Christian News
08/07/2026
Adam Hamilton, Megachurch Pastor, Won a Democratic Senate Primary. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist church in the United States, is about to test whether a pastor running as a Democrat can flip a red seat—and become Kansas’ first Democratic senator in nearly a century. The Associated Press called the race for Hamilton within minutes of polls cl
08/07/2026
He Scouted Supermodels. Now He Sells a Christian Phone Plan.
On January 13, 2018, Paul Fisher’s phone blared with an emergency alert: A ballistic missile was inbound to Hawaii. “THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the message declared. Panic ensued across the Aloha State as local radio and TV stations relayed the news. People ran through Honolulu seeking shelter. Parents t
08/07/2026
Can the Left and the Right Tell Their Right from Their Left?
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Stephanie Slade, Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right (University of Notre Dame Press, 2026) In her new book, Stephanie Slade dusts off the idea of “fusionism,” which defined American conservatism for deca
08/07/2026
Teaching Black History in the Trump Age
Since assuming power, the Trump administration has aimed to guard the myth of America’s history as uniformly inclusive, above critique, and unifying, and it has protected the sensibilities of its predominantly white political base along the way. As a result, we’ve seen commemorations of African Amer
08/06/2026
The Jews for Jesus Cafe Caught in a Battle Over the Sabbath
On the morning of Saturday, August 1, Yoel Ben David peered out the window of Café Basimta, the coffee shop he manages in central Jerusalem, to see about 30 ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting outside. Counter-protesters arrived around the café’s opening at 10 a.m., followed by police officers ready to g
08/06/2026
Christians Join Gen Z ‘Cockroach’ Protests in India
Alvin Joseph was not particularly interested in politics and protests until this past July, when his Instagram feed started to fill with hundreds of reels from a Gen Z protest calling for the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan following a college exam scandal. The 23-year-old law s
08/05/2026
How to Stop Technology from Rotting Your Brain
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Nearly 20 years ago, the Pixar animated movie Wall-E pictured a future in which human beings lay in floating chairs, eating and consuming entertainment, their bodies atrophying from lack of use, while robots did everything for t
08/05/2026
There but for Friends and Family Go I
One reason some Americans are edgy about homelessness: Maybe it could happen to me? Many have a foreboding sense of living on the edge and risking ending up on the streets. A January 2026 US News and World Report survey showed that about a third of us don’t have enough savings to cover one month of