Before the Sunday-morning service on February 22, pastor Constantino Varas sensed something was wrong.Several members of his church, Iglesia Bautista Gracia & Amor in Guadalajara, Mexico, sent text messages reporting problems getting to the building. These were not the expected disruptions caused by
I recently visited multiple congregations across Minnesota, including River Valley Church. As I stood inside each church, what I witnessed was not anecdotal or exaggerated. It was empirical and deeply troubling. As national immigration-enforcement politics evolve, churchgoers across the Midwest are
This piece was adapted from the Mosaic newsletter. Subscribe here.The hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has officially been drafted into the culture war, becoming yet another prominent symbol of the political and racial divisions in the US.For those who might not be aware of the ongoing controversy,
This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here.Laurie Krieg, Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World (IVP, 2026)Raising Wise Kids in a Sexually Broken World lays out how to teach our kids a biblical sexual ethic without ever losing sight of the gospel or the freedom we have i
The Watergate scandal grew worse in 1974—and then worse still. CT looked at President Richard Nixon’s ethical lapses, revealed in the publication of transcripts of secret tapes he had in the White House, and asked, “Should Nixon resign?”There can be no doubt that a large percentage of those who vote
California Governor Gavin Newsom regularly repeats his mantra: “Shelter solves sleep; housing solves homelessness.” Hmm. From 2022 to 2025, I wrote weekly columns about homelessness and gained insight by living for three weeks in shelters. Based on that I can say: In general, it is not true that hou
Robert Duvall died last week at the age of 95. An acting legend, he starred in memorable roles in classic films, such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. But Duvall was also an expert interpreter of American evangelicalism.His 1997 film The Apostle, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, was far
In his joint session address to Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that since he took office a year ago, the United States has experienced a religious revival.“There has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity, and belief in God,” he said at the State of the Union (SOTU
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address was a speech made for social media, far less the pragmatic information transfer and policy proposal the Constitution envisions than a clip-ready string of personal anecdotes, guest backstories, partisan jabs, and victory laps.All the best of these
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here.This is how strange our times are: Last week, two United States presidents engaged the question of whether aliens are real, and it wasn’t even in the top 15 stories of the week. The debate was over not “aliens” as in migrants to