A lifestyle of violence and addiction nearly destroyed me, but it brought me to the foot of the cross. I grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, in a home filled with chaos. Home was an ever-changing...

Leader explains why members of the World Evangelical Alliance visited leaders of China's government-sanctioned Three-Self churches. Anyone wanting to bring together the more than 100 million...

Extreme political rhetoric stokes fear and encourages apathy. Christians can offer a productive counterpart. This is the most important election of our lifetime." I've heard this said every...

The public square is increasingly hostile to religion. But don't be surprised when Olympic athletes overflow with thanks to God. The opening ceremonies of the Olympics are extravagant celebrations...

Young, evangelical, and African American churchgoers ask the most. When churchgoers show up to their church's worship service, they're often hoping to have a guest with them. A Lifeway Research...

The candidate's "unburdened by what has been" and "coconut tree" lines push her party toward a troubling partisan divide over the past itself. President Joe Biden is out of the 2024 race, and Vice...

Meet Olympians who love God from around the world. Many Olympics lovers learn that their favorite athletes love Jesus through social media posts or postgame interviews following their success on...

As smartphones steal potential readers in Indonesia, booksellers are looking to new ideas. Only 1 out of every 1,000 Indonesians is an avid reader, according to UNESCO's 2012 reading interest index...

The Book of Psalms reminds us that worship demands our unequivocal devotion and allegiance. The Psalms capture the full range of human experience. Personal and collective, sorrowful and rejoicing...

In an absence of resources, leaders struggle to train pastors. When Samuel Ndima was a student at a Bible college in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, he struggled to complete assignments in his...

It's not migrants. Christian shelters are seeing more single moms who can't shoulder the cost of living. It was 2:45 p.m., and people were lined up around the block in Tribeca, Manhattan, for the 3...

The announcement came a day after he faced online backlash for commending President Joe Biden's decision to drop out. The president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty...

On the eve of heading to the Paris Olympics, wrestler Kyle Snyder talks about how faith helped him loosen up and love his teammates. Kyle Snyder, the youngest US wrestler to ever win Olympic gold...

In a country known for loving Western praise music—Hillsong's second-biggest market—a grassroots movement is singing new tunes. Arnel Cadeliña, a pastor and worship leader in...

International undergraduates were part of many schools' plans for sustainability. A new government rule changes that. It seemed like a door had opened. Providence University College and Theological...

The 134-year-old landmark, now a nearby secondary meeting space for the church, went up in flames in downtown Dallas. The historic sanctuary at First Baptist Church Dallas burned Friday evening...

Communities surrounding Trump's rally site feel the shock of the tragic shooting. Corey Comperatore loved reading Romans. His pastor at Cabot Methodist Church, Jonathan Fehl, recalled how much...

I want to write to build up the body of Christ, but platform building takes time away from my local congregation. I recently spoke with a pastor in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His congregation is...

After 60 years of division, leaders hope that coming together will strengthen the church's witness. On March 25 of this year, a group of Pakistani Presbyterian church leaders gathered in one of...

And that's a good thing—because how we think about victory is not only delusional but damaging. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore's newsletter. Subscribe here. With Election Day 2024...

Poll: Black Protestants are among the only groups who remain confident in the president's mental capacities. With mounting scrutiny over President Joe Biden's fitness for the 2024 election, most...

Jesus used his final moments with his disciples before the crucifixion to heal his opponent's ear—and model the way of love. In the Gospel narratives, a gaggle of soldiers came to arrest...

VP candidate J.D. Vance's best-selling memoir told a compelling story about my home region in Appalachia. But it was not the whole story. On Monday, Donald Trump announced his pick for vice...

In these fractured times, we want to focus on Jesus' call to chase after his will. Consider this a reintroduction. In our March issue, I explained that 2024 would be a transformative year for...

The Catholic convert brings a fighter persona and outsider's view to politics. Donald Trump's first running mate, Mike Pence, appealed to conservative evangelical voters by offering what Trump...

An excerpt on faith and sight from Becoming by Beholding: The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation. I grew up fearing the power of the eyes. I was supposed to avert my eyes from certain...

Christian organizations are struggling to reach prisoners in a country where 1 in 56 people is in jail. In just over two years, El Salvador's government has sent 80,000 people to prison. With over...

In an age of social media celebrity and showy spirituality, we are invited into a holy unawareness. If a good deed done is not posted on social media, did it really happen? If an act of generosity...

Political violence looms large in our national history, to our shame. It does not have to define our future. Foreign policy theorists have a term for when two countries unwillingly drift toward war...

Political violence offers a false sense of meaning. The church must model a different kind of glory. In the hours of confusion and chaos since the assassination attempt at a Donald Trump rally in...

Evangelicals respond to the fatal shooting at the former president's campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Evangelical leaders and politicians offered prayers for former president Donald Trump and...

Our anxiety over church factions should lead us to dependence on Christ. When I was in seminary 12 years ago, most of my classmates and I were discerning which denomination to join. Since many of...

What the presidential debate and its aftermath should tell us about our culture of geriatric childishness. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore's newsletter. Subscribe here. A friend of mine...

The politician's public commitment to abstinence has made him an outlier in a sex-obsessed culture. But is the church any friendlier to older single men? Tim Scott entered politics decades ago as a...

Lawyer and author P. I. Jose discusses the growing influence of Hindutva ideology and its threat to India's constitutional order. During the last decade in India, a Hindu nationalist government has...

As it brings in churches from mainline and conservative Presbyterian denominations, the EPC feels the tension in compromise. A Presbyterian denomination that prides itself on unity in nonessentials...

Even when they strain credulity, they can challenge our assumptions about popular piety and the limits of the possible. On May 17, the Roman Catholic commission responsible for correcting errors in...

In a case that alluded to the investor's faith, a federal jury convicted Bill Hwang of market manipulation and defrauding banks. Supporters of Christian investor and philanthropist Bill Hwang...

Rick Dempsey explains how his decades of Disney localization expertise is being applied to The Chosen. In 2014, Disney released a video of Elsa singing her hit "Let It Go" in 25 languages. If you...

As digital enticements proliferate, Michelangelo and the apostle Paul teach us to seek humbler, faithful art forms. Why pray alone or with your family if you can pray with big-biceped celebrities...

Evangelicals oppose Donald Trump's shift to leave abortion policy up to the states. The new Republican National Convention platform endorsed by Donald Trump is missing the strong pro-life stance...

Heart surgeon Masoud Pezeshkian takes the helm of the Islamic Republic, having campaigned for ethnic and religious minorities while pledging to reach out to the West. The surprise election in Iran...

Lewi Pethrus founded the Christian Democrats, started a still-in-print newspaper, and preached his countercultural values to whomever would listen, explains historian Joel Halldorf. Joel Halldorf...

The administration's new stance against childhood surgeries is only a start. Jesus has grave warnings for those who cause little ones to stumble. The Biden administration's newly announced...

How the early church's example of public witness helps us avoid the extremes of triumphalism and retreat. Early on in my reading and study of early Christianity, I was struck by an assertion from...

Though evangelicals make up only 1 percent of the population, they want their presence to be meaningful. Like the rest of the country, French evangelicals went to the polls on Sunday for the second...

Survey finds that evangelical voters are motivated by care for those in need. The United Kingdom elected a new prime minister in a landslide win for the Labour Party, a significant shift of...

Acoustic sets, recorded tracks, and alternative setups can offer volunteers a break and invite congregants into new spiritual practices. When you imagine the summer attendance slump at church, you...

He "made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant." I dread admitting I don't have a fancy new job. This past spring, I finally finished my master's program—adviser emailed...

A new book argues that early Protestant thinking helped fuel an anti-supernatural worldview. But that worldview retains more Protestantism than it cares to admit. Where did our modern secular age...