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Today’s Briefing
There are a lot of budget shifts in Congress’s “big, beautiful bill.” From college costs to food-bank demand, here are seven ways the administration’s federal spending stands to impact Christians.
Ahead of the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination, we look at how anger fuels today’s political culture in the US.
A century after the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, evangelicals have evolved beyond false choices and culture wars.
Christian fans see Superman’s appeal lies in his humanity and vulnerability rather than his power.
God is jealous but never envious.
How Buddhism went from a sermon to five people to a religion of billions.
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Behind the Story
From political correspondent Harvest Prude: For weeks now, the inboxes of the news team have been inundated with statements, reactions, predictions, and concerns about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) from various faith-based groups and ministries. That kind of reaction wasn’t exactly surprising—the OBBB is a mammoth document with broad implications for everyone. But it did leave us with a bit of a quandary: How do we cover the news in a way that wouldn’t exhaust all our time? How do we track the different issues, all grouped together in one bill?
The news team decided that taking a bite-sized approach might be the best way to kick off coverage. We hope that putting it in bullet-point format would make it more digestible for readers—and mark areas that reporters and readers might be interested in learning more about in the future.
This is likely not the last you’ll hear of the bill. It’s certainly not going to be the last our inboxes hear about it either. Sometimes you just have to make a start.
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In Other News
- Last month’s church attack in Damascus has raised fears of a mass Christian exodus from Syria.
- Dr. Phil sues Trinity Broadcasting Network over their failed partnership.
- Greek inscriptions, shelves for stone jars, and a cave system may indicate a different site for the biblical Cana, where Jesus performed his first miracle.
This holiday season, we invite you to share comfort, quiet, or excitement with each person on your gift list. From beautifully illustrated Bibles and devotionals to novels and picture books,…
Today in Christian History
July 10, 1086: Canute IV, the king of Denmark, is killed by his subjects. Though Denmark was already nominally Christian when he became king, he went to great lengths to revitalize the faith. He built and restored churches and monasteries and created laws protecting the clergy.
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in the magazine

As developments in artificial intelligence change daily, we’re increasingly asking what makes humanity different from the machines we use. In this issue, Emily Belz introduces us to tech workers on the frontlines of AI development, Harvest Prude explains how algorithms affect Christian courtship, and Miroslav Volf writes on the transhumanist question. Several writers call our attention to the gifts of being human: Haejin and Makoto Fujimura point us to beauty and justice, Kelly Kapic reminds us God’s highest purpose isn’t efficiency, and Jen Pollock Michel writes on the effects of Alzheimer’s . We bring together futurists, theologians, artists, practitioners, and professors to consider how technology shapes us even as we use it.
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