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France experiences surge in deaths amid heat wave

PC(USA) reports a small drop in membership

Religious Liberty Commission releases report, recommendations

Military backtracks on nonmandatory flu vaccine

The Running Haters Running Club

I hate running. I hate most exercise in general, but I especially hate running. It’s monotonous. The weather is always too hot or too cold to enjoy running. If the “runner’s high” is a real thing and not a practical joke that runners made up to get the rest of us to get up too Re...

Sin Entered the World

Why are none of us capable of perfect righteousness? John Piper opens Romans 5:12–19 to show that all men are sinners, desperate for a Redeemer, because of Adam’s sin.Watch Now...

Obedience Will Never Ruin Your Life

How can Christians act in obedience when they face a life-changing cost? Grace can sustain us through the painful consequences of following God.Listen Now...

What Do I Owe My Aging Parents?

There’s no cookie-cutter approach to honoring aging parents. Most senior citizens say they'd like to stay in their own home as they age. When family members live nearby, simply picking up groceries and cutting the lawn may be all that’s needed. But the financial and logistical ch...

When You Wonder: ‘What Did I Do to Deserve This?’

“You reap what you sow.” When my life—or the lives of those around me—is going well, this paraphrase of Galatians 6:7 sounds like affirmation for a job well done. My confidence soars as my work thrives and my community flourishes, which motivates me to keep up the good work. But ...

For Women Who Fear Pregnancy and Childbirth

Through working with dozens of newly married and engaged couples, my husband and I have noticed a new trend. It is well known that many young women choose to delay or forgo having children altogether — but often, this decision is driven not by a fear of lost autonomy but by a fea...

What Does It Mean to Be Sanctified in Christ Jesus? 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 4

Before launching into his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul describes this local church as sanctified. What does that mean, for them and for us?Watch Now...

‘Religious Affections’: Textbook of the American Soul

For generations, evangelicals have been convinced that the works of Jonathan Edwards would remain indelibly in the American mind. In 1832, the young abolitionist Henry B. Stanton declared, “Edwards will live a thousand lives by means of his written works.”1 The famous revivalist ...

Enjoy Jesus Through His People: Fellowship as a Means of Grace

What happens when believers meet together? Christians both give and receive grace from the God who gathers them in true fellowship.Listen Now

The Hidden Cost of Avoiding Theology

The early church didn’t develop doctrine because Christians enjoyed abstraction. It did so because silence proved costly. As the early church grew and spread, the baptismal confession that Jesus is Lord raised unavoidable questions: Who is he? How does he save? What does faith re...

Scripture, Empathy, and Abundance

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Michael J. Rhodes, Reimagining Biblical Politics: What Scripture Says About Public Life and Why It Matters (Baker Academic, 2026) Reimagining Biblical Politics is a brisk but thorough exegesis of scriptural passag...

A Critical Heart Is a Miserable Heart

Dinner wraps up, and you hug your friends goodbye. Pulling out of their driveway, you feel caffeinated by all that your observant eyes noticed during dinner. You burst with “insightful” judgments, confident your spouse is thankful to be with someone so in tune with human nature. ...

How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (TGC Classic)

In this talk, recorded at TGC’s 2018 Women’s Conference, Don Carson considers four New Testament passages that talk about the law in relation to Jesus. He considers the Greek meaning of the word “fulfill,” explains the theological concept called the threefold division of the law ...

Evangelism training reframes discourse around rising Islamic influence

USA (MNN) – In the midst of legislative discourse among congress members who oppose Islamic cultural influence and those who welcome it, Americans are grappling with whether sharia law and constitutional law can, or will, coexist. But Pierre Houssney with Horizons International p...

Hajj returners have questions about Islam, find grace in Jesus

Middle East/North Africa (MNN) — Reflection is just beginning for Hajj returners. An estimated 1.7 million Islamic pilgrims traveled to the holy city of Mecca this year. Yet many come back disappointed and open to being discipled by the Gospel. Hajj is one of the five pillars of ...

‘The Stone Still Preaches’: How Trinity Church Reclaimed One of Aberdeen’s Granite Witnesses

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Nigerian Churches Are Fighting Soccer-Fueled Gambling Addictions

After Victor Adedeji’s father died from injuries sustained in a car accident in 2011, Adedeji, then 14 years old, spent seven months living at his grandmother’s home in Ilesa, a remote town in Osun state, southwest Nigeria. In the mornings, Adedeji woke up to the smell of the fis...

