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Confess and Forsake
Our first parents lost their game of hide-and-go-seek with the Lord after they sinned. They ate, hid from God, and covered themselves with fig leaves. It took one stroll through the garden for the Lord to discover, question, clothe, and expel them. They didn’t get away with it. I...
God Meant It for Good
What if betrayal becomes rescue? John Piper opens Genesis 37 to show how God turned Joseph’s suffering into salvation.Watch Now
Christians and World Leaders Gather in Kyiv to Pray
Oksana Kravchuk emerged from her sleeping compartment on the train from Przemysl, Poland, to Kyiv, Ukraine, on August 22 and gazed out the window at the green pastures of her native homeland. She hadn’t slept much during the 10-hour overnight train ride, even though she was tired...
Settler Violence Threatens West Bank's Last Christian Village
In early August, Joseph Hazboun visited a newly built home among the fields near Taybeh, considered the last Christian village in the West Bank. Its owner, a Palestinian Christian, claimed he could not access his property safely due to intimidation by Israeli settlers. As Hazboun...
Don't Waste Your Waiting
No one likes to wait. The gaps of life remind us that we’re not in control of our lives. Waiting is uncomfortable and hard, so it’s tempting to resist it. However, the Bible both commends and commands waiting. To wait on the Lord is a hallmark of faithful discipleship. It’s an op...
Security roadblocks keep Christian medical team outside Gaza
Gaza Strip (MNN) — Israeli strikes continue in Gaza despite claims of diplomatic progress. Diplomats say parties are progressing toward implementing the U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan, but major disagreements over Hamas disarmament and an Israeli withdrawal remain unresolved. Nikola...
A3 mobilizing to help Nepal flood survivors after deadly glacier collapse
Nepal (MNN) — There was little time to escape. On Wednesday morning, August 26, a chunk of glacier broke off a Himalayan mountainside in Tibet. The mass of ice and rock created a dam in the Lhende river below, which soon burst. This sent deadly flash floods hurtling deeper into T...
Why AI Parenting Advice Falls Short
Bedtime can be hard with toddlers. Recently, this struggle led my husband and me down an AI rabbit hole. It was late, we were exhausted, and we thought, Why not? Let’s see what AI has to say about this. After typing the details into a chatbot, we were rewarded with affirmation of...
The Dolly Parton Songs That Revealed Her Faith, Doubt, and Hope
“One day as I prayed in earnest, I broke through some sort of spirit wall and found God,” Dolly Parton wrote in her 1994 autobiography. “Not as a chastising, bombastic bully but as a friend I could talk to on a one-to-one basis. He is our father, after all.” The multi-award-winni...
How a Crushed Faith Comes Home
Deep suffering can drive us away from true hope and comfort. But our Father waits to gather us back to himself.Listen Now
Feeling Good Is Not the Point of Worship
I’m starting to feel worse about feeling better after worship. Okay, mostly that’s a joke—and yet the more I eavesdrop on livestreamed worship services, the more sermon clips I watch on social media, the more contemporary Christian music I hear on Spotify, the more it seems to me...
Worship Leaders Feel the Strain of Performance Pressures
Seth Short has led worship for years. For the past seven months, the South Dakota native has been an associate pastor at The Point Church, a Wesleyan congregation in New Brunswick, Canada. His duties include directing the music ministry and leading worship, overseeing tech and pr...
Women Have a Place and Purpose in God’s Story
“I don’t go to women’s Bible studies,” she told me. I must have looked surprised by her confession, but she shrugged. “They usually just talk about how to be a wife or mom, but I’m a single woman. Besides, what we really all need is the gospel, not pink Christianity.” I’d never h...
Following American missionary's release, a look at Niger's extremism problem
Niger (MNN) – American missionary Kevin Rideout is finally home after 9 months in captivity. The Serving In Mission pilot was reunited with his family, and on Friday, he met President Donald Trump at the White House. In a statement, President Trump said Rideout had been taken by ...
Israel-Hezbollah standoff raises fears of renewed fighting and potential seismic danger
Lebanon (MNN) — A range of hills in southern Lebanon has become more than a power struggle between Israel and Hezbollah. It has turned into an earthquake risk factor. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a renewed ceasefire in June. However, both sides have accused the other of violati...
An Overlooked Argument for Christianity
Jesus is a compelling historical figure. This is the case because of his own life and influence, but it also comes into view in the context of the larger biblical story. The Bible does not start with Jesus. He comes toward the end—like a long-awaited hero after much darkness and ...
Grace Reigns Through Christ
How does grace answer Adam’s curse? John Piper shows from Romans 5:12–21 how Christ’s obedience gives life.Watch Now
The False Dichotomy Between Protest and Prayer
The writer of Proverbs tells us “faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful” (27:6, KJV). What a friend evangelicals have in Charlie Dates. Dates, the senior pastor of Salem and Progressive Baptist Churches in Chicago, is among the most gifted p...
Listening to Readers, Episode 4
Earlier this summer, CT started running an occasional feature on reader responses. Here’s a new installment. Body Surveillance Shames What God Calls Good I am reminded of 1 Samuel 16:7, where Samuel is told that people judge by outward appearance but God looks at the heart. Nothi...
The Christians Who Want to Give Former Prisoners the Vote
When Sammy Perez was released from federal prison, his worldly goods amounted to “a $25 check and a bus ticket, and pretty much a ‘good luck.’” He was a changed man from the 19-year-old whose grand larceny conviction had landed him a sentence of 11.5 years. His cellmate, Clarence...
When Reading Declines, Discipleship Suffers
The results of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress report card were sobering. This is an assessment performed every two years on a representative sample of U.S. students. Students’ reading levels have decreased significantly compared to the last two assessment ye...
Church attack highlights Haiti’s growing instability
Haiti (MNN) — Violence targeting a church in gang territory highlights religious freedom concerns in Haiti. Floyd Brobbel with Voice of the Martyrs Canada says, “Over 40 people have been killed. A number have been injured, and some even have been abducted.” The attack occurred in...
Christian, Your Suffering Isn’t Pointless
I don’t know how Job felt when he sat in his pile of ashes with his children dead and his wealth stolen and his body decaying, but I have sat on the edge of my bed in tears, crying out to God over my suffering. And like Job, I have wondered why. Why was I given this burden to bea...
What Your Generosity Made Possible
When Christianity Today launched The One Kingdom Campaign, the Church was navigating deep division, cultural upheaval, political polarization, and spiritual uncertainty. We believed there was an opportunity to help the Church rediscover the beauty of Christ and his kingdom. Becau...