In this article James Emery White writes, “Don’t worry about having enemies. Instead, concern yourself with having the right ones and for the right reasons. Don’t have enemies because you are intentionally offensive in spirit and in relational dynamics. Don’t have enemies because you are caustic and abrasive. Don’t have enemies because you are unfeeling and unloving. But… Do have enemies because you stand for truth. Do have enemies because you will not waver in the face of majority opinion when it clashes with biblical authority. Do have enemies when you will not personally compromise your convictions.”
Why Women Can’t Lead in Your Church
Every few years, another institution’s reckoning with how it treats women leaders becomes national news. A seminary president is removed. A denomination argues over whether the word “pastor” applies to a worship leader or a Sunday school director. A well-known Bible teacher steps publicly away from the tradition that raised her. Each story reads like an isolated scandal. Together, they describe something more ordinary and more troubling: a pattern of women whose gifts stall out at the same invisible ceiling, in churches nowhere near the headlines.
Why the Church Needs to See Women in Leadership
“Where are the women leaders? I wish there were more out there.”
“I just wish there were more coming through. There don’t seem to be any anywhere.”
“What’s happening?”
I have had this exact conversation more times than I can count. Over coffee. On a podcast recording. In a hallway after a conference session. With men and women across the U.S., across Europe, across generations. Sometimes the tone is wistful. Sometimes it carries real hurt. Sometimes it just sounds baffled, like something doesn’t add up.
How to Guard Your Women’s Ministry Against False Teaching
What struck me about this article is that the foundation for sound doctrine proposed in the article is applicable to all people involved in ministry irrespective of their gender. I would also add that men are susceptible to the influence of social media too. It is not something unique to women!
Faith-based AI company Gloo faces moment of truth after $438M in losses
Serial entrepreneur Scott Beck believes he has a mission to help churches and Christian ministries spread God's work and help others. After years of financial losses, he believes his investment in building a faith-based tech company will soon pay off.
Experts have a warning about this influential pastor's controversial views on women
A recent NPR interview with controversial pastor Doug Wilson is highlighting the growing influence of Christian nationalism in American political and cultural life ― as well as alarming the experts and survivors who know this movement well.
Wilson, who co-founded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, or CREC, spoke to journalist Leila Fadel about his vision for a Christian theocracy and doubled down on his view that women should not have the right to vote. Calling the repeal of the 19th Amendment “a good idea,” he argued in favor of a “household voting” system in which this right is effectively limited to male heads of household.
ICE arrested a nun on her way to church. Does MAGA care?
On June 28, Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja, a Catholic nun from Nigeria, stepped out of her home to take the short, one-block stroll to her church in McAllen, Texas. It should have been uneventful: dressed in her white habit and bearing a rosary, Sister Letty was walking to Sunday morning mass at Our Lady of Sorrows.
She didn’t make it — US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stopped, arrested, and handcuffed the 56-year-old. They took her to a detention facility an hour away, reportedly confiscated her rosary, and declined to bring her the medication she takes. She called her diocese for help — and as news spread, both Republican and Democratic members of Congress appealed directly to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for details. Hours later, she was released — without explanation.
Opinion: What Willy Rice once knew
Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice has characterized the SBC’s clergy sex abuse crisis as a “hoax” and a “snipe hunt.”
Talk like that helped get Rice elected. Apparently, it was the message many Southern Baptists wanted to hear.
But just eight years ago, Rice was expounding a very different message.
In 2018, on his “Pastor’s Blog,” Rice published “Another SBC ‘Me-Too’ Story” in which he spoke out about church leaders who “fail in their responsibilities due to our unwillingness to reckon with difficult things.”
Small business bankruptcies soar
Small business bankruptcies are surging across the U.S. in 2026, as the nation’s entrepreneurs battle persistent economic headwinds and attempt to serve increasingly cash-strapped consumers.
According to data from the bankruptcy information and technology platform Epiq AACER, cited in an analysis from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), small business filings rose to 1,663 in the first half of the year, up 50 percent compared to the same six months in 2025.
The extreme heat and humidity are returning for millions of Americans.
At least 17 US states across the northern Plains and parts of the Upper Midwest are set to be trapped under a blazing heat dome starting on Sunday.
AccuWeather meteorologists are expecting widespread highs of 95 to 105°F, with 'feels like' temperatures reaching 115°F into next week.
