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Operation Pope review – hard-bitten thriller about a true-life papal assassination plot

Audiences will obviously be aware the secret plan to kill John Paul II did not succeed, but despite a baggy narrative the high-stakes espionage is still compelling‘You want me to shoot the pope?” T...

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The first female archbishop of Canterbury faces a tide of misogyny | Letters

Keith Griffin hopes Sarah Mullally can settle the church’s tangles over gender, sexuality and race, while Andrew Groves calls out misogyny. Plus letters by Mark Ynys-Mon, Rev Dr Nicholas Bradbury a...

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The Power of Dhikr for Healing a Broken Heart

There are moments in life when the weight of loss, betrayal, or disappointment feels too heavy to carry. Hearts ache, tears fall in silence, and even daily routines feel like climbing mountains. Wh...

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The next archbishop of Canterbury has no time to waste in making change – this is what she will be up against | Martine Oborne

Sarah Mullally is known to be wise, intelligent, courageous and compassionate. That should serve her well in the battles aheadThe Rev Martine Oborne is the chair of Women and the Church (Watch) and...

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Tahajjud Prayer: Secret Night Worship That Transforms the Heart

When No One Else Can Help, the Night Can There are moments in life when no advice helps, no friend understands, and no success fills the void inside your chest. You lie awake in the middle of t...

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Why Churches Need ‘Magnetic Spaces’

Picture a group of immigrants and students gathered in a warm church room, sipping tea and stumbling through English conversations. This is the ministry of 2:19 Teach to Reach, a conversational Eng...

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The Real Reason You Can’t Quit Porn

“That’s it,” he said. “I’m done with porn.” We’d sat in the same two chairs in my church office and had this same conversation many times—so many times that I had my doubts. Why does repentance of...

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The Pastor and Counseling (with Deepak Reju)

Every pastor wants a culture of care, but not every pastor feels equipped to counsel—much less to equip others to counsel one another. In this episode, Deepak Reju—a Delaware pastor who served for...

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Why We Need to Talk About Body Image in Women’s Discipleship

When we disciple others, we want to help them know God deeply and live faithfully according to his Word. That often means helping women navigate various types of struggles. As a biblical counselor,...

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Ick Lists Aren’t Harmless Fun

“When a guy runs with a backpack on and looks like a prepubescent turtle.” “Yes! Or has his rain jacket draped over his backpack.” The group of girls sprawled in the living room of my dorm burst ...

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The Real Threat to Faith Isn’t Science

If not for the revelation we have received from heaven, no one would be debating science and faith. God says things in the Old and New Testaments that are hard, if not impossible, to reconcile wit...

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When ‘Evangelical’ Means Everything but the Gospel

For the past 30 years, I’ve pushed back against the critics who’ve said Christians need to abandon the label “evangelical.” I’ve argued that we shouldn’t let political associations or cultural bagg...

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Samson: A New and Unimproved Moses

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” This line—frequently attributed to Mark Twain—captures something deeply true about how the Bible tells its stories. Biblical authors carefully...

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Is Textual Criticism . . . Cool?

“So, what’s your dissertation about?” When I began my PhD work at the University of Edinburgh in 1999, I can remember dreading this question from my evangelical friends. I’d try to explain to them...

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Raging Against the Machine, Longing for Eden

There are many ways to describe modernity and the feelings it inspires: malaise (Walker Percy), disenchantment (Max Weber), deathworks (Philip Rieff), liquid modernity (Zygmunt Bauman), after virtu...

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Can You Rely on AI for Theology?

If you want to scare yourself on a dark and stormy night, try reading headlines about AI. Some people will tell you we’re basically in another dot-com bubble and that most of the hype will turn out...

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Why Young Men Are Coming Back to Church

Something drastic is shifting in the spiritual atmosphere of the Western world. Surprised whispers of a “quiet revival” are swirling in and around the church. Pastors and pollsters, pagans and podc...

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Motherhood is a Blessing – 7 Secrets to Raising Confident Children

Faith, Fitrah, and Firm Foundations: Raising the Next Generation with Ihsan You carry the ummah in your arms. From the first heartbeat to the final bedtime dua, motherhood in Islam isn’t just a p...

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Missionaries Must Decrease

This year, I realized that while my wife and I had put a lot of thought into protecting our daughters, we’d not been as intentional in entrusting them with more responsibility and freedom. We were ...

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Medievalism Isn’t the Answer to Modernity

On September 3, 2025, British right-wing populist political leader Nigel Farage gave evidence to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee about free speech in Europe. He claimed the en...

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Why Everything Never Feels Like Enough

“Does it feel like you should be happy, you want to be happy, and you try to be happy, but somehow you can’t?” What a simple and common yet poignant question. It’s in the preface to the new book E...

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