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When They Made Me Pray in School
Michael Sokolove, The Atlantic
Pope has Phone Call with Putin Same Day Trump Does
Elise Ann Allen, Crux
The Scandal of Dogmatism
Julia Yost, Compact
Is OpenAI Building an Empire or a Religion?
Audie Cornish, CNN
Selfishness Is Not a Virtue
David French, The New York Times
After Boulder and DC: Do We Need a New Judaism?
Jeffrey Salkin, RNS
The Real Problem with AI Prayers
Alastair Roberts, Christianity Today
A Counterintuitive Source of Rising Anti-Semitism
Julie Ponzi, Chronicles
Did You Hear the Voice?
Rabbi Yossy Goldman, Jewish News Syndicate
The Rule of St Augustine: Wisdom for Our Augustinian Moment
Mere Orthodoxy
The Unlikely Alliance Between Culture War Catholics and Tech Bros
NCReporter
Robert Morris Told Gateway He Knew Child was 12 During Abuse
Christian Post
Wisdom Is Not Intelligence
David Brooks, Comment
New Wave Of Violence Targets Pakistan’s Ahmadi Community
Religion Unplugged
Religious Freedom in Russia Continues to Decline, Say Experts
Gina Christian, OSV
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Sec. Rubio Should Build on the Commission on Unalienable Rights
On Jan. 20, in his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated his determination to “make America great again.” America’s founding affirmation of and the nation&rsquo...
U.S. Must Acknowledge and Address Religious Persecution in Nigeria
Last month in Nigeria, Christians were confronted with yet another reminder of the ongoing threats they face in their own communities. In August, “more than 70 Nigerian Christians were killed an...
Don’t Forget the Victims of Persecution in Nigeria
Four years ago this month, a young Nigerian Sufi musician named Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. His trial had taken just a few months, and he had no lawyer to defe...

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Pentecost: The "New Wine" of the Spirit

Andrew Fowler, RealClearReligion

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a... Read More

The Promise of the Holy Spirit is Still Yes and Amen

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, RealClearReligion

The number 40 has profound Biblical significance. Rain fell for 40 days and nights after Noah built the ark. Moses spent 40 days on Mount... Read More

Great New Film — “The American Miracle”

Jerry Newcombe, RealClearReligion

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When They Made Me Pray in School

Michael Sokolove, The Atlantic

When I was in second grade, my teacher made us pray that the law would change so that a day at school could once again begin with a prayer. I... Read More

Pope has Phone Call with Putin Same Day Trump Does

Elise Ann Allen, Crux

As tensions between Russia and Ukraine continue to escalate despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire, Pope Leo XIV Wednesday... Read More

The Scandal of Dogmatism

Julia Yost, Compact

Elie describes the long 1980s as the full flowering of postsecularity—that phase of modernity in which religion rebounds from its... Read More

Is OpenAI Building an Empire or a Religion?

Audie Cornish, CNN

Some companies just build products. Others build empires — with innovative leaders who inspire fierce devotion. But when does... Read More

Selfishness Is Not a Virtue

David French, The New York Times

But why bring Jesus into it? America has always been a country with lots of Christian citizens, but it has not always behaved like a... Read More

After Boulder and DC: Do We Need a New Judaism?

Jeffrey Salkin, RNS

A new, post-Oct. 7 Judaism would be a messy mixture of the mystical, the rational, the national, the religious, the secular, the Ashkenazic... Read More

The Real Problem with AI Prayers

Alastair Roberts, Christianity Today

At a recent Gospel Coalition conference, celebrity pastor John Piper told his audience about a task he had given... Read More

A Counterintuitive Source of Rising Anti-Semitism

Julie Ponzi, Chronicles

When Jews support left-wing movements and causes, they should not be surprised by the resulting anti-Semitism. Read More

Did You Hear the Voice?

