Michelle A. Vu

Christian Post Reporter

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  • Interview: American Woman on 5 Years of Intimate Life in Afghanistan

    Interview: American Woman on 5 Years of Intimate Life in Afghanistan

    Kate McCord (protective pseudonym) recently spoke to The Christian Post about her five years in Afghanistan and the Afghan people, including common misperceptions – on both sides – the life of Afghan women, child marriage, and the underground Christian population.

  • Theologian D.A. Carson: Hell Is Not Filled With People Who Repent of Sin

    Theologian D.A. Carson: Hell Is Not Filled With People Who Repent of Sin

    People who end up in hell do not repent, from what the Bible tells us, said respected New Testament scholar Don Arthur (D.A.) Carson on Sunday at The Gospel Coalition National Women's Conference in Orlando.

  • Richard Land: Constraint on Gov't, Not Citizens Regarding Religious Freedom Issues

    Richard Land: Constraint on Gov't, Not Citizens Regarding Religious Freedom Issues

    The constraint is on the government, not citizens when it comes to church-state issues according to the Constitution, stated Dr. Richard Land, who was honored with a national religious liberty award earlier this week at the Canadian embassy.

  • Joel Osteen at Night of Hope DC: God Is a Positive God; He Wants to 'Supersize' Your Peace, Joy

    Joel Osteen at Night of Hope DC: God Is a Positive God; He Wants to 'Supersize' Your Peace, Joy

    Joel Osteen didn't disappoint the tens of thousands of people that filled the Nationals Park baseball stadium Sunday evening expecting him to "plant the seed of hope" in them. He not only delivered a potent dose of hope, but also rolled out an American Idol star and his own mother to share their uplifting stories of survival in the face of death at the "Night of Hope" event in Washington, D.C.

  • Joel Osteen Ministry Brings 400 Teens to Help Low-Income Areas in DC

    Joel Osteen Ministry Brings 400 Teens to Help Low-Income Areas in DC

    More than 400 teens from across the country volunteered this past week to help D.C.'s underserved communities as part of the inaugural effort of Generation Hope Project, an outreach of Joel Osteen Ministries, to leave the host city of America's Night of Hope in better shape after the event is done.

  • Interview: Joel Osteen on Prosperity Gospel, Crystal Cathedral, and Jesus

    Interview: Joel Osteen on Prosperity Gospel, Crystal Cathedral, and Jesus

    Joel Osteen doesn't like to ruffle feathers; he is known for his open-arms, positive-thinking, God-wants-to-bless-you approach to Christianity, which has earned him a loyal following of millions worldwide and the largest and fastest growing church in U.S. history. But ironically by striving to not exclude anyone and embracing all, Osteen has in fact alienated a segment of evangelical Christians who accuse him of watering down the Gospel or preaching a "cotton candy Gospel."

  • Joel Osteen Encourages Underserved Children, Homeless Single Mothers (PHOTOS)

    Joel Osteen Encourages Underserved Children, Homeless Single Mothers (PHOTOS)

    Perhaps what is less reported and seen are photos of Joel Osteen in the nation's capital on Thursday greeting and encouraging children at an underserved school where the property had not been renovated for decades, visiting a small Christian pregnancy center, or doing the honors of cutting the ribbon for a shelter housing homeless single mothers with disabled children.

  • Joel Osteen Visits Christian Pregnancy Center in DC

    Joel Osteen Visits Christian Pregnancy Center in DC

    Pastor Joel Osteen of the 40,000-strong Lakewood Church in Houston visited a place he is not commonly associated with – a pregnancy center – during his activities Thursday in the nation's capital.

  • Chuck Colson Dies at 80; Remembered for Dramatic Faith Conversion, Life

    Chuck Colson Dies at 80; Remembered for Dramatic Faith Conversion, Life

    Chuck Colson, who became a born-again Christian amid the Watergate scandal and later became the most prominent advocate for the spiritual transformation of prisoners, died Saturday afternoon, according to Prison Fellowship ministry. He was 80.

  • Pastor Matt Chandler Mentions Church Member Lauren Scruggs' Accident

    Young Texas megachurch pastor Matt Chandler talked about one of his church members, Lauren Scruggs, and her highly publicized airplane accident while speaking to some 8,000 pastors and church leaders at the Together for the Gospel conference in Louisville, Ky., this week.