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06/17/2026
Dads, ‘Provoke Not Your Children to Wrath’—Even the Fussy Toddler
“Nice win! All right, we’re done for the night,” I said to my 6-year-old son. “Time to put the cards away.”“Ugh, I wanted to play another game!” he said, pouting.“Sorry bud, it’s already a little past bedtime. We need to get you to sleep.”Out burst an emphatic “no!” accompanied by angry crocodile te
06/16/2026
Wanted: Your Ordinary (or Extraordinary) Faith Story
Like many CT readers, I love our Testimonies section, which features conversion stories.Our recent testimonies—like the story of a young woman who was addicted to heroin and working at a strip club when some older Christian ladies stopped by with a hot meal—are powerful and worth reading. But someti
06/16/2026
Supreme Court Halts Execution of Inmate Ministry Leader
The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 11, prevented Alabama from executing a man who became a Christian ministry leader during his 26 years on death row, deciding that killing him using nitrogen gas was unconstitutional.Jeffery Lee, who is imprisoned for the murder of two people, elected in 2018 to be
06/16/2026
‘Disclosure Day’ Doesn’t Discount Belief
For over half a century, director Steven Spielberg has dramatized the advent of the extraordinary as either a transformative blessing or a death-dealing curse. In one class of film, humans flee from unimaginable threats they lack the means to resist. Giant sharks, dinosaurs, Nazis, and invaders from
06/16/2026
A Devil’s Bargain for the Black Church
The Black church has been bound up with a desire for political freedom—and understandably so—since the beginning. From the earliest days of their work as ministers, Black preachers were concerned about both the spiritual needs and social condition of the African American community.In an essay publis
06/16/2026
Cartel Violence Gripped a Colombian City. Then Came a Soccer Ministry.
No one ever told Alex Saldarriaga he was loved. Not his father, who worked for an armed group in Colombia financed by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. Not his mother, one of many in a long line of his father’s conquests. And not one of his 24 siblings. His father taught him only one thing: how to
06/16/2026
A Good Theology of Place Needs Particulars, Not Platitudes
Reading some books, I’m reminded of G. K. Chesterton’s observation that “the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.” Books that merely raise topics for discussion and fail to synthesize them into a narrative or argument leave me as unsatisfied as
06/12/2026
Bethany Christian Will No Longer Allow LGBTQ Parents to Foster and Adopt
Bethany Christian Services, long described as the country’s largest Protestant adoption and foster care agency, will no longer allow LGBTQ couples to foster or adopt.In a press release posted Wednesday, the Michigan-based agency announced that its board voted to “clarify and reinforce” its Christian