Politics+Current Affairs

Be Fruitful and Multiply: Muslim Births Will Outnumber Christian Births by 2035
Pew predicts baby booms will determine future of global faiths much more than conversions.
Counting the Cost: DR Congo Demonstrates Difficulty of Measuring Martyrdom
(UPDATED) How to classify Christian deaths in DRC is crux of persecution debate.
Prison Fellowship Fights the 48,000 Forces Keeping Former Inmates from a Second Chance
Broad coalition launches awareness month to dismantle ‘second prison’ beyond bars.
How 1,000 Pastors Pursue Racial Reconciliation
Personal relationships and prayer preferred over preaching and protests.
An Inside Look at China’s Remarkable Religious Resurgence
Journalist Ian Johnson sees faith on the rise where it was once ruthlessly suppressed.
The Three Myths of Cohabitation
Sociologist Bradford Wilcox reports the surprising results of his new international study on cohabitation and its impact on kids.
After 40 Girls Die in Orphanage Fire, Guatemala Asks Evangelicals for Advice
Tragedy becomes impetus for reforms sought by Christian experts.
This Unpaid Pensions Case Could Crush Christian Hospitals
Supreme Court will decide if religious organizations qualify for IRS church exemption.
How to Escape America’s Anger Problem
In this rancorous post-election season, some women are turning to tried-and-true solutions.
Princeton Seminary Reforms Its Views on Honoring Tim Keller
School rescinds a major theology prize amid complaints over women’s ordination.
Why We Need ‘Useless’ People
Babies with Down syndrome are aborted all over the world for being 'a burden to society.' Here's how we can advocate for them.
John Perkins: I Wish I Had Done More to Help Poor White People
An excerpt from ‘Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win.’
ERLC Defends Russell Moore, Who Apologizes for His Role in Trump Divide
SBC agency says Moore’s job requires ‘speaking prophetically both to our culture and to our Convention.’
Russia’s Plan to Ban Jehovah’s Witnesses Puts Evangelicals in a Tight Spot
Group gives Protestants competition for souls, but also an ally on religious freedom.
Missionaries Dreamed Of This Muslim Moment. Trump’s Travel Ban May End It.
Why American evangelicals see Islam so differently.
Does the United States Belong on Persecution Lists?
Experts weigh in.
They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Drinks
In the Muslim world, Christians have a complicated relationship with alcohol.
Peter’s Message to Politically Panicked Christians: Talk About Something Else
An excerpt from ‘This Is Our Time.’
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Check Your Privilege Obsession
Instead of fighting injustice, we end up fighting each other.
The Strange Encouragement of the Church’s Appalling History
The lives of our greatest heroes often undermined the gospel they so eloquently preached.

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One of Oldest Books in Existence Will Be Sold, Worrying Scholars
One of Oldest Books in Existence Will Be Sold, Worrying Scholars
An ancient codex, containing perhaps the earliest complete versions of Jonah and 1 Peter, goes up for auction in June. Will it disappear?

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