When word first spread that federal immigration agents had shot and killed Minnesotan Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis, a group of Hispanic evangelical pastors was meeting in a church basement nearby. Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara was supposed to be there to talk with the pastors about security protocols at their churches, but his Read more…
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My church occasionally holds a special time of healing prayer in which our pastor anoints with oil those who are sick or in pain and asks God to relieve them of their afflictions. Last spring, at the most recent of these services, a friend of mine who had recently developed chronic pain in multiple places—at Read more…
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During our children’s early years, my wife stayed at home with them, caring for them, nursing them, raising them, and homeschooling them for a year. Our children benefited immensely even though these were also years of sacrifice, loneliness, and stress. I will be forever grateful for her act of love to our family. Brittany is Read more…
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This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. A reader of my newsletter asked me if he might be going to hell. Actually, the reader’s question was quite a bit more nuanced. He’s a Christian, a committed follower of Jesus. He’s also suffering from a debilitating, painful, and slowly terminal disease. Let’s call him Max. Read more…
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My husband and I moved into a low-ceilinged basement apartment on a snowy day in January. The landlord was related to a prominent Nigerian poet, which boded well for our literary future, I thought. Combining our books into a single collection was one of the first tasks of our young marriage. I was unpacking a Read more…
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I would just like to point out,” said Sara Jacobs, a California Democrat speaking from the House floor, “that I think it’s very interesting that my colleague from South Carolina [Rep. Nancy Mace] is so obsessed with the issue of trans people—using horrible slurs to talk about them—when many people in this body have received Read more…
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When I was in grad school eight years ago, YouTube’s algorithm recommended I watch pastor Mike Todd’s sermon series on relationships, aptly called Relationship Goals. I hadn’t heard of Todd before, and at that point not a lot of other people had either. He was a young pastor shepherding Transformation Church, which was then a Read more…
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When I teach evangelical college students about the practicalities of Communion, I’ll often begin with the Last Supper, with Jesus and the disciples, because it raises some straightforward questions. I’ll ask them: Should we obey Jesus? Should we celebrate the meal as he instituted it? Should we do what he said? Should we use what Read more…
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