Rabbi Yossy Goldman, Jewish News Syndicate

Jews are currently in the afterglow of Shavuot, when we commemorate the great revelation at Sinai, where the entire nation of... Read More

The Rule of St Augustine: Wisdom for Our Augustinian Moment

Mere Orthodoxy

The wisdom of this way of life merits our attention, and not merely because of its influence on the current pope of the Roman Catholic... Read More

The Unlikely Alliance Between Culture War Catholics and Tech Bros

NCReporter

Who are these guys — "tech bros" is a sometimes derogatory description of a hypermasculine man working in the tech industry — and... Read More

Robert Morris Told Gateway He Knew Child was 12 During Abuse

Christian Post

Although he has pleaded "not guilty" to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child stemming from the alleged abuse of the... Read More

Wisdom Is Not Intelligence

David Brooks, Comment

Being a great intellectual does not mean you can anticipate what will come next. Being very intelligent does not mean you know how to proceed... Read More

New Wave Of Violence Targets Pakistan’s Ahmadi Community

Religion Unplugged

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya community in 1889, claiming to be the foretold Messiah and Mahdi in Islam. However, many Muslims do... Read More

Religious Freedom in Russia Continues to Decline, Say Experts

Gina Christian, OSV

In Russia, the two laws commonly invoked to prosecute blasphemy — one criminal, one civil — have been used to enforce compliance... Read More

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All Eyes on Vance as Turmoil Over Gutting USAID Grows
Amid a raging, mainly partisan battle over President Trump’s plans to slash foreign aid, Vice President J.D. Vance is set to address a summit of religious leaders and advocates looking to him fo...
Sec. Rubio Should Build on the Commission on Unalienable Rights
On Jan. 20, in his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump reiterated his determination to “make America great again.” America’s founding affirmation of and the nation&rsquo...
U.S. Must Acknowledge and Address Religious Persecution in Nigeria
Last month in Nigeria, Christians were confronted with yet another reminder of the ongoing threats they face in their own communities. In August, “more than 70 Nigerian Christians were killed an...
Don’t Forget the Victims of Persecution in Nigeria
Four years ago this month, a young Nigerian Sufi musician named Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. His trial had taken just a few months, and he had no lawyer to defe...

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Pentecost: The "New Wine" of the Spirit

Andrew Fowler, RealClearReligion

On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit — whom Jesus Christ promised to send at his Ascension — burst into the upper room “like a... Read More

The Promise of the Holy Spirit is Still Yes and Amen

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, RealClearReligion

The number 40 has profound Biblical significance. Rain fell for 40 days and nights after Noah built the ark. Moses spent 40 days on Mount... Read More

Great New Film — “The American Miracle”

Jerry Newcombe, RealClearReligion

Did the hand of God have anything to do with the birth of America? There’s a great new movie that gives a resounding,... Read More

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Religion & Politics

Great New Film — “The American Miracle”

Jerry Newcombe, RealClearReligion

Did the hand of God have anything to do with the birth of America? There’s a great new movie that gives a resounding, “Yes,” and it’s called “The American Miracle.”  It’s based on the best-selling book with the same title by Michael Medved, a popular radio show host, author, political commentator, and film critic. Medved hosts the new movie, weaving c... Read More

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When They Made Me Pray in School

Michael Sokolove, The Atlantic

When I was in second grade, my teacher made us pray that the law would change so that a day at school could once again begin with a prayer. I was 7, but even at that age, I knew there was something nonsensical about praying to be allowed to pray. This was at a public school outside Philadelphia in the 1960s, not that long after the Supreme Court ruled that prayer in public schools violated the Con... Read More

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Don’t Reinvent the Flat Tire

John Stonestreet, Shane Morris, BreakPoint

Today, however, people have grown tired of not believing, and deconstruction is losing its appeal. In such a context, old rehashed “flat tires” of spirituality will attract the spiritually curious but will prove as hollow and dangerous as their ancient versions. God’s real-world visitation in Jesus Christ, on the other hand, checks all the boxes of what the heart desires and the ... Read More

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