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This week on The Bulletin: Hosts @drmoore.bsky.social, @mikecosper.bsky.social, and @clarissamoll.bsky.social talk about tradwives and theobros, Trump and Ukraine, and Eric Adams in New York City.

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There have been more than 70 million Christians martyred in the last two millennia. “The 21,” a new short film that portrays the horrific beheading of Christians by ISIS militants in Libya in 2015, counteracts the tendency to numb ourselves to this reality.

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Closed to outsiders and plagued by addiction, a Vietnam village tuned its radios to a California preacher. Now, it has bloomed into a showcase for Hmong culture and an unlikely tourist destination.

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“A sincere faith, a good conscience: These things are not good for clout in a time of extremism inflation,” writes @drmoore.bsky.social. “But ask yourself: Is clout what you really want?”

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Southern Baptists have abandoned a proposed online database that would list the names of abusive pastors. Instead, leaders say they will focus on helping churches access other databases of abusers and training churches to do better background checks.

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This week on The Russell Moore Show: Host @drmoore.bsky.social is joined by Robert Putnam, political scientist and author of the cultural phenomenon “Bowling Alone,” to talk about social shifts in how we gather with—and separate from—one another.

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Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/care...

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“We don’t have specific instructions about how to apply [biblical commands about caring for strangers] on a national scale in a secular country, but the thrust is clear: Work on it!” writes Marvin Olasky.

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“There is no way of interpreting Christ that justifies walking away from the world. To imitate him is to live with one another in a posture of steadfast, interminable approach.”

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Amid national backlash to diversity initiatives and Black history celebrations, Baylor University has undertaken new research into its institutional history with slavery and is making changes to its campus. @emilybelz.bsky.social reports from Texas:

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Through crafts, games, and storytelling sessions, elder care ministries in China are helping seniors remember their own stories. One participant said, “looking back at my life again, I don’t think I have any regrets anymore.”

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“When you sing ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ or ‘Amazing Grace,’ for that three minutes, you are united in heart,” Dwan Hill told CT. “And, man, if there’s something our world needs, it’s setting aside the things that divide and picking up the things that unite.”

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Amid national backlash to diversity initiatives and Black history celebrations, Baylor has undertaken new research into its institutional history with slavery and is making changes to its campus. @emilybelz.bsky.social reports for @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/bayl...

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In 1978, opposition from Christians in India prevented a law, which largely banned religious conversions, from taking effect. This success story may soon face a serious setback, as the government plans to enforce the anticonversion law in March.

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“If we follow in Jesus’ steps—if we live slowly, do good things however inefficiently, and share the extravagant grace we’ve been given—the temptations of AI, like all false promises, will grow dim and unconvincing.”

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“We would fall short of our vocation as Christian journalists if we did not hold each story accountable to the truth and each opinion accountable to Scripture, without fear or favor.“ CT’s president and CEO Timothy Dalrymple on false rumors and editorial integrity:

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Expressions of distrust and judgment have loomed so large that some Mandarin-speaking churches and newly established Hong Kong congregations in the same cities avoid any interactions in Britain. Yinxuan Huang on how the Book of Jonah speaks into this issue:

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The Church of England’s General Synod voted this week to delay a proposal to outsource the abuse response by dioceses and cathedrals to a new independent body.

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CT advice columnists @bethmoorelpm.bsky.social, Kevin Antlitz, and Kiara John-Charles weigh in on neighborhood church events, Christian conspiracy theorizing, and singles’ identity in Christ.

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“God invites us to actively pursue harmony with one another, encouraging us to engage with those we might prefer to avoid, gently confronting biases and seeking reconciliation where division has taken root.”

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Whether drying seeds with computer fans or fashioning water filters from barrels, a global agriculture ministry in Thailand is combating poverty with improvisation.

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The fate of the war will matter a lot for religious liberty. And the future freedom of Ukraine may also determine whether people in Europe get to hear about Jesus, Baptist World Alliance leader Elijah Brown told @christianitytoday.com www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/ukra...

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First Christian Reformed Church is one of the original four congregations of the Calvinist denomination. Now, nearly 168 years later, it’s preparing to be one of the first to leave in a split over the denomination’s stance on LGBTQ inclusion.

