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The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow | Deborah Frances-White

Organisations that pumped money into overturning Roe v Wade are making inroads in Europe. Women’s rights are truly at riskWith Donald Trump as president, there is now a heavy strain of Christian na...

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Sports Betting Isn’t Worth the Risk for College Men. Valor Is.

Recently, a coworker walked into a Southeastern Conference school’s fraternity on a Thursday at 2 p.m. He was shocked by what he saw in the chapter room. I’ve been in campus ministry for 20 years, ...

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Mom, Look to God to Be What You’re Not

“Mommy, I need your help!” Responding to my 7-year-old daughter’s cry, I found her standing beside a drawer full of clothes that fell out of a bureau. She assured me she wasn’t hurt, but the drawer...

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Who Gets to Define a ‘Healthy’ Baby?

“Should human life be optimized?” asks the second installment in a new three-part series by the The New York Times titled “The Embryo Question.” It features Orchid, a cutting-edge technology compa...

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Jon Guerra’s ‘Jesus’ Music Revolution

In recent years, Jon Guerra has emerged as one of the most formidable talents making distinctly Christian music today. He first grabbed my attention with the 2020 release of Keeper of Days, which I...

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7 Ways Premarital Coaching Prepares Muslim Couples for Parenthood

Did you know that many marital issues in Muslim couples arise from disagreements about parenting styles? Parenthood is a transformative journey that profoundly impacts a couple’s relationship, comm...

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Replanting a Historic Minneapolis Megachurch

On a crisp Minnesota evening in the beginning of 1853, Asa and Margaret Fletcher welcomed eight friends into their home. I imagine the Fletchers were both excited and a little apprehensive as they ...

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What Will You Do for the Kingdom After College?

Do you remember thinking about your future when you were a kid? All kinds of opportunities and dreams lay ahead. Everything dangled in front of you. You were invited to dream big about being an adu...

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What Your Teenagers Need from You

Melissa Kruger talks with Sandi Taylor and Ruth Chou Simon about parenting teenagers. They reflect on the principles of their parenting that have stayed the same even though their practices have ch...

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Rethinking the Role of the Pastor’s Wife

How did we come to our current cultural understanding of the role of a pastor’s wife? Is it a ministry position? It is a biblical role? Or have our expectations of a pastor’s wife morphed over time...

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Is Temple-Building in Your Mission Statement?

Corporations and businesses usually have mission or vision statements, and their primary purpose is to clarify the decision-making process. Many churches do the same and rightly ground such importa...

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Rebuilding for Renewal: The Importance of Sacred Spaces in Our Cities

I grew up hearing that “the church is the people, not the building.” And while that’s technically true (the church is the redeemed people of God), the statement came within a broader theology—somet...

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Must My Christian Counselor Be Licensed? Why I Say No.

Looking for a counselor can be overwhelming. How do you know if someone will be good? Is that person properly trained? Is he or she a Christian? If so, how much does a Christian worldview shape tha...

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Why Our Children Don’t Want to Be Parents

Richard Scarry published his beloved Bunny Book in 1968. It’s one of my favorites to read to my 3-year-old son. I love the way the young son of my guest today, Nadya Williams, responded to that boo...

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Stressed Kids? Show Them Their Worth in Christ.

The moment my 10-year-old son Jack grasped the first hold on the rock climbing wall at the regional championship last year, I knew something was wrong. His normally fluid movements were clumsy and ...

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‘Love Is Blind’ Shows the Romantic Disaster of Misaligned Values

Every so often, I watch episodes of a popular reality TV show, in part because it’s admittedly entertaining but also because it’s a window into contemporary culture. Even if “reality TV” dating sho...

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I Am His: A Free TGC Playlist for Kids

Do you remember the first time you felt successful? Maybe a teacher put a star on your drawing or chose it for an art show. Maybe you kicked your first soccer goal and everyone cheered. Once we get...

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How One Gen Zer Is Gaining Biblical Literacy the Old-Fashioned Way

As a member of Gen Z—the generation that grew up with smartphones—I didn’t realize how my phone was degrading my spiritual life until I had to give it up. That moment came when I graduated high sch...

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Avoid These Expository Imposters

More than once, I’ve sat under preaching that claimed to be expositional but was only a weak impersonation. Expository preaching makes the point of the text the point of the sermon, nothing more a...

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Capitol Hill Baptist Church: Extraordinary Fruit from Ordinary Faithfulness

Local church histories seldom find a wide readership. This is likely to be different with Caleb Morell’s A Light on the Hill: The Surprising Story of How a Local Church in the Nation’s Capital Infl...

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Should Christians Celebrate Expanding Access to IVF?

On February 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization.” Americans expected this action; Trump promised during his campaign to advance IV...

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