John Huffman, the one minister who told US president Richard Nixon he should confess during the crisis of the Watergate scandal, has died in California at the age of 85.

"The Savannah Bananas, for all their intentional focus on the joy of the fans, remind us that sport is about a bigger story." What a treat to edit this @christianitytoday.com piece from former MLB pitcher Josh Lindblom! www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/sava...

Pastor Yoichi Fujiyabu has stopped more than 1,100 people from taking their lives at Japan’s “suicide cliff.” Deciding that rescuing people was not enough, he wanted to offer more concrete ways to cultivate individual and communal healing.

The most important thing a church provides after a disaster is a system. But as the number of people leaving organized religion rises, Isaac Wood writes, “I worry my generation might lose access to the systems required to care for our neighbors.”

On Twitch streams and in Discord chats, “nerd culture” ministers reach out to a demographic long misunderstood by the church.

Out on @christianitytoday.com this month: A personal essay by writer Ann Harikeerthan on growing up at a leprosy hospital in Vellore, India, and what that taught her about communal healing and restoration: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/lepr...

While formal church discipline remains relatively infrequent in the US, it’s making a comeback in some circles, where pastors emphasize membership and position discipline as a form of care and restoration.

“What Christianity teaches us that’s so significant is mercy—the withholding of the most severe punishment may be dictated by an action in favor of something gentler.” A conversation with The Atlantic journalist Elizabeth Bruenig about capital punishment:

“The promise of the gospel is not that we will never fall, or never fear, or never fail. It is that, even when we do, we remain in God’s love. That love does not wait on the other side of our fear. God meets us within it.”

Two lawsuits argue that Calvary Chapel pastor Greg Laurie is legally responsible for sexual abuse in orphanages that the church supported.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, if we bite and devour each other, we will be consumed by each other, writes @drmoore.bsky.social.

New restrictions on campus speech in Texas have spurred a lawsuit from a coalition of student groups, including a Dallas ministry concerned about the impact on Bible studies, worship nights, and evangelism on campus.

New restrictions on campus speech in Texas have spurred a lawsuit from a coalition of student groups, including a Dallas ministry concerned about the impact on Bible studies, worship nights, and evangelism on campus.

Meet CT’s inaugural class of Compassion Award winners—seven organizations doing good work in the name of Christ:

Lecrae almost left evangelicalism after 2020. But now he writes, “If you’re still here, still believing, still showing up even when it’s hard—I see you. But don’t stop at doubt or despair. And don’t let pain be the period at the end of your sentence.”

Christina Ray Stanton dug through hours of 9/11 videos looking for evidence of her and her husband’s escape from Manhattan. She writes, “I came to believe no proof was needed to verify the most important truth: God had seen us that day.”

Christians and politicians are calling for prayer after conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking to students at a TPUSA event in Utah.

Catherine Conybeare’s new book recovers the significance of Augustine’s geographic and cultural roots.

For @christianitytoday.com, @bonniekristian.bsky.social reviews Allison Daminger’s “succinct and enjoyable book” What’s On Her Mind (out now!). Read the full review:

“In a world conditioned by evolutionary advantage and our sinful nature, which desires power at the expense of pushing others down, the gospel calls us to cruciform weakness,” writes @drmoore.bsky.social.

“How we educate our children is a hot-button topic,” writes Chris Butler. “But the fact that churches—particularly Black churches—are once again innovating in this area is good news worth celebrating.”

“There are serious legal questions” about Trump’s intention to deploy troops to Chicago, writes Chris Butler. “But I recognize something Chicago’s political class refuses to acknowledge: The status quo is failing our families and communities.”

“Whether we cross oceans or tread through minefields of painful secrets, God holds us safely in his hands.” The testimony of speaker and activist Christine Caine:

In the @christianitytoday.com daily newsletter, a thought on how cool it is to see people moved by awe

Are Christians hotter? Some Christian women on the internet seem convinced that’s what Jesus wants, writes @kkramermcginnis.bsky.social.