Migration and The Life of the Church
In recent years there has been a flood of writing and discussion around the theology of migration. It has occupied ecumenical discussions and academic circles, as well as practical diocesan and parish considerations, as Christians in the West especially attempt to understand this pressing reality for our common life. As many have said, we live in an Age of Migration, and though it is sometimes hard to tell how unprecedented it truly is, there can be little doubt that it is a massive global force that is reshaping the contemporary Church and the world around it.
We Need a Thicker View of God’s Love
The mark of a good theologian (whether armchair or academic) isn’t simply affirming the “right things” but the ability to uphold multiple aspects of scriptural truth and not just pick the one that seems most useful at the time.
Study finds humans will talk to AI ghosts of the dead as reincarnations, and it’s pretty grim
A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder confirms something that sounds both impressive and concerning. People find interacting with AI simulations of their dead loved ones deeply meaningful, and most will come away wanting to do it again.
The researchers call it a “generative ghost,” which is a clear reference to generative AI, but I’d still prefer to call it unsettling.
Recently, an academic told me a story so bleakly indicative of the times we’re living in that I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since. It concerned her 18-year-old students, and the way they behaved in the first lecture of the year. In times gone by, these freshly minted adults would have instinctively introduced themselves to each other – said hello to the person sitting either side, exchanged names and pleasantries for a few minutes. But she had observed something very different occurring over the past decade. These young people would now sit down and wait in silence, avoiding eye contact and usually scrolling on their phones, until she began her lecture.
The term “phubbing” was conceived several years ago to describe the modern-day phenomenon of a person ignoring the social setting in front of them in favor of their phone. That act has long-term negative effects when parents do it around their children, according to new research.
According to data from the bankruptcy information and technology platform Epiq AACER, cited in an analysis from the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), small business filings rose to 1,663 in the first half of the year, up 50 percent compared to the same six months in 2025.
What affects the local economy affects the local church. A small business goes bankrupt and the community loses an employer. A church member loses a job and the church food pantry has another family to feed. A church member may be forced to relocate in search of work. Or take a job that pays less and work on Sundays.Monster heat dome to suffocate 20 US states as 115F feels like temperatures return in just days
The extreme heat and humidity are returning for millions of Americans.
At least 17 US states across the northern Plains and parts of the Upper Midwest are set to be trapped under a blazing heat dome starting on Sunday.
AccuWeather meteorologists are expecting widespread highs of 95 to 105°F, with 'feels like' temperatures reaching 115°F into next week.
Migration and The Life of the Church
In recent years there has been a flood of writing and discussion around the theology of migration. It has occupied ecumenical discussions and academic circles, as well as practical diocesan and parish considerations, as Christians in the West especially attempt to understand this pressing reality for our common life. As many have said, we live in an Age of Migration, and though it is sometimes hard to tell how unprecedented it truly is, there can be little doubt that it is a massive global force that is reshaping the contemporary Church and the world around it.
We Need a Thicker View of God’s Love
The mark of a good theologian (whether armchair or academic) isn’t simply affirming the “right things” but the ability to uphold multiple aspects of scriptural truth and not just pick the one that seems most useful at the time.
Study finds humans will talk to AI ghosts of the dead as reincarnations, and it’s pretty grim
A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder confirms something that sounds both impressive and concerning. People find interacting with AI simulations of their dead loved ones deeply meaningful, and most will come away wanting to do it again.
The researchers call it a “generative ghost,” which is a clear reference to generative AI, but I’d still prefer to call it unsettling.
As well as its addictiveness, what should concern us is how this development affects the way people view death and what happens to the deceased after they die. It may lull people into complacency about their own and loved ones' eternal destiny. The Scriptures also warn us against communicating with the dead and the practices associated with it. This development raises the question of whether the prohibition against communicating with the dead also applies to communicating with a simulacrum of a departed loved one.Generation lonely: How the young forgot how to make friends
Recently, an academic told me a story so bleakly indicative of the times we’re living in that I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since. It concerned her 18-year-old students, and the way they behaved in the first lecture of the year. In times gone by, these freshly minted adults would have instinctively introduced themselves to each other – said hello to the person sitting either side, exchanged names and pleasantries for a few minutes. But she had observed something very different occurring over the past decade. These young people would now sit down and wait in silence, avoiding eye contact and usually scrolling on their phones, until she began her lecture.
I have observed similar behavior in the hallways as well as in the classroom at my university.Parents’ attachment to phone screens can lead to anxiety in children – study
The term “phubbing” was conceived several years ago to describe the modern-day phenomenon of a person ignoring the social setting in front of them in favor of their phone. That act has long-term negative effects when parents do it around their children, according to new research.
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