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In Chicago, Black and brown people are disappearing

The president of the United States has ordered an assault on Chicago. That assault is being carried out by a combination of groups — including uniformed Customs and Border Patrol officers, uniformed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, and plainclothes men…

75-year-old Olasky named editor of Christianity Today

Russell Moore has stepped down as editor in chief of Christianity Today and will be succeeded by one of the most iconoclastic Christian journalists of the late 20th century. In an undated news release, Christianity Today Interim President Thomas Addington…

I was a stranger … and you took away my food and put me in prison

In Matthew 25, Jesus teaches about the final judgment of nations with words that should pierce our hearts today: “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a…

Conservatives make case against death penalty

Conservatives should oppose capital punishment because it violates pro-life values and the principles of more transparent and limited government, death penalty abolitionists said during a recent panel discussion. “Do we trust the government to deliver our mail on time? I…

Trump will pay migrant children to leave US

The U.S. government plans to pay $2,500 to unaccompanied migrant children who voluntarily deport themselves from the country, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a memo to attorneys representing noncitizen minors. The policy affects undocumented immigrant children…

Losing sight and learning to see the world

Losing sight is not just a physical experience — it reshapes the architecture of the inner world. For many, the moment vision begins to fade is not marked by darkness but by disorientation. The world doesn’t vanish; it becomes unfamiliar….

What Charlie Kirk’s Medal of Freedom says about the honor

On Oct. 14 — what would have been Charlie Kirk’s 32nd birthday — the president of the United States posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The founder of Turning Point USA, Kirk was fatally shot last month while…

Akin to retire from Southeastern Seminary after record tenure

Danny Akin will retire as president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary next summer, concluding his tenure as one of the longest-serving presidents of any of the six Southern Baptist Convention seminaries. Akin will be 69 when he leaves the post July…

Church at the Crossroads highlights story of Palestinian Christians

Last month, pastors, theologians, thought leaders and Christians gathered in Chicago for a rare and urgent assembly. The event, called Church at the Crossroads, was led by Palestinian Christians and drew together voices across evangelical, Mainline, Catholic and ecumenical traditions….

Hymns bear witness to faith and fear

Sitting and looking out on the frothy waves crashing on the rugged shoreline outside the window of our room at an inn in Depoe Bay, Oregon, these old words came to me: I was sinking deep in sin far from…

Why don’t white evangelicals listen to Black Christians?

As a Black Christian man, I have engaged white evangelicals in numerous discussions about the existence of racism within America and Christianity. These conversations have continued throughout my entire adult life. I have observed that many white evangelicals only listen…

Jack Graham says never-Trumpers should rethink now

President Donald Trump’s role in securing a peace deal between Israel and Hamas should cause never-Trumpers to change their minds, according to Dallas megachurch pastor Jack Graham. On Monday, Oct. 13, as hostages and prisoners were exchanged in the Middle…

‘Be careful of Scripture heavy in law but light on grace,’ Wesley warns

‘Show up and do something,’ ACLU leader urges

From the South Side to the South Lawn and back again

Democracy as a moral practice, not just a system