Jimmy Swaggart, the TV minister whose name became a watchword for scandal, has died at 90. My obit for Christianity Today: christianitytoday.com/2025/07/died-t…

Eleven years after ISIS attacks, Yazidis, a religious minority in Iraq, still face displacement. They welcome Christian aid, but not Christian conversion. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/yazidi…

“Ironically, the exaggerated dystopia portrayed in ‘Squid Game’ ends up feeling like an honest portrayal of the real world we inhabit here in South Korea,” writes Michelle Park. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/squid-…

Former vice president Mike Pence spoke with Russell Moore about global tensions, prayer for those in authority, and Mrs. Pence’s frosty reception of President Trump. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/former…

Benue State, Nigeria, is famous for its hospitality. But after recent attacks, residents fear venturing out. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/benue-…

The Christian Reformed Church in North America has moved to “deplore” the legalization of assisted suicide in the strongest terms and offered the most detailed denominational guidelines to date on practical and pastoral care around the practice. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/medica…

What do public disputes on social media “reveal about the church in our current age: how we teach, how we disciple, how we form convictions, and how we handle disagreement in public”? From Chris Butler: christianitytoday.com/2025/07/online…

A landmark biography shows storied conservative leader William F. Buckley Jr. walking intellectual, journalistic, and financial tightropes. Marvin Olasky has our review: christianitytoday.com/2025/07/willia…

Adam, reincarnation, and a holy peacock. What do Iraq’s persecuted Yazidis believe? christianitytoday.com/2025/07/yazidi…

.Marvin Olasky explains the basics of Muslim history and law: christianitytoday.com/2025/07/islam-…

Around holidays like July 4, churches often face pressure to feature patriotic songs. From the CT archive, how worship leaders are working to center devotion “In Christ Alone”: christianitytoday.com/2021/06/fourth…

“Patriotism cannot be exempted from the broader calling of the Christian life,” wrote @BonnieKristian in 2021. “Feeling patriotic doesn’t mean we can stop clothing ourselves ‘with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience’ (Col. 3:10–15).” christianitytoday.com/2021/06/how-to…

“‘God bless America’ as a prayer gets human nature right,” wrote Matt Reynolds in 2017. “Our pulses beat to the rhythms of flesh-and-blood communities, with their histories and traditions, their customs and folkways, and their neighbors and friends.” christianitytoday.com/2017/06/you-ha…

“Patriotism is absolutely indispensable to the survival of a political sovereign power,” argued Carl F. H. Henry in 1974. “No nation will long endure without the support, dedication, and enthusiasm of its own people.” christianitytoday.com/1974/06/footno…

An explainer from the CT archive on how Christian nationalism differs from other forms of nationalism, patriotism, and Christianity: christianitytoday.com/2021/02/what-i…

We cannot do much about the panic all around us—not the kind that seeks to divide us nor the kind that prompts us to numb ourselves. “What we can do, though, is make ourselves reachable,” writes Russell Moore. christianitytoday.com/2025/05/proble…

Brad East makes the case that the recent fashion of speaking God’s Name is a mistake. An understandable mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/god-wh…

Subhankar Ghosh watched Hindu mobs kill his missionary friend. Despite his grief, he believes he needed to accept what happened and forgive the killers. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/graham…

The United Nations camp for internally displaced Yazidis is full of tattered tents, unhygienic facilities, and the threat of fire from spark-prone electricity cables. USAID cuts have only made things worse. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/yazidi…

In Kenya, deaths and injuries from road accidents have increased for years. Churches in Kenya have held special prayer events at “black spots”—areas with high incidents of road crashes—to ask for divine intervention to reduce accidents. christianitytoday.com/2025/07/cost-o…