The German Theologian Bringing Protestants and Catholics Together

Eleven American Pentecostal pastors sat nervously with Pope Francis at the Vatican in June 2016. The meeting, arranged by Thomas Schirrmacher, then chair of the theological commission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), was an opportunity for the guests to ask the pontiff an...

Why God’s Protection Still Hurts

How can we reconcile the pain we feel in this fallen world with God’s promise to keep us from all evil? Pastor John applies Psalm 121 to this life.Listen Now...

Passing Our Faith to the Next Generation (with Laura Wifler and Amy Gannett)

Melissa talks with Amy Gannett and Laura Wifler about how to parent in a way that passes on the Christian faith. They talk about the atmosphere in their own homes growing up and the importance of passing on—in addition to knowledge—a delight in the things of God. They encourage m...

Who Should Be Admitted to the Lord’s Supper? 4 Views

“Presiding over the Communion service,” write R. Kent Hughes and Douglas Sean O’Donnell, “is one of the pastor’s most precious and profound privileges and ministries.” Yet sadly, communion—both in its practice and its theology—has been increasingly neglected in the contemporary c...

Word Opened, Heart Enflamed

What kind of preaching makes Christ look supremely satisfying? John Piper shows from 2 Timothy 4:2 how urgent preaching awakens hearts to treasure Christ above all.Watch Now...

We Need a Better Anthropology. We Need the Gospel More.

What does it mean to be human? This is one of the hardest questions to answer in our culture. Artificial intelligence forces us to reevaluate established definitions of personality and consciousness. Evolutionary biology undermines traditional views of human purpose and uniquenes...

What Jesus Actually Meant by ‘Judge Not’

“Jesus himself says not to judge.” Thus many a conversation about Christian ethics has come to a swift end. I often hear this verse quoted to me in conversations about the Bible’s sexual ethic, especially when these conversations occur in progressive, secular spaces. But it doesn...

What Is a Christian? One Who Belongs.

My kids weren’t like me, but they do belong to me. When my wife and I adopted our children, they didn’t speak our language, know our rhythms, or do a good job imitating our way of life. But they were ours. We joyfully gave them our name. I became their father. They were then rela...

New museum gives visitors unique view of Lincoln Memorial

Supreme Court rules against tighter mail-in ballot rules

Iran denies Trump’s claim of scheduled U.S.-Iran meeting

Christian school settles lawsuit of suspended LGBTQ senior

SCOTUS declines to review $5M sex assault verdict against Trump

Texas makes Bible parts required reading in public school

Colorado-Utah fires cut off firefighter crew, kill three

Israel, Lebanon sign U.S.-mediated peace framework

Judge declares mistrial for alleged Palisades arsonist

Judge holds prosecutor of accused Charlie Kirk assassin in contempt

Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling documents

2026 Ebola virus outbreak: Facts, FAQs, and how to help

Ebola, or Ebola virus disease, is a highly contagious and potentially deadly illness caused by ebolaviruses. It has gained worldwide attention because of severe outbreaks in Central and West Africa. While Ebola can devastate families and communities, it is possible to reduce its ...

Philosophy 101 for Pastors: An Invitation to a Great Tradition

ABSTRACT: Traditionally recognized as the handmaiden of theology, philosophy has fallen on hard times in some Christian circles. The discipline of philosophy, however, holds great value both for Christians in general and for pastors especially. Properly understood and pursued in ...

How to Have a Patriotic Worship Service Without Making America the Point

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. A few weeks ago, I wrote here that the 250th anniversary of the United States deserves a better gospel than the false one of Christian nationalism. A pastor wrote in to ask what his church should do on the Su...

On My Shelf: Life and Books with Kevin Burrell

On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Kevin Burrell—pastor of StoneBridge Church Community in Charlotte, North Carolina, and author of Considering Sparrows: What Birds Teach Us About Who We Are, ...

Revival in Armenia highlights the need for trained church leaders

Armenia (MNN) — Revival is coming to Armenia one heart at a time as the country continues to move beyond its post-Soviet, communist past. Pastor Artur Sargsyan, a partner of A3, says God is transforming lives in his church and community: “Now God works in our hearts, and God revi...

Your Kids Need to Know About Jonathan Edwards

My first impression of Jonathan Edwards wasn’t good. I lived for years with the distorted (and sadly common) perspective I received from a high school history textbook. It seemed like the only thing Edwards had done was preach “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” In college, a...

