Step into the streets of Nazareth, the famed hometown of Jesus, and the smell of garbage overwhelms the senses. Along the streets, trash is piled high on every corner; the city government can no longer pay for trash trucks. Souvenir…
Pope Leo Urges Youth Toward Real Relationships In A Digital Age
In a dusty Roman field echoing with youthful energy and hope, Pope Leo XIV delivered a clear and urgent message to over a million young people gathered for the Jubilee of Youth: “You are not a product. Your relationships are…
Influencers invoked the Bible to promote spanking. What about its harmful effects?
Grant Troutt, husband of “The Bachelor” alum and Christian influencer Madison Prewett, enthused on her recent “Stay True” podcast, “It will be hilarious when we start spanking [our daughter] Hosanna — which we will.” Madison clarified that “The Bible specifically talks about discipline…
Football and faith could return to the Supreme Court – this time, over loudspeakers
With the start of another high school football season around the corner, a long-simmering dispute has heated up: prayers at games.
One Holy, Universal, and Apostolic Church—Even Your Weird Denomination
Even as a child, I had an interest in the divided church. Sunday mornings found my family in a United Methodist church, but on Sunday evenings my parents took me to a nearby charismatic church instead.
Holocaust survivors say latest hostage videos recall their own condition 80 years ago
Holocaust survivors say the hostage videos published in recent days recall for them their own torture and deprivation under the Nazis eight decades ago.
2024 Election Post-Mortem: Atheists and Agnostics
My first book was entitled The Nones: Where They Came From, Who They Are, and Where They Are Going. It was published—what feels like a lifetime ago—in 2021. I’m pretty proud of that little volume because it established my approach to thinking…
Put Down the Shofar
One day a student approached me after class with an urgent question. The course was on the doctrine of the church, and we’d spent a few weeks on Abraham, Israel, and the law of Moses. Some years back, my student’s…
‘This is domestic terror’: Shaken by ICE raids, pastors rethink ministries
When the Rev. Tanya Lopez talks about the day in June when she had to confront masked agents in her church parking lot, she focuses on the man they detained. As the pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church near Los…
The Book of Psalms Is the Bible’s ‘Little Bible’
Late in the fourth century, a man named Palladius of Galatia left his home (somewhere in present-day Turkey) and journeyed into the Egyptian desert, intent on meeting the ancient monks we now remember as the Desert Fathers.
Spurgeon’s College to close with immediate effect, citing ‘significant’ financial challenges
Spurgeon’s College has expressed its “deep sadness and great regret” as it prepares to close its doors after 169 years of service.
Opus Dei Catholic who led Dallas ICE lawyers now defends immigrants
When Paul Hunker approached Dallas Bishop Edward Burns to introduce himself at the bishop’s 2017 installation Mass, he did so almost “sheepishly.” Hunker, then the lead counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Dallas, worried Burns might give him…