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Israel and Lebanon test peace framework through pilot zones
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,...
Texas Children’s Hospital to open detransition clinic this fall
There but for Friends and Family Go I
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...
The Ambition That Destroys Children
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...
“You first” Israel and Hamas tell each other in peace plan impasse
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...
The Christians You Need Might Be the Christians Next Door
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...
New challenges face India’s Gen Z Cockroach Janta Party
India (MNN) — Protests led by the self-named Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have brought Hindus, Muslims, and Christians together over the past several months. Led by young adults, the CJP has demanded government accountability after yet another national exam leak scandal devastated...
Palestinian Christians pursue peace as Holy Land tensions rise
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...
World Missionary Press helps bring Scripture to Ghana’s Birifor
Ghana (MNN) — Believers in northwestern Ghana are sharing Christ with the Birifor, an agricultural people group with limited access to the Gospel in their heart language. Church planting is hard work without resources. One ministry recently turned to World Missionary Press for he...
Your Kids Don’t Need the ‘Perfect School.’ They Need a Savior.
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.) ...
Pastor detained in Syria under false charges
Syria (MNN) — Nihad Hassan, a Syrian Kurdish pastor based in Lebanon, knew the dangers of traveling back into Syria. But he has been following God’s call on his life for nearly 20 years, and that call is greater than any fear. However, the risk of danger has become a reality. Las...
What the Spurgeon Family Scandal Teaches Us About Failure
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
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...
Feds probe cyberattacks that hit Minnesota water systems
For the Joy of Japan
It’s a typical Monday morning in Nagoya, Japan. I’m getting ready to leave for work while my daughter begins her English lesson with my wife. Then I hear her read an example sentence that stirs painful memories: “The speeding truck caused a terrible crash.” As my daughter starts ...
The Cultural Myths That Fail Us
Chris Watkin and Michael Keller talk about how cultural narratives shape our understanding of identity, freedom, power, and beauty, and how the Christian story offers a compelling alternative that completes and transforms these stories. In This Episode 00:01 – Cultural narratives...
Church-centric Bible translation puts the power in the hands of local believers
International (MNN) — The church is multiplying around the world, but Bible access remains a huge bottleneck. One in five people are still waiting for a Bible in their own language, according to Wycliffe Translators. Dane with ministry unfoldingWord says, “The traditional Bible t...
Death toll passes 1,500 in DR Congo Ebola outbreak
DR Congo (MNN) – A rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 1,500 lives, with the disease spreading faster than response efforts can keep up. Over 3,400 cases have been recorded so far. The current strain has no approved v...
Changes inspire new dreams for girls in Ecuador
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Reading club helps Alberta thrive in Ghana
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What Complementarianism Is (and Isn’t)
In opening her 1923 novel, Whose Body?, which introduced the world to the crime-solving and monocle-wearing Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers tells of a respectable family who finds a body in their bathtub one morning. It has appeared there overnight by means unknown and for r...
World Day Against Trafficking: why literacy is a powerful weapon
India (MNN) – A fake job offer. A desperate family. A decision made out of survival — and suddenly, a life is stolen. Today is World Day Against Trafficking. In India, poverty and lack of education create openings for traffickers to exploit millions of people. Mission India is hi...
Police arrest teen, find ghost gun in Space Needle shooting
Is Homelessness a Game of Musical Chairs?
The columns I wrote earlier this month about adverse childhood experiences, alcoholism, and addiction as drivers of homelessness are all beside the point, some advocates say. The New York Times in 2022 called homelessness a simple game of “musical chairs: Imagine there are 10 peo...
Summer ministries give structure and hope to at-risk kids in Lebanon
Lebanon (MNN) — Jesus said to let the little children come to Him, and that is exactly what Heart for Lebanon does with their summer programs for at-risk Lebanese children. Camille Melki explains, “ Heart for Lebanon tries every summer to bring a message of hope to vulnerable you...
Equipping leaders in the MENA for disciple-making in a digital world
Middle East/North Africa (MNN) — When Jesus called His disciples to be fishers of men, He was leading them to seek people, build relationships, and point others to Him. Today, that mission happens in more places than just face-to-face. It also happens online, creating opportuniti...
Sudanese army advances as El Obeid faces deepening crisis
Sudan (MNN) — The Sudanese army advances in North Kordofan state, easing fears of an imminent genocide in El Obeid, the rebel-held capital city. Months of fighting for control of El Obeid are weakening the city’s infrastructure, putting hundreds of thousands at risk. A strategic ...
President of Bangladesh resigns amid political upheaval, creating fear and opportunity for Christians
Bangladesh (MNN) — Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin resigned from office on Friday, marking another political upheaval for the country. He cited health concerns, but onlookers see broader political motivations at work. Greg Kelley with Unknown Nations says, “It was more ...
McConnell doctors say childhood polio affecting recovery
India’s Cockroach movement cheers exit of education minister
What Christians can learn from the church in China
China (MNN)—As Christian ministries and believers in China continue to see stricter laws and regulations limiting their freedoms, the church has remained resilient. “(President) Xi Jinping is playing this narrative of making China great again or making it more Chinese, less depen...
Afghan believers face new barrier to receiving Gospel resources
Afghanistan (MNN) — A recent smartphone ban in Afghanistan could put one ministry at risk. Taliban officials began cracking down on smartphone use by government employees in mid-June. Now, FMI’s Nehemiah is concerned about how the restrictions will affect an upcoming Storyteller ...
Pro-life group pushes EPA to regulate mifepristone in water
The Hidden Roots of Homeschooling
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Dixie Dillon Lane, Skipping School: A History of Homeschooling and How it Went Mainstream (Eerdmans, 2026) Currently, more than 5 percent of kids in the United States are homeschooled, including some of historian ...
