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News editor at Christianity Today. Historian who wrote a religious bio of Richard Nixon. Raising chickens, bees, and cats in Appalachia.
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Advocates say NDAs should protect trade secrets, not trauma secrets. Texas might be listening. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/texa...

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Nineteen percent of evangelicals are first- or second-generation immigrants. And 55 percent think the growing population of immigrants in America over the last half century has made the country worse. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/who-...

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More than 17 million evangelicals don't go to church. Are they really evangelicals? Here why the giant new Pew study of American religion says yes. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/who-...

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Good mail day

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A massive new study from Pew gives us perhaps the most comprehensive look at the religious landscape in America right now. The findings: America is spiritual but not religious. My report for @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/pew-...

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Church sign of the times

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It's a lot easier to break things than build them. And the Trump administration's promises to restart USAID money to lifesaving medical efforts appear to be empty. @christianitytoday.com reports: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usai...

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The faces of Ukrainians, from photojournalist Joel Carillet www.joelcarillet.com/portfolio/G0...

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Why a Bible translation retranslated Eve's desire www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/esv-...

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A man in Arizona was allegedly working with a pastor to manufacture illegal guns for a coming civil war azdailysun.com/news/state-a...

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From the election in Germany to the chess champ who sold his pants … I explain current events to Independent Christian Church pastor Benjamin Lee, who doesn’t follow the news.

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Iain Murray, the British evangelical author of biographies of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and more, has no plans to retire at 93. Living the dream cne.news/article/4629...

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Historian Tim Larsen with the evidence that Wheaton has gone woke churchleaders.com/pastors/5062...

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Today in the life of my Appalachian church, an elder texted me to say I need to seriously rethink some things, because he wanted to borrow a trenching shovel and it turns out I don't have one.

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A South Carolina court rules that a Baptist pastor may continue preaching while on trial for failing to report the assault of children at an associated school. abcnews4.com/news/crime-n...

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Tonight in the life of my Appalachian church, we’re giving a few of our neighbors a place to stay out of the snow.

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The coming election has thrown Germany into turmoil. Evangelicals there are praying for stability. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/germ...

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The Getty Museum finally found the other half of this painting from the late 1400s, “Louis XII of France Kneeling in Prayer, Accompanied by Saints Michael, Charlemagne, Louis, and Denis.”

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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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Twenty percent of Americans strongly support ICE raids on churches, schools, hospitals. NPR/IPSOS poll:

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The Texas Supreme Court ruled that former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Paige Patterson can be held liable for defamation of a student who said she was sexually abused. baptistnews.com/article/texa...

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Classic @christianitytoday.com cover from the archives

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A New York museum is collecting hats that Black women wore to church.  wnyt.com/capital-regi...

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Illinois lawmakers want to take a pro-life politician’s name off government buildings. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262203/...

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A North Dakota legislator who got in trouble for antisemitic comments has introduced a bill to acknowledge the kingship of Christ. www.christianpost.com/news/north-d...

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Church of England's efforts at safeguarding have “created structures which confuse people and cause suspicion” according to cochair of the group proposing a new model. But the church isn't ready to overhaul www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/chur...

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My favorite entry in @christianitytoday.com's updated in-house style guide

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“People didn’t hear what they were used to, and were upset.” —Augustine, doing some post-sermon analysis

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Some facts here—and a defense of what @christianitytoday.com is doing. I’ve had opportunity to test CT's commitment to letting reporters pursue the truth even when it was clear it would hurt. I can tell you this is not a place where the integrity wobbles www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/chri...

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A lawsuit against a church in Indiana has pushed the state supreme court to define “premises.” religionclause.blogspot.com/2025/02/indi...

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Excited to get this one. Might need to give it to the deans in my life.

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UK thieves blew open safes, smashed stained glass windows, and forced open oak doors with angle grinders to steal £500,000 of silver from state churches last year. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

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Twenty three of the Christian Reformed Church's nearly 1,000 congregations have officially notified the denomination of their intent to disaffiliate, including one of the founding churches in Grand Rapids www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/crc-...

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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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Today in the life of my Appalachian church, the building and grounds committee reports it has killed one mouse since the last board meeting. This is the only committee report with a body count.

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