In What Sense Is the Church God’s Church? 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 3

How did a church come to exist in the carnal, immoral, idolatrous city of Corinth, and why did Paul love it enough to write it a letter?Watch Now

Raising Kids in the Faith Is Simpler Than You May Think

The Story: A new report finds that the single biggest factor in whether children keep the faith isn't their church, their youth group, or their peers but their parents. The more surprising finding is what works at home, and how often well-meaning Christian parents get it backward...

Held Fast in the Moment of Death

Will you hold fast if faithfulness costs your life? John Piper opens 1 Peter 4:12–19 to show that God gives grace in suffering so his people can endure.Watch Now...

Sovereignty and My Murdered Friend

Even great evil serves God’s eternal purposes — yet God also gives us precious promises to comfort us in the midst of our pain and grief.Listen Now

The Good and Bad of Retrieval Theology

As gospel-believing Christians, we know that God has sovereignly guided the church throughout all its history. Does this mean we’re obligated to believe everything the church has ever believed? If not, what are we to hold on to from the past? This is where retrieval theology ente...

Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii gun restrictions

Billionaire tax measure to appear on California’s November ballot

Evacuation paused in Strait of Hormuz after ship hit

MacArthur ally Phil Johnson retiring from Grace to You

Concerned about the Iran Deal, Iranian Christians Look to God

A few days after the Iran war began on February 28, a Christian convert and her family fled Tehran for their villa near the Caspian Sea. She hoped to avoid the airstrikes hitting the capital, but soon realized she faced a new danger. “I’m terrified to death,” she told Nahid Sepeh...

PCA advances report critical of some forms of Christian nationalism

Judge says lawsuit challenging Trump’s anti-weaponization fund will proceed

South Korean cult leader arrested in election interference probe

Weinstein avoids new retrial as N.Y. rape charges dropped

Is the Bible Invited to the Juneteenth Cookout?

Imagine you’re throwing a Juneteenth party. You invite your friends and neighbors . . . and in through the door walks the Bible. As you welcome your guests and celebrate with them, you look over at the Bible, wondering what it’s doing. Your chest tightens as you nervously rehears...

Review: ‘The Death of Robin Hood’

The church killed Robin Hood. At least that’s how the stories go. There are a few different versions of the Early Modern English ballad “Robin Hood’s Death.” In most of them, the fatigued outlaw seeks his cousin, head nun of the Kirklees Priory, to perform the common Middle Age h...

What Christians Should Know About the Supreme Court’s ‘Landor’ Ruling

The US Supreme Court ended its run of favorable religious freedom decisions today, ruling against a prisoner who had faced discrimination from state officials on account of his beliefs. The decision is narrow and speaks to a more technical question than the details may suggest, b...

What Does the Name ‘Christ Jesus’ Mean? 1 Corinthians 1:1–3, Part 2

Sometimes we can hear a name so often that we forget what it was originally meant to communicate. What does Paul mean by “Christ”?Watch Now

‘Moses Wrote of Me’: The Messianic Hope of the Law

Jesus claimed that Moses wrote about him long before he ever walked the earth as man. If that’s true, how could anyone miss Jesus in the words of Moses?Watch Now...

Cartel members, or gospel recipients? Christian broadcasters share hope in the midst of struggle

Mexico (MNN) — For the team at Radio Encuentro Internacional, prayer and gospel broadcasting are how they engage with deep societal and cultural challenges in Mexico. A report from CSW in May 2026 presents a sobering picture of freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) in Mexico. A co...

Historic Kyiv monastery damaged, cathedral catches fire in Russian strikes

Ukraine (MNN) – A massive Russian missile and drone barrage struck Ukraine early last week, killing at least 11 people and damaging the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex. The attack ignited a fire at the Dormition Cathedral, an 11th-century church in the monastery complex – a...

A Conversation About Complementarianism (TGC Classic)

In this TGC Classic recorded at TGW2014, Tim and Kathy Keller, John Piper, Kathleen Nielson, and Don Carson discuss why they’re complementarians and how they see their theology work out practically in life and ministry. With candor and humor, they tell personal stories of how the...

Alex O’Connor Says Scripture Supports Slavery. He’s Wrong.

Does the Bible support slavery? Perhaps no issue has been more fiercely debated in the last few years. Underneath this controversy are questions about the goodness of God, the authority and ethical consistency of Scripture, and the credibility of Christian witness. In a recent vi...

UMC drops Asbury seminary from approved schools list over marriage stance

California parents sue school over LGBTQ curriculum

Trump speaks at Freedom 250 to kick off fair on National Mall

Appeals court greenlights discrimination lawsuit by Christian flight attendants

Judge rules against ICE arrests at immigration courts

Christianity is on the rise in Gen Z, as is debate over Christian Nationalism

United States (MNN) — The Barna Research Institute found that there is growing interest in Christianity among Gen Z Americans. According to their research, over 30 percent of young people think religious revival could come in the next year. George Barna in the Christian Index say...

WHO says Ebola spreading as France confirms first case

How Focused Writing Happens in Our Distracted Age

Trying to pinpoint a “focused writing time” in the year 2026 is a bit like trying to hit a moving target. As nice and stately as it sounds to nestle into a candlelit library, dipping the quill into ink for a whole evening of undistracted penmanship, it’s just not reality. Granted...

No, No, Yes, Maybe

We run a few letters to the editor in the limited space every issue of our print magazine provides. We want to run more, and not as public relations for ourselves but as evidence of a willingness to listen. I don’t want to encourage irritation, but my tendency is to run more nega...

Communion Points Us Forward and Backward at Once

Even if you’ve been involved with Christianity and the church for many years and have taken the Lord’s Supper countless times, you might not recognize the meal’s emphasis on the future. Each time believers in a local church break Communion bread together, they remind one another ...

Surrender and Vocation in the Life of Lilias Trotter

Eleven years ago, I woke with the sunrise in the Sahara, a few miles south of Tozeur, Tunisia. As I traveled by camel and camped in the desert, I got a taste of how Lilias Trotter traveled throughout North Africa, itinerating by camel to remote towns that had no gospel access. Li...

Did God Command Genocide in Deuteronomy 7?

It's been 20 years since Richard Dawkins released The God Delusion, the mighty atheist screed that launched a movement, drew headlines around the world, got translated into dozens of languages, and sold more than 3 million copies. A lot has changed since. Memories of 9/11 have fa...

ARP denomination gives to Tucker PCA after building controversy

Trial begins in California case challenging the advertising of abortion pill reversal

First Golden Dome defense test successful, Hegseth says

Primary races are called after polls close in New York, Maryland, Utah

Senate rebukes Trump in largely symbolic war powers vote

Antifa group members receive combined 450 years for attack on Texas ICE facility

Evangelicals Divided as Colombia Elects Right-Wing Outsider

When María Margarita Giraldo heard right-wing political outsider Abelardo de la Espriella was poised to win Colombia’s presidential election Sunday, she felt relieved. To Giraldo, a 76-year-old actress from Bogotá, Colombia, who gave her life to Jesus 35 years ago, De la Espriell...

USDA can’t ban soda, candy from SNAP benefits in 5 states, judge rules

FBI arrests two new suspects in foiled UFC White House plot

Make the Spirit’s Mission Your Passion

Why is global witness at the heart of the Spirit’s work? John Piper opens Acts 1:4–8 to show how the Spirit brings the nations to Christ and empowers his people to go.Watch Now...

A Lebanese Worship Song Called for Peace. Again. And Again.

On a May evening, Claudette El Hajj organized five buses to bring 150 people displaced by the war in Lebanon to a worship night in a hilltop town overlooking Beirut. Many were Christians who had been forced to flee their homes in southern Lebanon due to heavy fighting between Hez...

As Kenya Bans Abortion, Pastors Urge Christians to Choose Life

Seven months before his firstborn daughter Peris’s wedding, Simon Kurgat, the pastor of Newlife Church in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya, discovered she was three months pregnant. Kurgat’s wife noticed Peris throwing up her meals, sleeping throughout the day, and complaining of dizzin...

My Fathers in the Faith

Growing up in church, I always felt my story of faith was inadequate. I’d hear testimonies of the most extraordinary conversions, but instead of elating me, they left me deflated. While my congregation wasn’t the type to make an extreme spiritual experience a criterion of true fa...

Faith and Friction Before the Revolution

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Peter C. Mancall, Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America, c. 1000–1680 (Oxford University Press, 2026) Peter Mancall’s Contested Continent is a prodigious synthesis of recent scholarship on early Amer...

The Exciting Christian Life of John C. Lennox

A friend once told me that he didn’t want to become a Christian because Christianity was boring. Reading John C. Lennox’s book My Story: A Spiritual and Intellectual Autobiography provides plenty of evidence that the Christian life isn’t boring. Lennox is emeritus professor of ma...

The Body Keeps the Score. But the Mind and Heart Do Too.

Since its 2014 release, The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk has become one of the most influential and widely read books on trauma. It has sold more than 3 million copies and spent eight years on the New York Times bestseller list. It’s been read and recommended by me...

Green tint continues to plague D.C. Reflecting Pool after six suspects arrested

Appeals court upholds government’s expansion of expedited removal proceedings

Investigators now say ransom note received early on claimed Nancy Guthrie is dead

The Baptist Who Made Juneteenth a Holiday

In the summer of 1865, the good news of freedom finally came to more than 250,000 slaves in Texas. Union troops gathered in the city of Galveston and read a general’s order to the public: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive...

Supreme Court loosens restrictions on deporting criminals

Iran contradicts Vance, says no plan to allow nuclear inspections

Texas judge awarded $640K after same-sex wedding dispute

Deadly heat wave bakes Europe

Judge says Trump voter screening database is illegal

U.S. strike on suspected drug boat kills two

Conservative leads Colombia presidential race with most votes in

DOJ illegally subpoenaed Minn. officials’ records, judge says

Economist Alan Greenspan dead at 100

Check In on Your Dad Friends

Not long ago, I joined my wife in the kitchen after work. The sun was out, and the kids came running, asking me to play outside. I brushed them off, and as they left the room, my wife knowingly asked how I was doing. The short answer, I told her, is that I don’t really Read more....

Survey: Half of US Churches Will Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary

As Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, half of pastors say their churches will join in the festivities. According to a Lifeway Research study, 50 percent of US Protestant pastors believe their church should do something special to commemorate the c...

Christians in Southeast Asia experience persecution and poverty

Southeast Asia (MNN) — Persecution varies by region within one country in Southeast Asia. To protect believers there who partner with FARMS International, we won’t name the country. But Caleb (last name withheld for security) says the oppression can be intense. “We've had reports...

New Resources Help You See God by Connecting Scripture (with Benjamin Gladd)

Different preachers get excited about different aspects of the sermon. Some collect and deploy excellent illustrations. Others nail the application week after week. Others can really reach your heart. What really fires me up are the connections between the Old and New Testaments,...

Iran presses for leverage in Lebanon, but Christians pray for a true peace

Lebanon (MNN) — Iran has said that Israel’s continued occupation of southern Lebanon would violate the tentative US-Iran deal. But it’s another bid for power, not peace. Nuna with Triumphant Mercy Lebanon points out that Israel’s target in Lebanon is Hezbollah, Iran’s proxy group...

Don’t Just Settle for Youth Ministry. Embrace It.

“What’s next after youth ministry for you?” “How long do you plan to serve in this role?” “Do you think you’ll still like it in 10 years?” I’ve been asked those questions many times over the past year, ever since I began my first full-time pastoral role overseeing youth ministry....

Scottish man charged for suspected anti-Muslim stabbings

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer stepping down after election losses

U.K. trial to test puberty blockers on 11-year-olds

First phase of U.S.-Iran peace talks concludes

Evangelical Presbyterian Church clarifies stance on same-sex attracted clergy

Feds launch Title IX investigations at three Michigan schools

Federal appeals court grants full hearing to fired immigration judges

Gabbard accuses Fauci of lying about COVID discussions

Five Points in My Pain: How God’s Sovereignty Comforts Me

When I used to travel extensively, I always packed my Bible reading plan. That way, even if I were thousands of miles from home, my husband, Ken, and I would be in sync on our daily readings. More than twenty years later, I can no longer travel, but Ken and I still make our annua...

You Need the Spirit to Read

Why do some hear Scripture and dismiss it as nonsense? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 2:14–16 that the natural heart cannot discern the worth of spiritual truth.Watch Now...

Wanted: Your Ordinary (or Extraordinary) Faith Story

Like many CT readers, I love our Testimonies section, which features conversion stories. Our recent testimonies—like the story of a young woman who was addicted to heroin and working at a strip club when some older Christian ladies stopped by with a hot meal—are powerful and wort...

Supreme Court Halts Execution of Inmate Ministry Leader

The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 11, prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional. Jeffery Lee, who is imprisoned for the murder of two people, ...

Pastors travel across Iran to encourage believers with hope and aid

Iran (MNN) — Iranian pastors are traveling far and wide to support Christians facing isolation, hardship, and persecution. Lana Silk of Transform Iran says the reality of persecution keeps many Christians separated, often gathering only in small groups or having little contact wi...

How I Think About AI in My Medical Practice

Over my 30-plus years as a physician, I’ve witnessed remarkable advancements in medicine. I’ve seen open-heart valve replacements become minimally invasive procedures and piles of paper charts scribbled with bad handwriting become perfectly legible electronic medical records. How...