It was a “social experiment” playing out on TikTok: A young Kentucky woman called churches asking if they’d buy formula to feed her (fictional) hungry baby. Only a handful agreed on the spot, and the stunt went viral, “proof” that Christians and other religious people are stingy hypocrites who can’t be bothered with the needy. In reality, it Read more…
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This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. In 1981, novelist Walker Percy wrote a column he titled “A View of Abortion with Something to Offend Everybody.” As a Christian, he took on the seared consciences of pro-life people disregarding the poor women who don’t get abortions but can’t feed their babies. As a medical doctor, he Read more…
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I sit at a friend’s kitchen table at her home in our South Minneapolis neighborhood. A vinyl tablecloth wrinkles under my notebook as we work together to make a grocery list for her family so I can shop for her. She snuggles her young daughter and begins to cry as we talk in the dimly Read more…
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Two songs in, the fire official interrupted. Another 150 volunteers needed to leave the overcrowded church before worship could continue. More than 1,000 people descended Monday morning on a special church service in Springfield, Ohio, to sing and pray and wave signs on the day before deportation protections were set to expire for more than Read more…
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Data consistently show that most women facing unexpected pregnancies do not turn to their churches for help. Even though 7 in 10 post-abortive women identify as Christian, many say they would never tell a pastor or fellow believer they were considering abortion or seek support from their church afterward. They are twice as likely to Read more…
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On December 18, 2020, during the COVID-19 shutdowns, a quiet wedding unfolded in a small church in rural Missouri. The pews were almost empty—parents, siblings, and close friends spaced far apart. The rest watched on Zoom as the officiant’s voice carried through the sanctuary: “Cole, do you take Kiley to be your lawfully wedded wife, Read more…
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When Cristhina first arrived in Bologna, Italy, more than a decade ago, she was surprised by how public prostitution seemed to be. Girls stood along suburban roads and in family neighborhoods, sometimes in broad daylight, visibly soliciting passersby in cars and on foot. “They were everywhere,” she recalled. “Downtown, residential areas. Being prostituted out in Read more…
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Born into slavery in 1862, Black journalist Ida B. Wells educated herself and, during the late 1880s, wrote for Christian publications “in a plain, common-sense way on the things which concerned our people.” She added, “Knowing that their education was limited, I never used a word of two syllables where one would serve the purpose.” Read more…
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