1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (542+ words) Before Israel entered the land God had promised, Moses gathered the nation and delivered a final warning (Deut. 2830; Lev. 18: 28). Prosperity, he told them, would be achieved by covenant faithfulness, humility, and obedience. If Israel forgot the Lord, embraced idols, tolerated…...

20+ hour, 24+ min ago  (879+ words) In 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to deliver a speech at the annual Independence Day celebration in Rochester, New York. After escaping from slavery some 14 years earlier, Douglass became an abolitionist and a sought-after speaker in the United States and abroad....

15+ hour, 19+ min ago  (415+ words) The U. S Supreme Court is seen on June 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. The final day of the Supreme Court's term is usually reserved for some of its most contentious, high-profile cases. This year was no exception, with the court handing down three…...

21+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1148+ words) This edition is sponsored by Cru Hello, fellow wayfarers " How two men in black could give life to our 250th Fourth of July " What I told The New York Times about UFOs and alien life " What I learned from conversations this…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (609+ words) I've been writing about issues of poverty for four decades. My brief period of television presence came in the 1990s as the sower of "compassionate conservatism," a plant that sprang up quickly only to have a thorn-choked death in the early…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1209+ words) A priest conducts a blessing ceremony at Mbiyo Cemetery for an orphan who died from Ebola in Bunia on June 19, 2026. Denis Dalanga, founder of Minist're Chr'tien des Familles Church, a network of churches largely in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (931+ words) For months, the team at National Latino Evangelical Coalition (Na LEC) has been fielding questions from worried families about what would happen if President Donald Trump were allowed to end birthright citizenship, the legal principle that nearly everyone born in…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (948+ words) The American experiment is an extraordinary collaborative project. No one group can credibly claim responsibility for our nation's accomplishments. And while not all the contributions were voluntary, rightfully attributed, or justly compensated, so much of what America has produced'airplanes, jazz,…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (559+ words) Compassionate Christians throughout US history have defended human life. While Americans were having abortions in 1776, America's founders in Philadelphia put their names on a statement that all, created equal, are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (678+ words) Films to watch for the country's 250th birthday. Films double as prayers, Martin Scorsese has proposed. Sometimes movies reflect life, and sometimes they ignite our longings for depth and transcendence. As with churches, movie theaters are one of the last places…...