Got to write about the second person to ever complete the Appalachian Trail for @christianitytoday.com, Gene Espy. “I got what I intended out of the Appalachian Trail,” he once said. “I got to see God’s work in nature.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/died...

A new study found that Gen Z attends church more frequently than their older siblings, parents, or grandparents. This is a “historic” and “generational reversal.”

In the operating rooms of Minneapolis’s busiest trauma center, one doctor prayed for God’s help and presence as he cared for school shooting victims.

I'm grateful for this thoughtful and thorough review of Mid-Faith Crisis in @christianitytoday.com "Because they write as fellow sojourners who name and validate the pain and confusion that often accompanies a life of faith, they establish themselves as trustworthy guides" t.co/1QsrLVR7bB

Black and mainline Protestant clergy in Washington, DC, are demanding that immigration officials stop using their church parking lots.

Based on the current buzz about deconstruction and deconversion, abandoning the faith seems to be a growing trend. Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague’s new book “Mid-Faith Crisis” offers a welcome alternative.

What keeps drawing campers back to Deerfoot Lodge is the chance to connect with other Christian men in a way that feels authentic, uninterrupted, and gospel centered. In the tech-free wilderness, Jesus feels present, and relationships feel more honest.

The saddest article I've ever written for @christianitytoday.com strangely restored my hope. All is not lost. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/mult...

Can Shinto be considered Japan's "national religion"? How did Christians in Japan respond to State Shinto, which revered the emperor as a supreme being? Find out more @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...

@drmoore.bsky.social writes to Donald Trump, “You can’t get to heaven with the art of the deal.“

“Identity matters. It’s a significant part of the viewpoint from which we see God,” argues Justin Giboney. “But identity theology can also wrongly lead us into theological error.”

NEW @christianitytoday.com: Kazusa Okaya interviews Japanese evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi on the nature of Shinto, its development in Japan, its interactions with Christianity, and its implications for evangelism in the country. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/shin...

At the end of another summer mission-trip season, @matthewloftus.bsky.social offers a missionary’s perspective on different kinds of short-term missions and how to make yours—if you do them—as functional and faithful as possible.

My latest obit for @christianitytoday.com comes with songs www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/chuc...

“When it comes to the ethical dilemmas we encounter in transhumanism, we should exercise an abundance of caution,” writes Miroslav Volf. “Yet it is a mistake to think that divine work and human work, including technological advances, mutually exclude one another.“

“At least you can get pregnant.” “You’ll have another baby.” “At least it was early.” How did we as evangelical Christians, with our predominantly pro-life stance, overlook the way our words undervalue babies lost through miscarriage? asks Brittany Lee Allen.

James Dobson, the evangelical author and child psychologist who founded Focus on the Family, died today at the age of 89.

Taking criticism, couples counseling, dry spells, and gut reactions. @drmoore.bsky.social shares 30 things he has learned in 30 years of ministry:

“The poor you will always have with you,” Jesus told us. But will there ever be enough volunteers?

“Man does not live on bread alone, and simply cleaning up the ingredients in our store-bought loaves will not bring us closer to godliness. Applying a biblical food theology to our modern era requires paying attention to the broader community around us.”

@karenswallowprior.bsky.social’s “You Have a Calling” is written for Christians trying to make sense of their vocation in a world of ever-changing options and mounting burnout.

“Training students to use and even rely on AI does not give them what they need to flourish intellectually or morally as God’s creatures,” argues Myles Werntz. “This is a severe injustice.”

“There’s some element of hope embedded in the growth of persecution, because it’s a response to the growth in the church.” @danielsilliman.bsky.social conversation with Open Doors president Ryan Brown:

As Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, Christian ministries on the ground are navigating complex challenges to provide aid.

Church isn’t a place for forced smiles and pat assurances. Natalie Mead on suffering honestly: