Last month, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok granted user requests to undress images of nonconsensual women and minors. Responding to global outrage, X initially said it would place this image-editing capability behind a paywall for subscribers only, but the company later amended its policy to add “technological measures” that would prevent this capability for all Read more…
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Forget about immigration policy for a second. Like it or not, President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024 came in no small part because most Americans preferred his approach to border security generally and deportation specifically. Let’s even say, for the sake of argument, that Trump came in with a mandate for a restrictionist immigration stance. You can say all that Read more…
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This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Donna Barber, Enough for Today: Forty Reflections for Surviving the Wilderness (InterVarsity Press, 2025) Wilderness seasons tend to expose the truth about where we are finding our strength, revealing whether it is in God or ourselves. I experienced this a few years ago during a challenging 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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