Good morning. Leaders at Bethel Church have announced that Prophetic Ministry Director Ben Armstrong has been placed on administrative leave following the release of a YouTube video in which a former student publicly alleges clergy sexual abuse dating back to 2009.
Prosecutors in the world’s first Christian nation, Armenia, have brought criminal charges against the head of one of the world’s oldest Christian bodies, drawing concern from rights groups amid worsening tensions between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Armenian Apostolic Church leaders.
In the opinion section, theology professor Levi Berntson wrestles with the question: "Will I be married to my spouse in Heaven?" He writes that if people think that "earthly marriage is something that endures for all eternity," then they "have missed what marriage is all about in the first place."
Before his death last week at age 48, actor James Van Der Beek, who portrayed Dawson Leery on the television drama “Dawson’s Creek," shared an evangelistic reflection about God during the final phase of his life, saying one of the lessons he learned through his cancer battle is "I am worthy of God’s love simply because I exist."
