Posts in North America
Trump Administration Intensifies Religious Liberty Agenda With A Christian Focus

(ANALYSIS) The young Donald Trump administration is unusually focused on the issue of religious liberty — operating through two newly formed organizations that emphasize concerns raised by those conservative Catholics and Protestants who are a crucial element in the president’s political “base.”

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Erika Kirk’s Tribute: ‘Let Charlie’s Miracle Be Your Turning Point’

The following remarks were made by Erika Kirk, wife of the late Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, on Sept. 21 during his memorial service held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.

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Survey Reveals Americans’ Contradictory Beliefs About God And Church

U.S. adults don’t think God changes. Their beliefs about the divine have basically stayed the same, as well. The latest State of Theology study from Lifeway Research and Ligonier Ministries finds significant stability across a wide range of theological beliefs.

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Muslims Redefine Representation On Screen: ‘Rejection Of Stereotypical Narratives’

(ANALYSIS) More recently, a 2021 study from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative looked at 200 popular movies and found that Muslim characters were either completely missing or shown as violent. Despite the consistency of negative representations of Muslims on television following the rise in Islamophobia, the post-9/11 climate actually saw the introduction of more diverse Muslim characters.

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A Pastoral Call: Sympathy, Not Empathy, For Charlie Kirk

(OPINION) America is dangerously polarized. We are split into camps with different facts, values and even realities. Kirk often stepped into that arena as a kind of devil’s advocate — lobbing provocative challenges and daring opponents to prove him wrong. If his death teaches us anything, it may be that endless condemnation cannot heal us.

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What Machiavelli And St. Francis Tell Us About Modern CEOs

(ANALYSIS) In general, criticisms of “profits over people,” poor treatment of employees, scandals, lavish spending, lawsuits and accusations or convictions of fraud characterize many of our Machiavellian CEOs.

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Earliest Known Reference To King David On Display At Museum Of The Bible

A 3,000-year-old basalt stone bearing the earliest known extrabiblical reference to the “House of David” is on display at the Museum of the Bible through Nov. 3 at no cost to viewers, the museum has announced.

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Crossroads Podcast: For Many Journalists, Kirk’s Widow Speaks In A Strange Code

In the past decade, leaders in America’s newsrooms have tried to find journalists who can help them understand the language, symbols and beliefs of Americans with different cultural backgrounds. An editor in Miami will want a large percentage of the staff to speak Spanish. What about reporters who can speak conversational “evangelical” or what some call “Christianese”?

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Majority Of Christians Reject Biblical Teaching On Sin

Only 66 percent of American Christians accept the biblical teaching that all have sinned, George Barna said in its newest release from the 2025 American Worldview Survey he overseas at Arizona Christian University. Most Christians, 72 percent, also believe people are “basically good at heart.”

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Alliances Serve Those Facing Homelessness And Addiction: ‘It Humanizes People’

In Trinidad, Colo., 200 miles south of Denver, Clay Mason leads a 12-member ministerial alliance. But his move from Texas to Trinidad, a city of 8,200 bisected by Interstate 25 and the Purgatoire River, was not about ministry. He and his wife, Mary, arrived in their RV eight and a half years ago to pursue nontraditional cancer treatments, which Clay believes cured him.

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On Religion: In A Cloud Of Doubt, Charlie Kirk Clung To The Cross

(ANALYSIS) Months before his assassination, Charlie Kirk joined comedian Bill Maher on the “Club Random” podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on faith, science, politics and free speech. Despite Maher’s irreverence and marijuana use, Kirk held firm to his Christian convictions during that Eastertime conversation, especially in defending the hope of eternal life.

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What Jesus Teaches Us In The Wake Of Charlie Kirk’s Murder

(OPINION) When I read or listen to the news, I often think: What is God calling us, specifically as Christians, to say and do in response to this moment?It is so effortless for me to take pre-existing political talking points — they are waiting for me like TV dinners, ready to heat up and serve — to sprinkle the salt of a couple of Biblical proof texts on top of them and to call that my response. Maybe you share this facile temptation with me.But I reckon that God expects something more robust of us than that.

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‘Not Your Average Joe’: How A Coffee Shop Became A Ministry Of Belonging

Not Your Average Joe is a nonprofit organization that offers customer-facing, meaningful employment for people with disabilities. Owner Tim Herbel, a member of the Oakcrest Church of Christ, quoted Matthew 25:45, where Jesus speaks about ministering to “the least of these.” That’s how society often views people with disabilities, he said, but after working with them he has come to view them differently.

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Charlie Kirk Visited Colleges To Promote Traditional Educational Values

A large part of Charlie Kirk’s political activism centered on what education should look like. Amy Lieberman, The Conversation’s education editor, spoke with Daniel Ruggles, a scholar of conservative youth activism, to better understand the beliefs about education that influenced Kirk and the connection he tried to make with young people.

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Americans Remain Divided As More States Legalize Assisted Suicide

In the most recent Lifeway Research study, the youngest and oldest Americans are among the most likely to support physician-assisted suicide. Those 18-34 (56 percent) and 65 or older (54 percent) are more likely than those 50-64 (45 percent) to see the practice as morally acceptable. Men are also more likely to agree than women (54 percent vs. 49 percent).

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Book Excerpt: Paul Marshall’s ‘Called To Be Friends, Called To Serve’

(EXCERPT) In today’s world, we are increasingly segmented by our interests, segregated by our neighborhoods, separated into economic and ethnic groups, polarized by our politics, divided by our demographics, and isolated by our modern lifestyles that focus on individual pursuit rather than the fellowship of community. In that environment, real friendships between people who are unlike each other are increasingly rare.

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The First Amendment Trinity And Charlie Kirk’s Murder

(ANALYSIS) What do Joe Rogan, Charlie Sheen and Charlie Kirk have in common? On many levels, the correct answer is, “Not much.” And I never thought that I would be discussing Sheen in the context of someone like Kirk who, whatever you thought of his MAGA messages, was maturing into an increasingly effective public apologist on topics of faith, family and public life.

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How Religious Freedom Caselaw is Shaping the Legal Landscape for Ministries

Following the expanded Free Exercise protections under these decisions, ADF continues to litigate cases on behalf of Christian ministries, arguing for the continued expansion of these protections in different contexts.

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