Tuesday's Catch: 'Easter Pressure: A Pastor's Honest Confession' And More

Easter Pressure: A Pastor's Honest Confession
Easter is the biggest moment on the church calendar. So why does it feel so hard to get right?

Why Are Free Will Baptist Church Members So Young? An Interview with Dr. Eddie Moody
It is the outlier denomination. It is the denomination that is young, while the others are decidedly older. Why is this youthfulness taking place? Join Jess and Thom as they talk with Dr. Eddie Moody, Executive Director of the National Association of Free Will Baptists, about this phenomenon. You will be amazed, encouraged. and informed!

Poll suggests opposition to CoE's role in public life
Opinion polling has suggested that a significant proportion of people in Britain wish to remove the Church of England from some of its public functions, including its management of faith schools.

Why is the British monarch also called Defender of the Faith?
The British monarch traditionally bears the title “Defender of the Faith” which also appears on British coins as “F.D.” As it’s been back in the news lately, now’s a good time to consider it in more detail.

The Primate-Count Wars: How many really boycotted Mullally's installation?
GAFCON primates boycotted Sarah Mullally’s March 25, 2026, installation as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, protesting her support for progressive innovations in doctrine and discipline as unscriptural. Lambeth Palace’s partial list of 26 attending primates triggered conflicting boycott tallies from 7 to 16 across media outlets.

Church’s Asiamerica Ministries invite Episcopalians to make origami cranes for detained immigrants
The Episcopal Church’s Asiamerica Ministries is calling on Episcopalians to make origami cranes for immigrants in detention as a symbol of peace and solidarity.

“Making each crane is an act of prayer for healing and wholeness,” the Rev. Jo Ann Lagman, missioner for Asiamerica Ministries and a Filipina American, told Episcopal News Service.

Judge rejects UMC’s claim to own breakaway megachurch
An Alabama judge has ruled that the United Methodist Church does not own and has no legal claim to the property of Harvest Church, a megachurch in Dothan that broke away from the denomination over its stance on same-sex marriage.

Houston County Circuit Judge Christopher K. Richardson issued the ruling last week, finding that Harvest Church is the sole owner of its property and that neither the denomination nor any of its affiliated bodies holds any right or interest in the church’s real or personal assets, AL.com reported.

Israel apologizes after barring cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
Israeli authorities apologized after barring Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, an incident that drew sharp criticism from global leaders and church officials.

Also See: Israel's defense for closing Holy Week sites in Jerusalem takes a new twist

Report finds growing trend of harassment of Christians in Israel
There was a “continued and expanding pattern of intimidation and aggression” against Christian clergy and Church property in 2025, according to an annual study released on Monday by an Israeli group.

The 155 documented incidents last year “reflect a persistent and worrying pattern in which both overt violence and everyday humiliations accumulate into a broader atmosphere of exclusion,” say the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue’s report, titled “Attacks on Christians in Israel and East Jerusalem.”

Also See: Priest of last Christian village in West Bank speaks out against Israeli settler attacks

What is Sin?
Could there be a need to clarify what it means for humans to be made in the image of God and how that relates to human sin?

The Manosphere and the Way of Christ: Why “Alpha Masculinity” Falls Short of Biblical Manhood
When held up against the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, the worldview of the manosphere is not merely incomplete but it is fundamentally incompatible with biblical manhood.

10 Traits of Jesus as Transformational Leader
When studying the subject of transformational leadership, we should take a look at our own leader, Christ Jesus. He is the one who can best speak to the issue of leadership. Here are 10 traits of Jesus, the transformational leader. As you read over the descriptions, take time to assess your own life and activity as a leader.

The Most Astonishing Moment in the Parables of Jesus
One parable stuns me, no matter how many times I read it. (Some scholars, including Klyne Snodgrass, would classify it as an analogy rather than a parable proper.) It comes in the middle of Luke’s Gospel, easy to read past. But it contains one of the most breathtaking images in all of Scripture (and it’s barely even the point).

A very Baptist identity crisis
When one style or theology becomes normative, the question we must ask is: Who disappears? Contemplatives, for whom God is met in stillness; liturgical Baptists (and yes, we exist!) who find sacramental depth in structured prayer and the church calendar; introverts, for whom corporate worship need not mean corporate performance; neurodivergent believers, for whom accessibility is not an optional extra but a justice issue; those formed in non-Western traditions whose spiritual grammar does not map onto Hillsong-adjacent aesthetics; progressive communities whose theology and practice have moved in directions the dominant evangelical center would prefer not to acknowledge and considers, ironically, “unorthodox”.

Yes, the irony is sharp: Gatherings that claim to celebrate global Baptist unity are, in practice, narrowing what counts as “authentically Baptist” and this is not simply a matter of stylistic preference; it is a question not only of freedom of conscience and religious belief, but justice, for whose spirituality is validated by our institutions, and whose is rendered invisible?

Scientists have found an alarming environmental impact of vast data centers
The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, and making life hotter for more than 340 million people.