Christian News

• Care for the Environment Is Biblical. It’s Also a Witness to Environmentalists. 26 April 2024
  Do activists often invest their work with religious significance? All the more reason for Christians to be discerning co-laborers. I love nature documentaries, especially those narrated by David Attenborough. Whether watching with my children or on my own, I love seeing the majesty of the snowy Alps or kelp forests. But I’ve noticed that in […]
• India Says It Has a Border Crisis. Christians Say the Solution Will Divide Them. 26 April 2024
  The government plans to close its porous border with Myanmar to boost security, separating ethnic groups that straddle the boundary. Ngamreichan Tuithung runs a Christian boarding school that sits right at the border of India’s Manipur state and Myanmar. Amazing Grace Mission School is based in Wanglee Market, a small Indian town, and serves around […]
• What Antisemitic Campus Chants Tell Us About This Angry Era 26 April 2024
  The rage of the mob is a poor substitute for real community. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. As Columbia University and other elite campuses erupt into protests against the United States’ diplomatic and military support of Israel’s war against Hamas, US Sen. John Fetterman denounced the antisemitic speech of some […]
• After Schism, United Methodists Vote to Restructure Denomination 26 April 2024
  The plan would organize UMC churches in four global regions, with each given more leeway around same-sex marriage and other theological issues. The top legislative body of the United Methodist Church passed a series of measures Thursday to restructure the worldwide denomination to give each region greater equity in tailoring church life to its own […]
• Let the Cultural Christians Come unto Jesus 25 April 2024
  The world is realizing anew that our faith has tangible benefits. This is an opportunity for the gospel. As Christianity continues to decline in the West, the broader world has begun to notice something’s missing. There seems to be a growing awareness that—for all the scandals and failings of the church—the loss of a Christian […]
• Your Church Drummer Has More and Less to Do These Days 25 April 2024
  How the keeper of the beat is adapting to shifts in worship music. It was a church drummer’s worst nightmare. In the middle of a service, David Wagner was playing “Heaven Invade” with his worship band when his in-ear monitors stopped working. Wagner posted a clip on Instagram of what happened. It includes the audio […]
• The Church Shouldn’t Be an Echo Chamber 24 April 2024
  Let us not give up meeting together—even when we disagree. Recently, a woman at my church approached me with a question borne out of genuine curiosity. She asked, “You’re a female theologian. Why did you choose to come to our church when women aren’t allowed to preach here?” Since much of my work as a […]
• Christian Athletes Know How to Build Platforms for Jesus. Can They Brand Themselves? 24 April 2024
  NIL deals in college athletics present new challenges—and opportunities—for colleges and students. When Deverin Muff played Division I college basketball at Eastern Kentucky University, student athletes weren’t allowed to earn money off their name, image, and likeness (NIL)—their personal brand. Now he’s a professor at the university, and some of the players in his classes […]
• Eco-anxiety Is Crippling Gen Z. How Can We Move Forward? 23 April 2024
  Christians can disciple each other toward action, prayer, and hope. I’m 26 and mostly full of enthusiasm for the future. But when I think about the heat waves, floods, and humanitarian crises that I’ll likely experience in my lifetime, I feel a sense of dread. And even more so when I think about the future […]
• Hold Your Clapbacks 23 April 2024
  C.S. Lewis recommended discernment over diatribes in exactly the moments we’re most eager to indulge in critique. I’d just finished reading one of C. S. Lewis’s lesser-known books, Studies in Words, when I happened upon a recent New York Times report on evangelical support for Donald Trump. The former president’s summer of legal woes is […]