At the five-year anniversary of COVID-19, our columnist reflects on his brother-in-lawâs near-death battle with the contagious virus.
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(REVIEW) The filmâs best elements still chaff under faith-based genre tropes. The genre that Kingdom Story Company has conquered so successfully is built on an audience that highly prizes good messages and family friendliness. Both of these are good things. But that has often rewarded tropes that work against the genre being both truthful or beautiful. These have often become more noticeable as the quality of the movies have otherwise improved.
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The domestic mission agency of the Presbyterian Church in America has removed a webpage containing links to advice about how immigrants living in the U.S. illegally can avoid being detained by law enforcement authorities.
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is the Wheaton war about Donald Trump? Yes â and no. Accurate reporting requires information noting that campus conflicts of this kind have been raging â yes, often behind the scenes and out of the headlines â for decades. The conflicts are doctrinal, cultural and sometimes political. But doctrine is the most crucial reality in these voluntary, private, academic communities.
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Twenty years after dual disasters, Nias is reshaped again. Churches of Christ have dedicated thousands of dollars and hours to relief efforts and medical missions. Christians launched Jochebedâs Hope, a ministry that oversees a childrenâs home and programs to help islanders get a good education.
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(OPINION) The Buddha didnât suggest that monks and nuns become societyâs moral police, dictating correct behavior and enforcing his rules. Rather, by living simply within his guidelines and refraining from harm, monastic communities can exemplify ethical living. By deliberately cultivating equanimity, love, compassion and empathic joy, they could inspire others to do the same.
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(ANALYSIS) In international law, territorial integrity would mean a countryâs right to âsovereigntyâ over its entire territory, prohibiting external interference or attempts to alter its borders. In Manipur, the term refers to preserving the territory of the state as it existed at the end of the British Raj in 1947. Protecting a stateâs âterritorial integrityâ is largely a political concern with little constitutional basis.
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(ANALYSIS) This past Feb. 15 marked the 10th anniversary of Daesh (the Islamic State group or ISIL) releasing the video of the murder of 21 men on a beach in Libya. The majority of them were Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Christians who were abducted from Sirte, Libya, between December 2014 and January 2015. One of the men was from Ghana and chose to stay with the Coptic men and face the same fate.
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(ANALYSIS) Many of the ad's photographs are easy to interpret, such as a man removing âGO BACKâ graffiti from a home, a woman helping a weeping man in a grocery store, a firefighter hard at work and a young football player comforting a defeated opponent. But the John 3:16 hat raised the theological stakes in the pride photograph.
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The North Carolina Supreme Courtâs decision means that cases filled by other child sexual abuse survivors, like Stuart Griffinâs case involving Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church and Charlotte Christian School, during the look back window will continue.
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Dikembe Mutomboâs towering presence on the basketball court made him a household name. With his signature finger wag and shot-blocking ability, he dominated the NBA for nearly two decades. But itâs his legacy off the court that set him apart as an icon of compassion and service. His parents, both Baptists, instilled in him values of kindness, humility and service to others. These principles would shape Mutomboâs identity as a man and player.
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(ANALYSIS) Freedom of religion means that religious beliefs, or irreligious ones, can be criticized, even mocked, as happens frequently in Sweden to, for example, Christian sentiments. In an open society, people of different faiths â Christians, Muslims, Jews, agnostics and secular humanists â must be able to live side by side in freedom and security. But they may be critically scrutinized, even ridiculed.
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(ANALYSIS) James Mangoldâs film âA Complete Unknown,â nominated for eight Oscars, captures the elusive, enigmatic quality of Bob Dylan in the early 1960s: The years he emerged as a major musical and cultural phenomenon. A scant few years after he came to New York from Minnesota, and legally changed his name from Robert Allen Zimmerman, Dylan transformed American music. Especially âunknownâ and baffling is Dylanâs religious and spiritual identity.
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About 50 Christians were killed, dozens kidnapped and homes destroyed since late January in several attacks spanning southern to northern Nigeria, Christian persecution watchdog groups said. At least three pastors were killed in attacks in Kaduna in north-central Nigeria and Gombe in northeastern Nigeria.
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Alex Bregman, the slugging third baseman who wore a Star of David on his cap following the Oct. 7 attacks, reportedly signed with the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in a contract that will give him the highest salary ever for a Jewish baseball player. The three-year, $120 million deal officially closes Bregmanâs tenure with Houston Astros, the team that drafted him second overall in 2015.
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(REVIEW) Author of âThe Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,â author Katherine Stewart picks up where that 2020 book left off in her new work âMoney, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.â In it, she surveys a horizon that has only grown darker. It is a landscape overshadowed by a well-organized, well-funded consortium of oligarchs and billionaires and others.
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(REVIEW) The film follows Roya Mahboob, an Afghan woman whose passion in life is giving young girls a chance at a better life by teaching them computer programming. She decides that the only way to gain popular support for her endeavors in a patriarchal society is to start a womenâs robotics team and win global competitions. But this will be harder and more dangerous than she suspects. It may go without saying, but the movie has a worthy message based on inspiring real-life people.
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In January, Jon Weece, the senior pastor (official title: âlead followerâ) at Central Kentuckyâs Southland Christian Church, announced heâll step down from his position in January 2026 to become just a regular member of the church.
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Last year, a handful of Salesian nuns worked to keep a small school and religious center in Khartoum open. As siege-like conditions worsened, they coordinated with Sudanese officials for an escape. An investigation by Religion Unplugged has revealed new details about the operation that were previously undisclosed.
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(ANALYSIS) Both prophets and conspiracy theorists fulfill a human need to find order in chaos. This overlap raises intriguing questions: Are religious belief and conspiratorial thinking positively linked, as both require imaginative leaps? Or do religious frameworks provide all the mental scaffolding needed, leaving no room for conspiracy theories?
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