International (MNN) — People are becoming increasingly skeptical of what they see online, and that shift is opening new doors for the Gospel. Many are growing weary of misinformation, AI-generated videos that look real, and the uncertainty created by conflicts around the world. D...
Iran (MNN) — The June memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran appears to be over after the US reimposed oil sanctions and the two nations resumed an exchange of regional strikes this week. Tuesday’s reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil by the US were a respon...
One morning, not long after I graduated from seminary and was serving in a women’s ministry position at a church, I overheard one of the table leaders for Bible study quoting a woman who didn’t teach sound doctrine. I remember feeling distressed about what I should do. I ended up...
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. Description 1. RESUMEN DE LA SITUACIÓN: De acuerdo con la información proporcionada por la Dirección Meteorológica de Chile (DMC), se encuentran vigentes los siguientes alertamientos meteorológicos para la Región de Ñuble: Alertamiento Pronóstico Inicio Fin Aviso A302-4 Precipi...
Uzbek truck driver charged in connection with American college student’s death
Court orders Trump to pay $5M sex assault restitution
Community leaders in Plateau state, Nigeria, are appealing for international attention after the killing of a Christian church worker and community leader, John Telle Danjuma, and the separate killing of three people at a mining site in a nearby community. Danjuma was killed on J...
Graham Platner suspending U.S. Senate campaign after controversies
Ebola death toll in Congo, Uganda passes 500 as cases mount
Nadeem Masih, a visually impaired Christian accused of blasphemy, has been acquitted by a court in Lahore, Pakistan, after spending 10 distressing months in prison. Lahore Additional Sessions Judge Saad Salman Khan ordered Masih’s acquittal due to the prosecution’s failure to pro...
Iranian authorities are moving to confiscate the country’s oldest Protestant church and ordering Christians to leave their homes, signaling a new escalation in the Islamic Republic’s decades-long campaign against Christianity. St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran is set to be...
Kentucky governor calls on Sen. McConnell to provide health update
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. The Graham Platner story is one more example—among countless others—of a leader whose disqualifying character was obvious all along but became fatal to him only when one more revelation made it impossible to ...
Did the incarnation change history forever? John Piper shows from Hebrews 9:26–28 how Christ’s coming marked a new era in God’s story.Watch Now
I love spontaneity. I treasure unplanned, unexpected moments of joy with my family, with colleagues at work, with fellow pastors and members at our church, even with friends at the ballfield. Most of all, I cherish the sweet moments of surprising joy, with my Bible open, in commu...
The day I got engaged to Lex was the same day my favorite worship artist released an EP of love songs. I listened to them as I drove to our engagement spot, reflecting on the divine surprise that was our relationship. She entered my life and brought new joy along with her—a repre...
Venezuela (MNN) — Losses will likely exceed $10 billion following twin earthquakes in Venezuela. (Photo courtesy Keys for Kids Ministries) The June 24 earthquakes damaged more than 800 buildings, according to government statistics. Nearly 200 structures completely collapsed. Yet ...
Nigeria (MNN) – Across the world Prisoners for Christ operates International Bible Institutes (or IBIs) to help inmates complete a two-year Bible degree. The classes not only help disciple the men participating in the program, but also give them the tools to evangelize their comm...
Middle East/North Africa (MNN) — It's no secret that life on earth is full of conflict, in both public and private spheres. That's not because of the modern day we live in: it's been a fact for all but the first few days of human history. “Most probably, either you are now in a c...
Artificial intelligence may or may not be coming for our jobs, but it’s certainly coming for our anthropology. AI promises us the status of a monarch, with swarms of agents bowing before us and saying, “Your prompt is my command.” And we’re all too familiar with the allure of cha...
The European Union announced new economic assistance and expanded market access for Armenia, signaling deepening ties with the South Caucasus nation as it faces growing economic pressure from Russia. During a visit to Yerevan last week, European Commission President Ursula von de...
International Christian Concern (ICC) has released its 2026 Global Persecution Index (GPI), offering an in-depth analysis of the persecution Christians face in more than 20 countries, including personal testimonies from believers, titled Faces of the Persecuted. The comprehensive...
From his home in Nazareth, Saleem Shalash has often heard the loud booms of Israel’s air defense systems intercepting Hezbollah rockets over the Haifa region. Since resuming large-scale attacks in March, Hezbollah has repeatedly attacked Haifa—18 miles from Nazareth—with rockets,...
Why should Christians wait confidently to the end? Because not only has God equipped us with many gifts, but he will preserve us in his faithfulness.Watch Now...
Your life is like a series of rooms connected by the hall of Time. Behind you stretches a long line of past places, rooms you’ve lived and loved in, rooms you’ve suffered and rejoiced in, some you would give everything to reenter, others you would give everything not to reenter, ...
While staying in homeless shelters as a reporter, I heard dozens of stories of abuse, many of which I was able verify with court records and counselors. One person whose story particularly moved me was Michael, a felon and poet who lived downstairs from where I stayed in an old J...
“How do you know?” It may seem that a kindergartner, with a backpack that overwhelms her small frame and pigtails in perfectly even plaits on the first day of school, must be a million miles from this question. But don’t be surprised if she asks it before noon on the first day. T...
A growing number of public intellectuals are changing their minds about the church. Not all are ready to make a bold confession of faith, but many are willing to recognize Christianity’s role in shaping civilization. Ryan Avent’s In Good Faith: How the Nature of Belief Shapes the...
Malawi (MNN) — After four years of waiting, World Missionary Press (WMP) will now begin sending additional Bible study materials to Malawi. Helen Williams with WMP says they have supplied Bible materials and booklets in Malawi for several years in Chichewa, the national language ...