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Donald Trump is talking to Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine. Here's what Christians in Ukraine told @christianitytoday.com they want American leaders to know: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/ukra...

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“Whether we are poets, artists, or appreciators of art, when we don’t attend to our poetic imagination, we risk numbing ourselves to meaning-making and even to God, the meaning-maker,” writes @malcolmguite.bsky.social.

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“Part of what Heefner is offering his players is a vision of biblical masculinity that pushes them to be their best—and remain humble.” Outstanding piece from @emilybelz.bsky.social on the Dallas Baptist baseball team and their coach Dan Heefner www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/dall...

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This week on the Russell Moore Show: An atheist discusses what he got wrong about Christianity’s decline. With: @drmoore.bsky.social and @jonrauch.bsky.social.

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We’re happy to tackle church disunity over age, race, and politics. But the Bible has a lot more to say about wealth.

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I talk to my atheist friend @jonrauch.bsky.social about what he got wrong twenty years ago about Christianity and secularization, and what all that means for the future: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Wheaton College is tangled in an online spat over Trump’s appointment of Russell Vought. The college said “unchristian comments” led it to delete a message congratulating the alumnus.

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“The widening gulf between mere attendance and active discipleship threatens not only our present witness but also our ability to offer hope to a world desperately seeking truth.”

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If you want to hear me talk about backlash politics in the 1970s—disillusioned kids, scared adults, Nixon, "law and order," and the Jesus People—you are in luck.

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A career arguing about faith has made religious disagreement easier to understand—but outright atheism more unfathomable, writes New York Times columnist Ross Douthat.

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“As Christians, we have a resource others lack in this antisocial century: a tradition that insists on intentional, regular presence with one another.”

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This is the story of how America’s anxieties in the 1960s turned runaway girls, drugs, and rock-and-roll into a battle between good and evil. Find episode two of Devil and the Deep Blue Sea here or wherever you get your podcasts:

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Becoming an immigrant continues to teach me and shape my faith—even (and especially) if I forget. So glad I could share, in this article for CT.

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@paola-m-barrera.bsky.social is an immigrant from Venezuela, a recent Canadian citizen, and a member of the kingdom of God. While waiting in line for her flu shot, those three identities collided.

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Even if Wilson Velásquez’s arrest at his church was legitimate and necessary, it could have been planned for any other time and place. “The church was a choice,” writes @nadyawilliams81.bsky.social. “Why choose to arrest a man at church?”

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Finding some good news in the news, from the daily @christianitytoday.com newsletter

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As Trump pushes states to resume executions, Kevin Burns, a death row prisoner in Tennessee, tries to keep his congregation alive.

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Today @christianitytoday.com, I draw on Augustine to explain that whatever your stance on immigration otherwise, we should oppose ICE arrests at churches. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/sout...

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A pastor who planted a church while sentenced to death in Tennessee has prayed over 9 of the last 13 men executed in the state and led memorial services for them afterward. He prays he’s not next. @emilybelz.bsky.social reports for @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/deat...

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Do you have questions about how to use AI as a Christian? Reply to this post and your (anonymized) question might be featured in an upcoming Q&A.

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Thousands of Americans are migrating from TikTok to the Chinese app RedNote. One user made a connection with a struggling Chinese believer.

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What can we learn about intentional living from the modern monastic movement?

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Ukraine is by far the top recipient of USAID funding since 2022. The Trump administration’s funding freeze is affecting refugee shelters, remote learning, health care for the displaced, military veteran rehabilitation, and salaries for first responders.

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“Once [Jesus] is heard—not as a theoretical avatar giving authority to some ideology, but for the actual words he spoke, the actual gospel he delivered—the ambitions of every would-be ‘master of the universe’ stand exposed,” writes @drmoore.bsky.social.

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What can we learn from the Hebrew midwives of Exodus who defied a tyrant to protect the vulnerable?

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As cultural winds shift favorably toward Christianity, pastors must resist the temptation to mistake favorable cultural shifts for divine movements, writes @sethtroutt.bsky.social.

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Tech Broligarchs Want Jesus Out of the Way www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/tech...

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