Ideas

Agentic AI Isn’t Laborsaving If You Don’t Know How to Sabbath

A. Trevor Sutton

New tech promises to do our work for us. But it can’t replace our need for rest in God.

The Syllabus

In College, AI Is a Friend and Foe

Students discuss how the technology can serve as a learning tool but can also lead to dishonesty and laziness.

Our Desires Need Discipline, Not the Ease of AI

Jay Stringer

In a world fleeing the body, Christianity teaches us how to form our desires.

Black Immigrants Are Diversifying the American Church

Jessica Janvier

African Americans have long ministered to Black people abroad. Those communities are now increasingly migrating to the US.

Artemis II Showed Us What Integrity Looks Like

Four astronauts remind us that our humanity is both a gift from God and a joy.

What Is Godly Resistance?

Exodus’s midwives can teach us a lot about how to fear God more than the king.

My Family Resisted Iran’s Regime. My Hope Is Not in Foreign Intervention.

Sara Afshari

Jesus spoke peace to his disciples as they hid. Iranian Christians modeled for me that same resistance with grace.

Partying in Joy and Sorrow

Christ has freed us to be a party people, even in grief and pain.

Thou Art the Man

President Donald Trump’s diatribe against the pope—paired with his posting of a blasphemous AI-generated image—shows contempt for the things of God.

Fertility Treatment Beyond the Quick Fix

Restorative reproductive medicine is a great idea and can honor traditional Christian teachings on marriage, children, and sex. Just don’t oversell it.

Threatening Profound Evil Trivializes That Evil

Justin R. Hawkins

President Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth speak often of Christianity—but they seem to have no interest in its vision for just warfare.

The Iranian Church Persists

David Yeghnazar

Amid war, some Christians are evangelizing, preparing food for neighbors, and displaying other acts of generosity.

To Write Well Is Human

Using AI to write is a disordered and deforming means of fulfilling a good desire. The church must offer something better.

The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone

Richard Mouw

From Jesus to angels to the apostles, Resurrection Day instructs us on earthly and heavenly authority.

SCOTUS Ruling on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Is a Win for Christians

This week’s Chiles v. Salazar ruling allows counselors freedom to serve their clients in the ways they see fit.

The Eternal Meaning of the Cup

John Anthony Dunne

Across the church, our Communion practices reveal a broken world and anticipate the one to come.

A Case for In-Person Voting

As a volunteer at a polling station, I saw what we lose when we choose convenience over communal participation.

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