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Worship Music Is Emotionally Manipulative. Do You Trust the Leader Plucking the Strings?
"Bigger!" said the voice in my in-ear monitor.I was on stage in a dark room, nearly blinded by spotlights. It was my first time leading worship at a big regional conference for college students, and o...
With Drug Overdoses on the Rise, Churches Need an All-Hands-on-Deck Attitude
What would the parable of the Good Samaritan look like today?In the United States, the man lying beside the road may well be dying from an overdose of fentanyl.Over the course of the pandemic, social ...
Church supplier Wippell & Co to close after 220 years
Church supplier Wippell & Co to close after 220 years
[photo1] A manufacturer of clerical robes and church furnishings that has been in existence for ...Tim Keller Changed Church Planting, from City to City
"Christians are called to be an alternate city within every earthly city," Tim Keller wrote for CT in 2006. "We must live in the city to serve all the peoples in it, not just our own tribe. We must lo...
Christians Wounded amid Military Fighting in Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan, May 24, 2023 (Morning Star News) - Among attacks on church buildings and mosques in Sudan after fighting broke out within the Sudanese military las...
She Was Born into Slavery. She Became a Missionary to Africa at 56.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Congo Free State was one of the hardest places to be a human. For several decades, Belgian soldiers and business owners brutalized thousands of Congolese locals. T...
The case for the abolition of abortion
The case for the abolition of abortion
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)Exactly 236 years ago, on 22 May 1787, a group of 12 men met in a printing shop i...Tim Keller Practiced the Grace He Preached
Hardly anyone could be more qualified than Timothy Keller to receive the Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Witness. It should have been the culmination of a remarkable career...
Died: Tim Keller, New York City Pastor Who Modeled Winsome Witness
Tim Keller, a New York City pastor who ministered to young urban professionals and in the process became a leading example for how a winsome Christian witness could win a hearing for the gospel even i...
What Was Tim Keller's Greatest Legacy?
Brought to you by [photo1] Newsweek called him "C.S. Lewis for the twenty-first century." While Tim Keller (1950-2023) had his unique role and vocation, many would agree that ...
The Dwight Schrute Theory of American Culture
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore's newsletter. Subscribe here.This week on my podcast, I talked to Rainn Wilson, the writer, actor, and comedian who played the character Dwight Schrute on The...
Australian Gamblers Could Lose Less Money, Thanks to These Christians
The former CEO of World Vision Australia, Tim Costello, often says that no one gambles away money like Australians.He's not wrong.Aussies lose more than $25 billion a year to gambling, the largest per...
Malaysia's Death Penalty Is No Longer Mandatory. Advocate Wishes Christian Conversation Was.
On April 3, Malaysia's parliament voted to abolish the mandatory death penalty. In its place, the courts may mete out alternative sentences such as life imprisonment or whipping."[For] people who get ...
Unusual Ruling Frees Christian Couple from Prison in Iran
May 17, 2023 (Morning Star News) - Iranian authorities released two Christian leaders from prison last week after a judge broke with common judicial practice in the c...
Sudan's increased fighting empties Christian clerics from the capital Khartoum
Sudan's increased fighting empties Christian clerics from the capital Khartoum
[photo1] (Photo: Getty/iStock)An attack on a Coptic Christian churc...British teens have positive view of Jesus, study finds
British teens have positive view of Jesus, study finds
[photo1] (Photo: Unsplash/Aedrian)A new study by the Barna Group suggests that British teens ha...5 Ways to Avoid Temptation As a Single Christian
Reading a book with a steamy chapter, coarse language, or godless morals? Close it. Dispose of it. Watching a movie that suddenly devolves into a nude scene or a gory mess? Close your eyes. Walk out. ...