his seat in Parliament as an opening to begin changing society for the better.

Metaxas reminded young Christians who are active in politics to surround themselves with the Church so that others can push them to use their positions in politics for good,…

Philadelphia mechanic Brett Lynn recently shared a testimony of forgiveness following a brutal stabbing by an intruder in his family-owned shop, Faithwire reports.

Seven years ago, Lynn had arrived home after dropping off his kids at gymnastics when the incident occurred. He noted that someone was trying to break into some of the cars parked in the lot of his family-owned shop, which was near his house.

After Lynn told the man to leave, the situation grew hostile and Lynn was stabbed in the gut by the intruder and was later hospitalized in critical condition.

Despite being in tremendous pain, Lynn reflected on the matter and realized that as a Christian, he must forgive the attacker.

“If I couldn’t forgive when it really mattered, then I think my witness as a Christian would be hurt,” he argued.

Lynn also felt the Holy Spirit’s conviction to “resolve the conflict” with the person who stabbed him. He added that the attacker had actually attended the same high school as he did.

Lynn’s attacker had graduated 10 years before him, held a job for 25 years, and later became homeless after the company went out of business.

“My heart went out to him,” Lynn said in a video interview with Faithwire.

When Lynn was called to express a victim statement in court, he said that the judge graciously permitted him to address the attacker personally.

“I essentially…

The Trump administration on Monday announced plans to expand a pro-life policy that prohibits U.S. government money from going to international organizations that perform or promote abortion.

Under the so-called Mexico City Policy, implemented by President Trump in 2017, government money is prohibited from going to international family planning programs or organizations that perform or promote abortion. Later that year, the administration expanded the rule to include not just family planning programs but all global health assistance. The White House dubbed it the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance (PLGHA) rule.

The newest proposed change, published Monday in the federal register, would further expand the policy to apply to foreign groups that have contracts with the U.S. government. The Kaiser Family Foundation said about 40 percent of global health aid involves contracts, according to The Hill.

Pro-life organizations, such as the Susan B. Anthony List, applauded the expansion of the policy.

“We thank President Trump and Secretary [of State Mike] Pompeo for boldly defending life on the world stage,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. “From day one they have championed innovative policies to protect unborn children and their mothers, as well as taxpayers.

“… While a small handful of radical pro-abortion groups such as [the]…

Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, will reopen its doors for in-person services next month as the city continues to see a decline in COVID-19 cases. 

On Monday, Osteen announced that on Oct. 18, the megachurch will resume in-person worship services at 25% capacity and require that all attendees wear masks. 

“We have a very exciting announcement: We’re going to come back to in-person services on October the 18th. We can’t wait to see you guys. We’ve missed you the whole time,” the pastor said in a video message to the congregation. 

He added that worshipers must sign up before services on the church’s website, and people will have to practice safe social distancing.

Lakewood has remained shuttered since February due to ongoing lockdowns in response to COVID-19. However, the church has continued to hold worship in an empty chapel and stream the services online, via social media, satellite television, and SiriusXM.

“It is going to be so much fun to get together, to worship together,” Victoria Osteen said in the video….

On Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law that has sparked much outrage amongst elected officials, The Christian Post reports.

SB-145, or Senate Bill 145, expands the judge’s discretion in determining whether or not an adult should be registered as a sex offender for having sex with minors between the ages of 14 to 17, given that the individual is no more than 10 years older than the minor.

The present law, which has been in place since 1944, permitted judges the discretion to choose whether or not an adult should be placed on the state’s sex offender registry list if they have vaginal sex with a minor no younger than 14 years of age.

But the discretion did not apply to cases of anal or oral intercourse, thus adults would automatically be placed on the registry.

But the new bill exempts adults from mandatory registration if they have anal or oral sex with a minor, as long as the adult was 10 years older than the minor’s age. Despite the change in legislation, individuals would still be guilty of committing a crime.

Despite multiple allegations, the new bill does not mean that pedophilia is legalized in the state of California, AP News reports.

California Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Franscisco, had pushed for the bill and praised the signing as it “eliminates discrimination against LGBTQ youth in our criminal justice system.”

Other state…