(SRN NEWS)-( ) A Christian school has launched a campaign it calls “Learn Like Charlie”. Hillsdale College is encouraging people to take the same free online courses that the late Charlie Kirk took and study the classics, the American Founding, and the Bible. Hillsdale President Larry Arn spoke at the memorial service last fall after Kirk was […]
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(SRN NEWS)-( ) A Christian school has launched a campaign it calls “Learn Like Charlie”. Hillsdale College is encouraging people to take the same free online courses that the late Charlie Kirk took and study the classics, the American Founding, and the Bible. Hillsdale President Larry Arn spoke at the memorial service last fall after Kirk was assassinated. He recalled telling the young political activist that a good education is worthwhile: “I told him to start with the Bible. Read the classics. Study the founding of America. In those places you will find a ladder that reaches up toward God.” The courses can be found on the Hillsdale website.
( ) The Olympic flame isn’t the only symbol of triumph and transcendence on display at the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina this month. The Cross of the Athletes has arrived at the site and has been set up in a local church. English artist Jon Cornwall used 15 pieces of wood from continents around the world to craft the cross, which made its grand debut at the London Olympics back in 2012. The cross travels to host cities for both Summer and Winter Games aiming to foster a spirit of fraternity and peace. Meanwhile, several Christian ministries are seeking to spread the gospel in Milan-Cortina to both the athletes and the millions of spectators.
( ) Another attack on Christians in Nigeria. Local officials say gunmen killed three villagers and abducted 11 people, including a clergyman, during a predawn attack in the north this week. The gunmen attacked the pastor’s residence in Kaduna (kah-DOO-nuh) state in the early morning hours. The incident is the latest in a decades-long cycle of violence that has surged in the conflict-battered north of Nigeria. Muslim terrorists abducted more than 150 Christians from three churches in another part of Kaduna in January before finally releasing them this week. The Trump administration is pressuring Nigeria to do more to protect believers.
( ) A new wave of Christian artists from various backgrounds is drawing young audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Christian rap has been growing for over a decade, but its newer subgenres and counterparts have exploded since the COVID-19 pandemic. Social media algorithms have helped them reach wider audiences and bigger labels are catching on now. The artists say their songs help people connect with God when traditional worship and gospel songs don’t resonate as much. Compared to mainstream counterparts, streaming numbers for these subgenres remain smaller, but their fanbases’ dedication is outsized.