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Comedian and actor Russell Brand recently announced that he’s going to be baptized, the culmination of his months-long public wrestling with the principles of Christianity. Brand said in a video he posted to X, “This Sunday, I’m taking the plunge. I’m getting baptized.” Brand said he’s heard baptism explained to him as “an opportunity to…

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University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley didn’t waste time praising God after the Gamecocks won the national championship, days after a secular legal group called for the university to take action over comments on her faith. During a post-game interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe after South Carolina defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes, led…

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During one of the most painful moments of her life, Roma Downey turned to God. As a child, the former “Touched By an Angel” star’s mother died of a heart attack. She told Fox News Digital, “My mother died when I was just a little girl. I was only 10. And I can honestly say…

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Country legend Reba McEntire recently shared that she calls on the Holy Spirit before walking on stage. On an episode of “The Voice,” contestants Donny Van Slee and Josh Sanders, both on McEntire’s team, performed Luke Combs’ “When It Rains, It Pours.” During a behind-the-scenes look at the duo’s rehearsal for the performance, Sanders discussed…

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