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America needs a better gospel than Christian nationalism, writes Russell Moore. Jeroboam’s golden calf shows us how not to apply 2 Chronicles 7:14.

They chanted “Revival!” But Christians gathered on the National Mall for a Trump-backed faith event disagreed whether they were living in a spiritual awakening or still praying for one.

Sterilization should never be done carelessly, and it should be the man’s burden, argues Justin Whitmel Earley.

“Only if we refuse to become a People of the Chatbot might we hope to grow into a people who can faithfully bear the Word-made-flesh.”

A new Pew Research Center study found that perceptions of religious influence in public life has hit a 24-year high as Americans see blurring lines between church and state.

“I have grown wary when the pulpit is a place of wealth and fame,” writes Drew Brown. “What happens when the parishioners you are shepherding become customers of your products or brand? And when does building a platform for God become using God to build your platform?”

Christian small business owners have trusted God through a year of President Trump’s tariffs. “It’s so unpredictable that at this point, I’m just having to hand that over, because it’s heavier than I have the capacity to worry about,” said one.

Christian colleges are calling a new federal regulation an “existential threat.”

Severe flooding has slammed Christian communities in eastern and southern Africa this year. “The floods scattered us,” said one Kenyan pastor. “We have to walk about two kilometers to a school where we hold our prayers on Sundays.”

Lots of players thanked God during the NFL draft. Jaden Ivey, meanwhile, is still out of the NBA. For Christianity Today: What are the unspoken limits to athletes sharing faith? www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/jade...

In “The Syllabus,” our column that features student opinions on timely national and international topics, students discuss how AI can serve as a learning tool but can also lead to dishonesty and laziness.

"When well-meaning friends or family aren’t informed about how trauma works, their pronouncements about forgiveness cheapen the harm a person experiences when something devastating occurs." @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2026/04/forg...

In writings, the Washington attack suspect thanked his church and argued that his attempt to assassinate Trump administration officials was compatible with his faith.

Jen Hatmaker’s “Awake,” Alan Noble’s “To Live Well,” and Molly Worthen’s “Spellbound” approach virtue and the body in different ways.

A refugee in Minnesota disappeared from his family for three days and then showed up at an immigration detention center in El Paso. Church members drove 18 hours to bring him home.

A painful history with church-run schools has many Indigenous people wary of Christianity. Native ministries are working to share the real Jesus.

The Bible doesn’t justify war crimes, writes Russell Moore. Old Testament warfare ultimately points us to the Cross, where God’s justice and mercy meet in Christ.

Mobile food ministries are adapting to high gas prices. “We’re no strangers to the Holy Spirit just kind of providing,” said one ministry director. “The hedge of protection is going to protect us from everything, including inflation.”

Palestinian Christians are preparing for Easter amid war, tightened movement restrictions, and continual cycles of settler violence.

Tomorrow, a Christian who wants to see God’s will done “on earth as it is in heaven” is scheduled to pilot Artemis 2, the first lunar flight in more than 50 years. From the CT archive:

The Finnish Supreme Court delivered a mixed decision in the long-running case involving parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen, convicting her for publishing a brochure on sexual ethics but acquitting her for a social media post quoting Romans.

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“Anxiety tells you that you have to secure your future,” writes Russell Moore. “Anxiety about anxiety tells you that you have to secure even your inner life. But the voice of Jesus is really saying, ‘You can rest. I’m here.’”

“Faith washing has become its own form of wellness marketing, and savvy influencers and supplement companies are finding that it’s an effective way to reach Christian consumers,” writes Kelsey Kramer McGinnis.

Iranian Christian convert Reza, whose arrest went viral on social media, was freed this week after spending nine months in immigration detention.

“Church history is full of people who did not have children and yet lived fruitful lives in service to their neighbors and to the church,” writes Karen Swallow Prior.

“The sheer durability of this pattern—of the American people voting for presidents who promise peace, only to have those very presidents start more wars—is discouraging. Hopeless, even,” writes Bonnie Kristian.

Obtaining some sense of Jesus’ relative concern across the areas of human flourishing—spiritual, physical, social, psychological, and economic—is a helpful conceptual tool in assessing the impact of Christian organizations. From development economist Bruce Wydick:

“Wars tend to shape more than just nation-states and historical trends. They tend to shape each of us too. And that brings with it not just geopolitical risk but personal temptation.”

In the new issue of @christianitytoday.com I reflect in my older age on being childless in “The Birds and the Bees, Babies and Me”: www.christianitytoday.com/2026/03/kare...

“My vision is the salvation of my people,” said one pastor in Syria. “I feel that it’s a responsibility. God put me in this place. It’s not a coincidence that I’m here.”

In his State of the Union marking our 250th year, President Trump honored athletes, veterans, Sage Blair, America—and himself.

“We don’t have power to change anything, but we so much believe in the One who has power to turn things around,” said one Christian woman.

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian theologian meditates on self-interested calls for a comfortable peace.

An Ecuadorian immigrant with legal status fell into a detention “black hole.” Some church leaders from across the country tried to pull him out.

You can’t guarantee that AI won’t take your job. But there’s good news: “You can do nothing about the changes around you, but you can do something about you,” writes Russell Moore.

Christians who fled violence in Myanmar were largely Trump supporters. Then ICE started arresting their congregants. Emily Belz reports from the Twin Cities:

From arson to armed attacks, North American houses of faith have seen alarming acts of aggression in recent years. Megan Fowler reports:

Six Christian athletes you can cheer on at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics:

“The fact is our worst enemies are always redeemable—and we ourselves are never free from mixed motives and prejudice,” writes Justin Giboney. “To renew our public discourse, love one another, and hold ourselves accountable, we must risk ostracism from our own tribes to seek the truth.”

I served in the Israel Defense Forces, writes Aaron Abramson. After terrorists killed my friend, I fled from God and from my Jewish identity. Then I discovered the Messiah.

Families in Venezuela are holding vigils outside detention facilities, praying for political prisoners, and pressing the government to make good on its promise to release them.

“A Bible literacy crisis has flooded the halls of local churches and left many Christians unable to recall basic information contained in Scripture,” writes Jen Wilkin. How did we end up here, and what does the church need to do to recover?

Past visa suspensions have always included a blanket exemption for adoption visas, Trump’s latest freeze does not. Instead, visas will be reviewed case by case.

America’s ongoing scourge of school shootings not only takes lives but also leaves a pool of surviving children who carry the horror with them. Emily Belz reports on the families searching for healing after the Annunciation Catholic School shooting:

A federal judge ruled that ICE can no longer arrest legally admitted refugees in the state, many of whom are persecuted Christians. But damage has been done. Emily Belz reports from Minneapolis:

The Trump administration should be able to do immigration enforcement, argues Bonnie Kristian, without defying the First, Second, and Fourth Amendments—and most of all “without executing people like Alex Pretti in the streets.”

“If we accept dramatic enforcement as the sole solution to America’s immigration problems, we must also accept the ways it will deform the church and our national conscience,” argues Andy Olsen.

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