• ‘What President Trump Really Needs Is Michael Snyder In Congress’

    Facebook Twitter Pinterest Reddit Email Do you want to elect someone that is going to go to Congress and support President Trump, or do you want someone that has a completely different agenda?  Pro-Trump conservatives all over Idaho’s first congressional district have recognized that I am the only true pro-Trump candidate running for Congress, and that is why so many Idahoans that worked to elect President Trump are now working to elect me.  And on Sunday we were officially endor
  • Died: Mandisa, ‘Overcomer’ Singer and American Idol Star

    Died: Mandisa, ‘Overcomer’ Singer and American Idol Star
    The Grammy-winning artist was found dead at her home in Nashville at age 47.
    Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a former Lifeway Christian Resources employee and top-10 American Idol finisher, was found dead Thursday at her Nashville home, her publicist announced on social media.No cause of death was given.“We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased. At this time we do not know the cause of death or any further details,”
  • Kenyan Pastors Are Praying for Haiti. They’re Also Shaping the Police Mission to Save It.

    Kenyan Pastors Are Praying for Haiti. They’re Also Shaping the Police Mission to Save It.
    President William Ruto commissioned church leaders to meet with Haitian law enforcement, military representatives, and a gang leader to discuss Kenya’s security mission.Kenya’s leaders aren’t saying much publicly about the security force they plan to send to gang-embattled Haiti. But they’re talking a whole lot with God.Last month, as armed groups escalated their insurgency in Port-au-Prince and plunged Haiti deeper into a historic humanitarian crisis, pastors advising Ke
  • ‘Bluey’: A Heavenly Vision of Life Together

    ‘Bluey’: A Heavenly Vision of Life Together
    The popular kids series reminds parents that playfulness is next to godliness.When my oldest daughter, Elaine, was four, I watched her chase a soap bubble around the yard, utterly spellbound, and it struck me as a tiny window into how God must have felt as he watched Adam and Eve encounter each of the animals in Eden. Likewise, when I discovered that my youngest, Olivia, had held a full conversation with me while cutting our kitten’s whiskers under the table, I felt attuned with God’
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  • You Can’t Reach People for Christ While Holding Their Culture at Arm’s Length

    You Can’t Reach People for Christ While Holding Their Culture at Arm’s Length
    A veteran missiologist shares a lifetime of lessons on bringing the gospel into unfamiliar settings.In an important new book, missiologist Darrell Whiteman tells a revealing story about a missionary who had been preaching in a particular community. Without realizing it, the missionary gave offense by wearing expensive shoes in a place where people couldn’t afford shoes of any type. For Whiteman, this anecdote illustrates how much missionaries need to learn—and how many presumptions t
  • The Best Christian Kids TV Shows, Not Tells

    The Best Christian Kids TV Shows, Not Tells
    Series like The Wingfeather Saga bring children along for the adventure of following Jesus.I picked up the first book reluctantly. Was I really going to spend my children’s nap time reading children’s fiction? But The Wingfeather Saga had been recommended to me by so many fans that I eventually joined the throngs of Christian adults and kids who’ve enjoyed the series.From the start, author Andrew Peterson captivated my imagination, building a world I could recognize while pushi
  • Filipinos and Americans Diverge on Trusting Pastors

    Filipinos and Americans Diverge on Trusting Pastors
    Studies find that while less than a third of Americans trust church leaders, 90 percent of Filipinos do.While less than a third of Americans rate clergy as highly honest and ethical, across the globe in the Philippines, 91 percent of the public trusts religious leaders, according to EON Group’s 2021 Philippine Trust Index. Respondents of the survey ranked pastors as the most trusted leaders in Filipino society, compared to a Gallup poll that found clergy in the US ranked lower than 10 othe
  • For the Warming of the Earth: Worshiping in the Age of Creation Care

