“We need a witness for a hearing. Can you get us a homeless family: mother, father—father out of work in the past four months from an industrial plant?” That’s the question many politicians and journalists addressed to “homeless advocates” in the 1990s, as described by economist ...
Nigeria (MNN) — More than 50 Christian and Muslim leaders have signed a peace accord in Nigeria. Leaders met at a conference in Abuja organized by the Muslim World League, an Islamic NGO based in Saudi Arabia. Unknown Nations’ Greg Kelley says the pact sends a message: “People ha...
All of us are experiencing our lives through what we already know. That may seem like a simple statement, but once you start thinking about the complexity of your mind, it is hard not to feel overwhelmed by it. If you have raised children or been in a close relationship with a ch...
Cuba (MNN) — After more than six months of a fuel blockade imposed by the United States, people in Cuba faces shortages not only of electricity, food, water, and basic daily supplies, but also of hope. “Everyone is looking for ways to cope with so many power outages, but the vast...
My eldest daughter wanted to be a teacher. She admires her own instructors, and she thought she could build a meaningful career working in special education. But when she shared her hopes with teachers we know, their reactions were uniform: Don’t. “Don’t get me wrong, I love the ...
Earlier this year, I attended a gathering of 70 bishops from the Church of God in Christ, a predominately Black denomination. Each bishop oversees at least 30 churches, collectively found across all 50 states. We were in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a denominational meeting, and th...
Holy Land (MNN) — Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land have endured the fallout of three years of war, first in Gaza, then the conflict with Iran. (Photo courtesy Bethlehem Bible College) As uncertainty shook the region in 2023, staff and students at Bethlehem Bible College pr...
Kyle Hoffsmith came of age in what might be one of the world’s most effective youth groups—by the time he and his two brothers hit college, they all wanted to be pastors or missionaries, even though neither of their parents was in full-time vocational ministry. But none of them w...
Let's be honest: Most of us are exhausted. We’re exhausted from trying to hold everything together. We’re exhausted from pretending we're stronger than we are. We’re exhausted from believing that if we could simply become more disciplined, more productive, more faithful, or more ...
Bangladesh (MNN) — Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to return from exile this year, despite facing the death penalty if she comes back. Hasina made the announcement in a press conference from India, where she has been living since fleeing her home country. Her ...
Growing up as a Baptist in rural New York, I thought catechisms were for Roman Catholics. I know I’m not the only one, because I’ve had people assume the same thing as we’ve introduced catechesis to our congregation in Michigan. Surprisingly, the rise of Sunday school contributed...
Lebanon (MNN) — If you were praying for Nihad Hassan, a Syrian Kurdish pastor arrested in late July, there’s good news. “Pastor Nihad is safely back in Lebanon,” Pierre Houssney of Horizons International says. “Our team had a big celebration in the Kurdish Church to welcome him b...
Haiti (MNN) – From gang violence to a long-awaited election, Haitians are hoping for a turn in the story. Haiti’s first presidential and legislative elections in a decade were originally scheduled for August 30. But Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime recently said the country’s...
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Hannah Marie needed a place to live. Soon she’d be able to share a home with her new husband in Pennsylvania, where she was moving for a job in campus ministry. But for the nine months before the wedding, she needed a roof over her head. She looked for a studio apartment, but the...
One number I haven’t dealt with in this series on homelessness in America: How many homeless people does the United States hold today? It depends on how we consider “doubling up” and the mercy of an extra bedroom. The official total, according to the Department of Housing and Urb...
Dave Mulder catches himself apologizing to his dishwasher. Sometimes he closes the door a little too hard and out sneaks a little “sorry.” He doesn’t like that he does this. Machines are machines, and they don’t need his human sympathies. Mulder, 50, is the chair of the education...
Why did the church need the New Testament? John Piper shows from Hebrews 1:1–2 how Christ’s authority gave rise to apostolic Scripture.Watch Now
Sudan (MNN) — Sudan’s civil war may seem straightforward: the army and rebel militia are fighting for a fourth consecutive year to see who will control the country. However, John*, a Gospel worker focused on Sudan, says the reality is far more complex. Ethnic violence fuels confl...
Nigeria (MNN) – In Nigeria, 308 people held captive for months are finally free. They were kidnapped by Fulani herdsmen and other armed bandits in separate attacks across northern Nigeria and held in a forest. President Bola Tinubu called it the largest single-day rescue operatio...
A few years ago, a podcast host asked me to make the case for college. The host, an entrepreneurial 20-something, valued the life of the mind, but he had opted out. He cited concerns about the cost of a four-year degree, doubts about the diminishing quality of the product, and re...
India (MNN) – The violence in the Manipur region of India continues to simmer, even amid new government involvement. Unfortunately, because the conflict is local, ongoing, and complicated, Manipur can be overlooked internationally. However, the fallout is anything but small. John...
What does it mean when a machine says, “I understand how you feel”? That question is no longer theoretical. We live in a world of AI companions, emotional chatbots, and wearable devices that promise to track our stress, improve our sleep, and help us manage our inner lives. Some ...
Lebanon (MNN) — At least 100,000 children risk missing the next school year in Lebanon because of war and displacement, per the United Nations. Among those at risk are Syrian refugees, says Camille Melki of ministry Heart for Lebanon. “Their parents have fled the conflict there s...
Central Asia (MNN)—Christians in Central Asia face conflict on multiple fronts, according to Eric Mock of the Slavic Gospel Association. On top of being caught in the fallout from the conflict between Iran and the U.S., these believers face persecution and a cultural clash within...
Lebanon (MNN) — Israel and Lebanon held a seventh round of talks in Rome this week amid continuing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm. The ongoing discussions, held at the U.S. Embassy, aim to implement a “framework” signed by Beirut, Jerusalem,...
One reason some Americans are edgy about homelessness: Maybe it could happen to me? Many have a foreboding sense of living on the edge and risking ending up on the streets. A January 2026 US News and World Report survey showed that about a third of us don’t have enough savings to...
Yesterday morning, I cradled my two-week-old son and read again the words of Pharaoh in Exodus 1:22: “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile.” There was a time when fathers like me cradled their sons close to their chest, their arms a barricade against...
Israel (MNN) — Late last week, Hamas agreed to a deal that could bring the Gaza Strip closer to civilian governance. The deal mediated by Egypt, Turkiye, the US, and Qatar calls for Hamas to hand over its weapons in stages and for Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza. It’s the...
Every generation of Christians replays the age-old debate: What does it mean to be in the world but not of it? The radicals insist you must sell all you have and give the money to the poor (Matt. 19:21). You must go into full-time vocational ministry or be a missionary to an unre...
Holy Land (MNN) — Tensions flare in the Holy Land as Hamas moves toward disarmament and clashes escalate in the West Bank. Late last week, Hamas agreed – at least in principle – to the next step in a process that could end its military control of Gaza. The fragile agreement cente...
Every August, the same question nags me: Am I making the right choice for my kids’ education? In ten years of motherhood, I’ve read numerous books about child development, family discipleship, and education. (Ever an eager beaver, I began this reading during my first pregnancy.) ...
A few years ago, my dad did some clever detective work and found out something shocking about Charles Spurgeon’s dad: He went to prison. It turns out Charles’s father, John Spurgeon, a shopkeeper, was imprisoned at Chelmsford Gaol on January 30, 1837, for failing to pay his credi...
Have babies and don’t kill them. That’s a decent summary of the direct commands we have from God before the law is handed down in Exodus. The first and most repeated is the most familiar: Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it. (Genesis 1:28) Adam and Eve’s pri...
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