Illustration by Simon Pemberton
Men Who Didn’t Get the Message
Amid pressure to worship Darwinism, these are three stories of resilient refusal.
Not Everything Is Christian Nationalism
Automatically hurling this accusation at believers who raise questions about Islam or other issues is intellectually lazy.
Agentic AI Isn’t Laborsaving If You Don’t Know How to Sabbath
New tech promises to do our work for us. But it can’t replace our need for rest in God.
Desperately Seeking Alternatives to Arrogance
The Trump administration’s critique of elite universities is worthwhile, but government control is problematic. Good news: Christian study centers are multiplying at major universities.
The Algorithm Is Changing How We Speak—and Strive
“Algospeak” capitalizes on our desire for attention and status. We should turn to God for both.
Writers
Black Hope Faces a Crisis
An influential academic theory says anti-Black racism won’t change. As it trickles into popular culture, the church should be ready to respond.
Quashing Political Violence Requires We Tame Our Tongues
The manifesto of the WHCD shooting suspect was biblically superficial and wrong. It was also unsettlingly familiar.
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
In a world fleeing the body, Christianity teaches us how to form our desires.
Black Immigrants Are Diversifying the American Church
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.
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
President Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth speak often of Christianity—but they seem to have no interest in its vision for just warfare.