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Nigeria Rescues More Mass Kidnapping Victims but Struggles to Stop Violence

Around 5:30 p.m. on February 3, Joel Adisa, a 27-year-old Christian resident of Kaiama, a town in Nigeria’s Kwara State, received reports over Facebook and WhatsApp warning area residents to avoid the road linking his hometown to the majority-Muslim village of Woro as armed men were attacking Woro. “I ran indoors and shut my doors,” Read more. The post Nigeria Rescues More Mass Kidnapping Victims but Struggles to Stop Violence appeared first on Christianity Today

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80,000 Migrants Came and Went. Ceuta Pastors Keep Serving.

When Juan García awoke on the morning of Friday, July 31, and looked out his window, he saw hundreds of migrants seeking relief from the sweltering heat in a public fountain that separates his home from that of fellow pastor Javier Santolaria across the street. In two days, an unprecedented 80,000 migrants descended on Ceuta, Read more. The post 80,000 Migrants Came and Went. Ceuta Pastors Keep Serving. appeared first on Christianity Today

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Culture

Complicated Men and the Search for God

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Robert Harris, Agrippa: A Novel of Ancient Rome’s Descent into Dictatorship (Doubleday, 2026) Toward the close of Robert Harris’s Agrippa (2026), the novel’s eponymous narrator admits he lacks the secretaries who helped shape Julius Caesar’s memoirs, adding that he “cannot abide long books that drag on Read more. The post Complicated Men and the Search for God appeared first on Christianity Today

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Body Surveillance Shames What God Calls Good

In 2012, an article for Hollywood Life invited readers to indulge their curiosity about a celebrity’s body: “Kate Bosworth Looks Scary Skinny—Too Thin? Vote.” That year, I was recovering from anorexia. The disease had shattered my health and cost me most of my friendships. My treatment required me to go to weekly appointments with a Read more. The post Body Surveillance Shames What God Calls Good appeared first on Christianity Today

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Are Couch Surfers Homeless? Washington Is Divided

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 Urban Development (HUD), is 746,000. Two-thirds of them are Read more. The post Are Couch Surfers Homeless? Washington Is Divided appeared first on Christianity Today

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Culture

Blessed Are the Risk-Takers

When I was a young mother with two active sons just 19 months apart, I spent many days at a park that covered several city blocks, filled with duck ponds and hills to run up and down. My second son, always trying to keep up with his older brother, was a bundle of muscle, shimmying Read more. The post Blessed Are the Risk-Takers appeared first on Christianity Today

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Politics

India Halts Passage of Bill Targeting Christian Nonprofits

Amid sustained pressure by Christian groups, the Indian government decided not to bring before Parliament a controversial bill that would have led to Christian organizations losing their properties. Instead, the Hindu nationalist government referred the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, 2026, to a committee of lawmakers to examine the concerns raised by Christian organizations. Read more. The post India Halts Passage of Bill Targeting Christian Nonprofits appeared first...

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Canadian Military Chaplains Can’t Mention God in Public

While Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seeks to make US military chaplains more explicitly religious, the Canadian government is heading in the opposite direction as new directives ban chaplains from using religious language at public events. Released on July 29, the instructions noted that members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) making public remarks at any Read more. The post Canadian Military Chaplains Can’t Mention God in Public appeared first on Christianity Today

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Education

The Christian Colleges Welcoming ‘Socratic Bots’

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 department at Dordt University, a Christian college Read more. The post The Christian Colleges Welcoming ‘Socratic Bots’ appeared first on Christianity Today

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Blasphemy Laws Are Blasphemy

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Around 60 years ago, a young, recently fired Old Testament professor received a scolding from his mentor, the man who had supervised his dissertation. The younger man had gone sideways from more conservative people in his denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, for writing a commentary on Genesis that questioned Read more. The post Blasphemy Laws Are Blasphemy appeared first on Christianity Today

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Mike Pence Joins Colorado Christian University Faculty

One of Colorado Christian University’s newest staff members won’t be on campus much this fall, but when he is, he’ll be easy to spot: former vice president Mike Pence. The Indiana politician is joining the university for the 2026–2027 academic year to lead lectures and classroom discussions after helping produce an online course there this Read more. The post Mike Pence Joins Colorado Christian University Faculty appeared first on Christianity Today

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Jesus Never Said ‘Blessed Are the Rich’

When I was in my early 20s, I attended a conference led by a well-known prosperity gospel proponent. By the end of the event, I was writing a $400 check (well beyond my means at the time) because I thought it would yield blessings in my life (in the form of riches and health, according Read more. The post Jesus Never Said ‘Blessed Are the Rich’ appeared first on Christianity Today

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