Gospel Hope When Life Doesn’t Make Sense (TGC Classic)
Sometimes life just hurts. Out of nowhere, death, illness, unemployment, or a difficult relationship can change our lives and challenge everything we thought we knew. But amid all this pain and confusion, we aren't alone. In this TGC Classic recorded in 2019, Paul Tripp weaves to...
Fulani militias are the biggest killers of Christians in Nigeria. What happens when they meet Christ?
Nigeria (MNN) — Fulani militias are far and away the biggest Christian killers in Nigeria, says a study from the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa. Greg Kelley with Unknown Nations says, “The Fulani [militias] would want to eradicate Christianity.” The study shows that ...
“Indonesia is not defined only by persecution”: The Church's creative growth amid challenges
Indonesia (MNN) — Indonesia is often associated with stories of persecution, but that is not the whole picture. “Indonesia is not defined only by persecution.” This is the message one of FMI's partners in the region wants people to hear, says Patrick Anthony. He explains that alo...
What to Do with a Thousand Unemployed Mosquitos
A goat grazed outside a small building in a remote part of southern Zambia. Behind the building’s door waited a lab full of mosquitos, and he would be their dinner. Inside the warm, humid lab, called an insectary, mosquito larvae squirmed in trays of water. Hundreds of grown mosq...
Iranian Christians face greater pressure following ceasefire collapse
Iran (MNN) — Despite efforts to keep both parties at the table, the fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire effectively collapsed earlier this month. Renewed attacks in the Strait of Hormuz triggered fresh U.S. airstrikes and Iranian retaliation. Direct negotiations have since stalled, leavi...
An Austin Church Needs a New Building. It’s Going to Print It.
India's foreign funding rules leave vulnerable communities without vital support
Sudan: Strategic city under increasing pressure as NGOs fear the worst
France bans social media for children under 15
Top Pakistani court to hear case of Christian child bride
A nurse feels lucky when his clinic gets clean water
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Did Paul Endorse Stoicism?
“There is nothing new under the sun.” So begins the speaker of Ecclesiastes, and his refrain is certainly true in the history of philosophy, ancient or modern. Stoicism, a philosophical school focused on maximizing self-control as the way to achieve inner peace, is on the rise on...
Taliban doubles down on Sharia law, but oppression is opening hearts to Jesus
Afghanistan (MNN) — The Taliban says it will not back down from enforcing Sharia law despite international outcry. Vice and Virtue Minister Khalid Hanafi defended the arrest of women accused of not dressing appropriately, claiming that human rights in Afghanistan are protected un...
Court Orders Pastor Saeed Abedini to Return 5-Year-Old to Mother
A US federal judge ruled that Saeed Abedini, a pastor who was formerly imprisoned in Iran, must return his 5-year-old daughter to her mother, an Iranian refugee living in Turkey, ending their international custody battle. The child’s mother, Niloofar Aragh, filed a complaint in f...
Bicycle project to help Haitian children get to school
Haiti (MNN) — For many children in Haiti, getting an education begins with an exhausting walk. “Some [Haitian] children walk miles, five miles, 10 miles to get to school,” says Roseline DeHart with For Haiti with Love. The long journey can make it difficult for children to attend...
How to Wait for Cultural Reckoning
After decades of steady liberalization, society appears to be having second thoughts about some aspects of America’s (im)moral revolution. For instance, between 1996 and 2022, the percentage of U.S. adults in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage increased by 44 points, from 27 p...
Boundary Waters wilderness burning at U.S-Canada border
Boundary Waters wilderness burning at U.S-Canada border
Israel and Lebanon discuss pilot zone process, but no timeline set yet
Lebanon (MNN) — Representatives from Lebanon and Israel met this week at the United States Embassy in Rome. At the end of the two-day gathering, they had agreed on further details about a "pilot zone" process. The timeline for when this pilot zone process would start has not been...
Unemployment soaring in southern Lebanon
Lebanon (MNN) – For many families in southern Lebanon, the war didn't just destroy homes. It dismantled livelihoods. In response to Hezbollah’s cross-border attacks, Israeli troops have been dismantling terrorist enclaves and tunnels in southern Lebanon. More than one million Leb...
Vacation Is the Modern Pilgrimage
We walked down stories of stairs into the earth. Our whispers echoed off the walls. At last, there it was: a wooden dock crouching over an underground pool of dazzling blue water. We had arrived at our first cenote. Cenotes occur naturally in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, where my ...
‘You May Lose Half a Finger, But It’s an Experience’
“Alcohol use disorder,” to use the formal term, has always existed in America. It’s often hidden among the housed and visible among those on the streets—or half visible, as it was with Barry, a 50-year-old at the Watered Gardens homeless mission I visited on a reporting trip to M...
Buffalo, N.Y., megachurch pastor pleads guilty to child abuse
Buffalo, N.Y., megachurch pastor pleads guilty to child abuse
Is God Punishing Me?
Suffering. Nobody wants it. And rarely can we make sense of it. That’s why, when life hurts, we often look for someone or something to blame. Something is awry, and our pain needs somewhere to go. At times, there’s an easy target for our blame. Someone ran a red light, and their...
How AI Plays a Gospel Imitation Game (with Christopher Watkin)
You might think AI is the most exciting technological development of all time, and you’ve been vibe coding before the rest of us had ever heard the term. Or maybe you think AI is the most dangerous technological development of all time, and you’re desperately hoping someone will ...
Thinking About Missions? Read This Book.
Zeal for missions grew in my heart after reading John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life as a teenager. I even told my parents we should downsize our home and give the money to missions. Not surprisingly, we didn’t. But after finishing seminary and getting married, I finally made the ...
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