...As many celebrate the birth of the Messiah, a growing sense of fear and anxiety hangs in the air. Recent years have seen an intensifying hostility towards the Judeo-Christian heritage of the West. 

...Families affected by disability are largely missing from many church activities. But Jesus makes clear that they’re represented when he shares the parable of the great banquet.

America is waking up to a truth its leaders have whispered behind closed doors for years: China isn't simply preparing for a future conflict -- it is preparing to finish one quickly.

It has an object of worship, which is female autonomy, its own commandments, theological virtues, a sacrament, and even its own form of evangelization.

As you think through how your church will operate this December, keep in mind these seven stats that reveal what Americans and churchgoers believe and are planning to do this Christmas.

...The digital afterlife industry uses its immortality tools to create the third bit of new vocabulary: “griefbots,” the name given to AI simulations of the deceased. Is this a good or bad thing?

...Bill C-9 should be concerning to all Canadians, and particularly so to Christians who would reject the right and capacity of the government to adjudicate religious speech. The bill is concerning enough to...

ICE announced that in the operation in Minneapolis, launched on December 1, 2025, federal agents arrested multiple criminal illegal aliens described by the DHS as “the worst of the worst.”

...Sudan has now fallen back into a conflict driven by the very same Islamist structures that persecuted Christians and other religious minorities for decades. The safeguards once put in place have eroded.

Abortions in the U.S. have increased this year under a remaining Biden policy that subverts the pro-life laws in 21 states. A new report shows a 40% increase in mail-order abortions from 2024 to 2025.

...More than 1,000 American Christian leaders returning from Israel saw waves of coordinated online harassment. Identical messages, bot-generated threats -- all triggered by supporting Israel.

...Nothing is wrong with using online resources, but are they best used as a supplement rather than a primary source of nourishment. Our primary discipleship should come from our local church...

A recent study has found that micro- and nanoplastics accumulate in human brain tissue—and in post-mortem samples from 2024, brain MNP levels were substantially higher than in liver or kidney tissue.

...“There’s no governor that’s done more pro-trans legislation than I have,No one has been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ community.” Also he wants “to see trans kids.”

State-sanctioned euthanasia not only pressures patients to choose suicide, but also inevitably ends in health care systems forcing suicide on patients.

...Three families and three Old Order Amish schools sued New York, claiming that New York’s gross intrusion into a centuries-old religious way of life was a violation of the First Amendment. It is. 

Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also reveal the values each era chose to honor.

Sometimes, the Lord takes Christians through seasons of depression. Charles Spurgeon, “the prince of preachers,” struggled his whole life with depression. But depression is not the sum of my life.

...Some claim a “war on Christmas” in America is overstated– but there unquestionably is one being waged in Europe: as surging Islamization of the continent marginalizes a declining Christianity.

For some time now, Netflix has come under fire for pushing LGBT-related content on both adults and children...A new report shows hard numbers that expose just how deep Netflix’s agenda runs.

Neurological science is catching up with the tech revolution. Our brains are sitting ducks for the stimuli found on cellphones, social media, and computer screens, making us want even more.

On September 26th, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said to the Global Progress Action Summit, “You will not be able to work in the United Kingdom if you do not have digital ID.”