Politics+Current Affairs

When It Comes to the Next President, We Need More Than Strength
From Trump to Clinton, would-be leaders promise authority without vulnerability.
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In Defense of Clutter
What to do about privilege, poverty, and piles of stuff.
Should States Honor the Bible as a Historic But Not Sacred Book?
Tennessee lawmakers fail to override governor's veto of Scripture as official state symbol.
The CallingEpisode 1|53min
Russell Moore's Model Is a Decaffeinated Jesus
A conversation with the president of the ERLC about life, ministry, and the challenge that comes from inside the church.
Raising Ramona in 21st-Century Portland
What Beverly Cleary taught me about childhood worries.
Turkey Releases US Street Evangelist Facing Deportation
Missionary David Byle works with successful Bible correspondence course in Muslim-majority nation.
Go West, Young Woman: The Rise of the Solo Female Traveler
I learned for myself why some of the best adventures are taken alone.
Accused MK Counterfeiter Asks To Be Released to YWAM
Son of Uganda missionaries allegedly smuggled $400,000 into US inside child sponsorship pamphlets.
Quick To ListenEpisode 5|28min
What One Religious Liberty Scholar Thinks Conservative Christians Have in Common with LGBT Activists
Thomas Berg on what both sides must to do move the polarized situation forward.
Christians Say Predatory Payday Loans Are Sinful
Here's how many US believers use such loans, and what they think the maximum interest should be.
Six Tips for Women Afraid to Talk Politics
Or anyone looking to prepare for tough conversations.
The Bible Joins Fifty Shades Among Top 10 Most Challenged Books
Move over, 'Fun Home.' More people asked American schools and libraries to remove Scripture last year.
Sweden Can't Deport Christian Convert Back to Iran (Yet)
Canada also stalled over Iranian Christian 'war criminal', while Czech Republic will deport 25 Iraqi Christians.
James Dobson: Why Children Are a National Blessing
Under-population is the deeper global problem.
Why International Adoptions by Americans Have Hit a 35-Year Low
Most of the decline comes from three countries.
Reading Esther in the Shadow of ISIS
A Jewish philosopher’s perspective on how God delivers his people from radical evil.
Quick To ListenEpisode 4|25min
'God’s Not Dead' Scratches an Evangelical Itch
Alissa Wilkinson on why the film’s persecution narrative resonates with so many American Christians.
Stop Calling Ted Cruz a Dominionist
The Christian candidate's faith influences his platform, but not in the ways most critics assume.
Canada Thinks It Has a Better Way to Defend Religious Freedom
New government shuts down Office of Religious Freedom modeled after US version.
A Smart Fashion Mag Is Hard to Find
The quest for style writing that informs and inspires, not shames and sells.

Top Story April 29, 2024

Care for the Environment Is Biblical. It’s Also a Witness to Environmentalists.
Care for the Environment Is Biblical. It’s Also a Witness to Environmentalists.
Do activists often invest their work with religious significance? All the more reason for Christians to be discerning co-laborers.

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