Venezuela (MNN) — Nearly two weeks after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela’s capital region, survivors have entered a second phase of crisis. More than 17,000 people are homeless — living on the streets, parks, or in temporary shelters. Annabel Torrealba with TWR says, “They need...
Lebanon (MNN) — Peace efforts in Lebanon are stalling amid volatility. Peace talks negotiated by the United States produced a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon’s government at the end of June. However, implementation of the deal remains problematic as Hezbollah refus...
Matt Harmon and Ben Gladd talk with Mary Hannah about Old Testament theology, biblical theology in the local church, Christ-centered interpretation, moral application, and how ordinary Christians can grow in seeing the beauty of Christ across Scripture....
Can sin undo God’s purposes? John Piper opens 1 Samuel 12:6–25 to show that God sovereignly guides sinful choices for his glory.Watch Now
How can the pastor of a growing church care for each member? Pastor John encourages shepherds to care tenderly for the flock and depend on God’s mercy.Listen Now...
Have you noticed an uptick in the cultural prevalence of Japanese media? I know I have. Just the other day, I was surprised to learn that my local library stocked manga (Japanese comic books and visual novels) and anime (Japanese animation, which is often adapted from manga). For...
Chukwuweike Gwam has dreamed of being a surgeon since he was a young boy. After 14 years of undergraduate studies, medical school, and residency, the recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was completing his orthopedic surgery fellowship last year in Brooklyn,...
“What in the world? Where are we?” My husband and I were incredulous. We’d reached our destination, but it wasn’t the bustling event center we’d expected. Instead, it was a yellowing field, barren except for the few cows who stood staring at us while chewing their cud. It was the...
Introducing Silicon Spiritualities, a podcast from The Gospel Coalition exploring the deeper questions artificial intelligence raises about work, worship, truth, power, and what it means to be human. Host Christopher Watkin helps thoughtful Christians move beyond hype and panic t...
India (MNN) – Maharashtra is on the verge of becoming India's 13th state with an anti-conversion law. The state government has already passed the bill, and the state's Legislative Council is expected to give final approval soon. If enacted, it could make life even harder for the ...
Around 10:30 p.m. on July 3, Sean Long saw his phone light up with an incoming call from Anna Liu, wife of Jin “Ezra” Mingri, senior pastor of China’s Zion Church. When Long answered, he was surprised to hear the voice of Jin, who had been detained since October 9, on the other e...
Chinese authorities recently released Zion Church Pastor Ezra Jin, who had been detained in southern China for the past eight months. Jin arrived in Los Angeles, California, on Saturday and was welcomed by ChinaAid. Authorities arrested Jin and 17 other leaders of Zion Church la...
Why don’t you read the Bible more than you do? Our minds might rush to all kinds of reasonable excuses. “My job has been really demanding this season.” “My child won’t sleep through the night.” “The mornings are my only chance to exercise.” “I’ll start again when life slows down ...
I spent five years planting a church in London, a city that had largely forgotten the faith that forged it. Then I accepted a call to pastor a 205-year-old congregation in downtown Nashville. And when I left London, I carried something I’m still not comfortable naming. Shame. I f...
It started as an English-teaching ministry in Japan in 1967. Today A3 is raising up church leaders in 25 countries; leaders equipped and unified to accelerate gospel movements around the world, including numerous hostile areas and restricted nations where The Voice of the Martyrs...
Because God calls all Christians, all Christians call on God. Our one Lord and one confession unite us with all believers across time and space.Watch Now...
Love moved Jesus to let Lazarus die. Why? Jesus wanted Lazarus, his family, and the watching crowd to taste his all-satisfying glory.Watch Now
As my country turns 250, I feel both inspired and disillusioned, much as I did two decades ago navigating an undergrad major in political science. Political theory inspired me. I marveled to see how science and philosophy had led to the late eighteenth-century experiment that cam...
The cover was innocent enough: a horse-drawn carriage gliding across the snow. I can’t remember the title or the author, only that my conservative, Christian grandfather gave me this book after buying it at Costco. He had no idea he was handing a 15-year-old girl smut, and despit...
One of the joys I have as an elder of my local church is to lead God’s people in prayer. It’s a time of intercession for the church, a time of modeling prayer for members, a time of giving voice to our collective hearts. Every Sunday, our church focuses on one nation, usually wha...
Since she decided to follow Jesus in June 2025, 15-year-old Indii Mikaa’el has lost her education and the comfort of her home. She could also lose her life. Born into a Muslim family in Haroji Wado, near Ethiopia’s border with Sudan, Mikaa’el now lives under constant threats from...
In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said America was “conceived in liberty.” Today we might call that our country’s unique selling proposition. While other nations emphasized biological unity, America in the 20th century finally became a liberty theme park where people of ...
Based on concepts from his book The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World, Brett McCracken teaches about how to become wise in a world that offers too much information, too quickly. He shares three things making us sick: 1. We have too much information. 2. We re...
In the summer of 1976, I was looking forward to kindergarten, and our nation was celebrating its bicentennial. I can’t remember much from those days, but in the 50 years since, I know I’ve heard Psalm 33:12 many times: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” Those words we...
As a child in Gawo Kebe, Ethiopia, Taha Abduraman Dinka faithfully attended the mosque and adhered to his community’s Islamic beliefs. He never imagined his life would ever take a different direction. In 2019, Dinka heard the gospel and decided to follow Jesus. He said he experie...
Advocacy groups recently wrote Thomas Barrack, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye and Envoy to Syria and Iraq, asking the U.S. to intervene in the detention of a Syrian Christian. The letter, sent on June 25, was penned by In Defense of Christians (IDC) and co-signed by l...
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