Weekend, August 10, 2024 　　The Father’s Table 　　You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. (Psalm 23:5 NLT) 　　There is a real spiritual battle that rages for Christians. And many are shocked to find that the Christian life is not a playground but a battleground. 　　David wrote in Psalm 23, “You prepare a feast for me...

　　BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY:Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the...

　　Theres a hidden Christian message behind what may be the most celebrated image of the 2024 Olympics. 　　On July 29, in round three of the shortboard surfing competition, Brazils Gabriel Medina faced off against Japans Kanoa Igarashi, who eliminated Medina in the last Olympics. In his second wave, Medina emerged from a tube exuberant, with both palms open, suggesting that...

　　Amid the culture war, there has been an ongoing debate over publicly acceptable speech. This should be of no surprise to chroniclers of the decline of the West, because it is when civilizations lose faith in their moral certainties and founding beliefs that they are susceptible to existential challenge and collapse. Foreign and domestic enemies undermine the shared stories we...

　　Joy in Every Circumstance 　　Weekly Overview: 　　As children of the Most High God, we are to be marked by contagious, unceasing joy. Through the Holy Spirit we have access to an unending supply of joy that comes from the wellspring of restored relationship with our heavenly Father. God longs to fill us with his joy that we might live the...

　　Some Minnesotans dont recognize Gov. Tim Walz in the vaunted coverage hes received since becoming Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harriss pick for vice president this week. 　　Walz, 60, is a self-described Minnesota Lutheran, belonging to the mainline Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA), according to Religion News Service. Profiles of the former teacher turned politician are punctuated with descriptors like...

　　Doris Brougham, an American missionary, who for 70 years used English and music to share Christ with millions of Taiwanese people, died Tuesday at the age of 98. 　　Through radio, television, magazines, live performances, and in-person classes, Broughams organization Overseas Radio Television (ORTV) taught everyone from dignitaries to middle school students how to speak English. At the same time, she...

　　President Biden’s recently announced attempt to impose term limits and an ethics code on the Supreme Court comes just three years after his “Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court” flirted with a court-packing proposal that was backed by many in his party. These two instances represent the only significant efforts by the executive branch, aside from Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal...

　　In the last two years, artificial intelligence has surged into everyday life. ChatGPT was adopted faster than any previous consumer technology. Because it can instantaneously synthesize information, AI has already changed the way students must be tested and threatens to displace workers from concierges to coders. Even political candidates debate over appropriate AI policy. This technological supernova took almost everyone...

　　To fight against the ghost of neoliberalism, a fierce patrol of scholars has recently rediscovered the entrepreneurial state. From the left (Mariana Mazzucato, Dani Rodrik) to the right (Oren Cass and the American Compass group), scholars and journalists are advocating for new industrial policies to address variously perceived “market failures.” 　　These authors tend to build their theories, explicitly or implicitly,...

　　Living with Assurance 　　By Jennifer Slattery 　　“I am writing to you, dear children, 　　because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. 　　I am writing to you, fathers, 　　because you know him who is from the beginning. 　　I am writing to you, young men, 　　because you have overcome the evil one. 　　I write to you, dear children, 　　because...

　　Gordon College could be on the hook to repay $7 million of COVID-19 relief funds. A federal court rejected eight of the evangelical schools arguments that it should be eligible for loan forgiveness. 　　Gordons lawyers made the case that the religious liberty protections in the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act should allow the institution to count employees...