    For the Warming of the Earth: Worshiping in the Age of Creation Care
    Christian artists work at the intersection of music and climate change.
    Christians love to sing about creation. Hymns like “How Great Thou Art” describe the beauty of creation that moves the church to sing, “I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder / Thy power throughout the universe displayed.”Nature can also be a source of confusion or anxiety for believers as they observe eclipses and earthquakes and try to discern God’s role or intent in their unfolding. And
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  • Biblical Literacy in a Postliterate Age

    Biblical Literacy in a Postliterate Age
    We must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.Christians are readers. We are “people of the book.” We own personal Bibles, translated into our mother tongues, and read them daily. Picture “quiet time” and you’ll see a table, a cup of coffee, and a Bible spread open to dog-eared, highlighted, annotated pages. For Christians, daily Bible reading is the minimum standard for the life of faith. What kind of Christi
  • Surrogacy Makes More Babies. Pro-Lifers Should Still Oppose It.

    Surrogacy Makes More Babies. Pro-Lifers Should Still Oppose It.
    Church leaders can offer clear moral and ethical guidance for a practice that violates biblical mandates.On April 8, the Vatican issued Dignitas Infinita, a 20-page document rejecting a variety of practices that violate human dignity. Unsurprisingly, these included human trafficking, violence against women, abortion, euthanasia, sex change, and child abuse. It also included surrogacy.This isn’t the first time the pontificate has come out against this “deplorable” practice, whic
  • After United Methodist Split, Some Conservatives Remain

    After United Methodist Split, Some Conservatives Remain
    Study: 24 percent of clergy in North Carolina are still opposed to same-sex marriage.After the departure of thousands of traditionalist United Methodist churches from the denomination over the past five years, it might stand to reason that those congregations remaining in the fold are more progressive and open to ordination and marriage of people in same-sex relationships.But the picture is far more mixed.A new report from the Religion and Social Change Lab at Duke University that looked at disa
  • Died: Beverly LaHaye, Pastor’s Wife Who Led Religious Right

    Died: Beverly LaHaye, Pastor’s Wife Who Led Religious Right
    The founder of Concerned Women for America was credited by President Ronald Reagan with “changing the face of American politics.”Beverly LaHaye, a timid pastor’s wife who became a fierce champion for conservative Christian politics and a force mobilizing hundreds of thousands of religious women, died on Sunday in a retirement home in El Cajon, California. She was 94.President Ronald Reagan once praised LaHaye as “one of the powerhouses” of the conservative movement
  • More Pastors Are Leaving Ministry Over Church Conflict

    More Pastors Are Leaving Ministry Over Church Conflict
    But experts say it can offer opportunities for leaders and congregations to grow.
    Conflict had become the norm at Trinity Church in Redlands, California.The lead pastor left in 2022 amid a wave of disgruntled attendees. Following his departure, some church members remained upset at the congregation’s elders. In all, there had been at least a dozen situations that came up over a 14-year period.When Doug Baker arrived as interim pastor, he knew the conflict had to be addressed. Trinity calle
  • Sports Can Be a Touchdown for Faith. Beware of Encroachment.

    Sports Can Be a Touchdown for Faith. Beware of Encroachment.
    As a lifelong athlete and coach, I know sports build character. But I worry about the idolatrous, selfish culture of American athletics.When my wife told me that my son received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty at his football game, I was enraged. He’d aggressively thrown the ball back to the official he believed had missed a call. I flew into a lecture about leadership, respect for authority, and composure. I even called friends and family to register my disbelief and embarrassment.But
  • Your Neighbors (Probably) Don’t Hate You

    Your Neighbors (Probably) Don’t Hate You
    They might not even know you’re there. When paranoia eclipses our witness, here’s what to remember.This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here.Some colleagues and I happened to be meeting in New England this week, so we drove a little bit north to a small village in Vermont called St. Johnsbury, right in the line of the totality of the solar eclipse.Even before the sky darkened, I was mesmerized by the people gathering in the town square, each with a
  • Chuck Swindoll Steps Down as Senior Pastor, but Won’t Retire

    Chuck Swindoll Steps Down as Senior Pastor, but Won’t Retire
    At 89 years old and more than 60 years into ministry, the Stonebriar Community Church founder plans to remain its primary preacher after the church names his successor.Chuck Swindoll has said that pastors “should never retire,” and the 89-year-old won’t be stepping away from the pulpit even as his church welcomes his successor.Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, announced this week that Swindoll will transition to founding pastor, continuing to preach on Sundays, as J
  • In ‘Civil War,’ What You See Is What You Try to Forget

    In ‘Civil War,’ What You See Is What You Try to Forget
    The new dystopian thriller reminds viewers it’s not just what we witness that matters, but how.There’s nothing more frightening than the sound of a camera shutter in the new film Civil War.Distributed by A24, the production company behind releases like Everything Everywhere All at Once and Past Lives, the movie depicts the remnants of a United States government battling the Western Forces, an alliance between Texas and California. If you’re looking for reasons—Why these f
  • Make Nepal Hindu Again: Christians Concerned by Rising Religious Nationalism

    Make Nepal Hindu Again: Christians Concerned by Rising Religious Nationalism
    Hindutva ideology is crossing the border from India and making ministry more challenging for churches in the former Hindu kingdom.More than 15 years after Nepal officially became a secular democracy, the former Hindu monarchy may have a religious extremism problem, incited and aggravated by its closest neighbor.In an “alarming” development, Indian Hindutva ideology and politics have begun to spread throughout the country, as local experts and journalists report. This proliferation ha
  • Our Faith Is Not Too Fragile for Science

    Our Faith Is Not Too Fragile for Science
    An excerpt from The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith.I sat by myself at one end of the boardroom, fidgeting with a few notes on the table in front of me. At the other end were about ten older men in suits and ties peering over their tables, arms crossed. It wouldn’t have been difficult for someone just walking in to determine which end of the room held the power.After my brief opening statement, the rest of our time was set aside for “discussion.”
  • More Porridge? Senegal Protestants Debate Exchanging Holiday Foods with Muslims

    More Porridge? Senegal Protestants Debate Exchanging Holiday Foods with Muslims
    Ngalakh combines baobab fruit and peanuts to end Easter in West African nation, reciprocated by the sharing of meat breaking Ramadan’s fast.In Senegal, Muslims love to share meat. Christians share porridge.Ending the monthlong Ramadan fast this week, the faithful in the Muslim-majority West African nation invited Christian friends to celebrate Korite (Eid al-Fitr), focus on forgiveness and reconciliation, and share a wholesome meal of chicken.A little over two months later during Tabaski (
  • More Porridge? Senegal Christians Debate Exchanging Holiday Foods with Muslims

    More Porridge? Senegal Christians Debate Exchanging Holiday Foods with Muslims
    Ngalakh combines baobab fruit and peanuts to end Easter in West African nation, reciprocated by the sharing of meat breaking Ramadan’s fast.Muslims in Senegal love to share meat. Its Christians share porridge.Ending their monthlong Ramadan fast this week, the faithful in the Muslim-majority West African nation invited Christian friends to celebrate Korite (Eid al-Fitr), focus on forgiveness and reconciliation, and serve a wholesome meal of chicken.A little over two months later during Taba
  • Baptists Call on House Speaker Mike Johnson to Stand with Ukraine

    Baptists Call on House Speaker Mike Johnson to Stand with Ukraine
    Seminary leaders say that the country, where Baptists are the largest Protestant denomination, has lost hundreds of churches in the war with Russia.
    Southern Baptist leaders have written to US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a member and former official of their denomination, urging him to support Ukraine in Russia’s war against its Eastern European neighbor.“As you consider efforts to support Ukraine, we humbly ask that you consider the plight of Christians,” wrote the leaders, wh
  • We Are ‘Gods’ Because We are God’s

    We Are ‘Gods’ Because We are God’s
    The Book of John reminds us that Jesus’ humanity makes ours possible.Nearly halfway through John’s Gospel, Jesus tells those gathered in the temple at the Feast of the Dedication, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’?” (10:34). In effect, Jesus says that Scripture says that God says, “You are gods.” What is Jesus on about?It really is quite surprising. After all, we read the Scriptures and learn that human beings
  • Some Evangelicals Want a Third-Party Option, Even Without a Chance at Winning

    Some Evangelicals Want a Third-Party Option, Even Without a Chance at Winning
    The American Solidarity Party is a small but growing alternative to the Trump-Biden race.Charlie Richert would really like to stop voting for his dad.But in the last couple presidential election cycles, the 30-year-old attorney in Indianapolis has been unable to square his conscience with picking either the Republican or Democratic party nominee, so he’s resorted to writing in a name.“There’s no way I can escape having my faith inform how I vote,” said Richert, a nondenom
  • How a Chinese-Born Research Scientist Became a Daring Online Evangelist

    How a Chinese-Born Research Scientist Became a Daring Online Evangelist
    CT’s outgoing Asia editor recalls how God led him to America, toward the Christian faith, onto the internet, and outward to serve the global Chinese church.I was born in southwest China, in the Ganzi (Garzê) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province. Only a few days after birth, I was sent to Chengdu, the province’s capital city. My sister and I were raised by our grandmother while my parents, both medical doctors, were sent by the Communist Party to the rural Tibetan a
  • The Church Loses When Our Arts Communities Die

    The Church Loses When Our Arts Communities Die
    Christian writers and artists need communities of like-minded creatives so we can best serve both the church and the world.I can remember the moment small literary magazines entered my life and established a subtle but dominating influence. I was talking with my dad about some classes I was taking at the end of my undergraduate years, and I shared an idea that had recently popped into my head: “I want to start a magazine. I’ll invite some friends who like to write and are into photog
  • The Book of Job Gives Us Good News for an Unfair World

    The Book of Job Gives Us Good News for an Unfair World
    The book reminds us that life is unjust, but so is the gospel of God’s grace.Life is unfair, and that is a problem.All humans seem to have an “unfairness radar” that goes off whenever we encounter senseless injustice. From trite examples provoking our frustration, such as someone cutting us in line, to those that deeply grieve us, like a young mother of three fighting terminal cancer, we mourn with an acute sense that the world is not as it should be. Or consider unfairness on
  • Record-Setting Betting Weighs on College Athletes

    Record-Setting Betting Weighs on College Athletes
    As players face new pressures from bettors upset with their performance, chaplains in the NCAA are trying to help students remember their imago Dei.The odds are bringing little favor to college athletes, who are facing more pressure over their performance from bettors.South Carolina’s defeat of Iowa for the women’s NCAA championship on Sunday drew record-breaking betting numbers. BetMGM announced that the game had drawn the most bets of any women’s sporting event ever.Last year
  • After Taiwan’s Powerful Earthquake, Christian Aid Groups Work to Rebuild Lives

    After Taiwan’s Powerful Earthquake, Christian Aid Groups Work to Rebuild Lives
    On an island where Buddhist disaster relief is prominent, Christians work with churches to care for children and families.When a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit the east coast of Taiwan Wednesday morning, Carissa Wang, branding communication director of World Vision Taiwan, was on the Taipei subway on her way to work. She felt the carriage sway more than usual, and then it stopped at the next station as an announcement alerted passengers that service had ended due to an earthquake.Wang and her Worl
  • Would Jesus Overturn Your Board Table?

    Would Jesus Overturn Your Board Table?
    I served on the RZIM board. Christians in many leadership roles can learn from my failures.The room was hot, and I stared at the pristine white table in front of me, being careful not to lift my eyes, my muscles tense. To my left were members of the International Board of Directors of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), seated at the table and joining on video. To my right were lawyers. One of them was preparing to read to us the 12-page report of a months-long investigation into sex

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