Opinion

• The death of an 84-year-old Catholic priest marked the end of India's secularism

  Asia Religious Freedom

  7 mins read

  Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s culture wars have morphed from rhetoric into policy and an emboldened ecosystem of vigilantes and ideological enforcers has emerged alongside the state, advancing a vision of an uncompromisingly Hindu India. This presents a growing threat to democracy, religious liberty, and especially a minority Christian population.

• Skilled Christian writers won't be left behind in the AI era

  US & Canada Arts & Media

  4 mins read

  For all the fears and frenzy around the emergence of generative AI, best selling author Jerry B. Jenkins maintains that "technology... can’t write from conviction, from the overflow of the passions of the heart." While generative AI is a powerful research tool on their devices, there will always be a place for skilled inspired writers.

• Holding out hope in dark times: a little can do a lot

  Oceania Bible & Theology Church & Missions

  6 mins read

  In the midst of crisis, when powerful people play war games and masses suffer because of it, it is easy to feel impotent, a victim of circumstance. But there is hope. We need to look for, and recount, alternate stories that evidence hope. The quiet, "widows mite", stories of faithfulness and breakthrough in ordinary everyday living are needed, especially now.

• How to engage publicly in hostile contexts with truth and love as Christ's ambassadors

  US & Canada Society & Culture

  5 mins read

  We are called to be ambassadors for Christ not antagonist Christians. Yet believers cannot afford to just surrender the public square, we need to engage it with truth and love out of our convictions shaped by Christ, demonstrated by a life of faithfulness to Christ.