Faith
Scripture, ministry, and the everyday work of the spiritual life.
Pope Leo XIV Confirms First US Apostolic Visit With Three-City Tour Set for September 2026
The first American-born pope locked in his US apostolic journey for September with stops in Chicago, Washington, and New York drawing...
Saint Joseph the Worker Returns Friday and Catholic Social Teaching Gets Renewed Attention
Friday May 1 is the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker. The day was added to the Catholic calendar by Pius XII in 1955 in response to...
Faith Deconstruction Is Real. So Is the Return.
More Christians are walking away from the faith they grew up with. But the more interesting story is what happens next, and what churches...
Gen Z Is Going Back to Church and the Numbers Are Actually Striking
Bible sales are up 87 percent. Church attendance among 18 to 29-year-olds is at its highest since 2012. And spiritual experiences are the...
A New Prophet, Two New Apostles, and a Conference Centered on Family
The LDS Church's April 2026 General Conference installed Dallin H. Oaks as the 18th Prophet and President, called two new Apostles, and...
The Sermon on the Mount Is Still the Most Demanding Document in Human History
Most people treat the Beatitudes like a nice poem. Jesus meant them as a complete reordering of reality, and it is still just as...
Sabbath Was Not Made for Empty Calendars. It Was Made for People Like Us.
The fourth commandment has not become less relevant in the age of the smartphone. If anything, the conditions that Sabbath was designed to...
Lifeway Research Just Released Nine Encouraging Trends for Global Christianity in 2026 and the Church Should Take Them Seriously
More than 2.6 billion people identify as Christian worldwide. Bible sales are up 41 percent since 2022. YouVersion recorded its highest...
Young Men Are Leading the Return to Faith. The Data Is Hard to Ignore.
For the first time in 25 years, young men are more religiously active than young women in the United States. New Gallup data breaks down...
209 Congregations Are Studying America's Founding Documents. Here's Why It Matters.
The Faith250 initiative is bringing together Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities to read the founding texts before the country's...
The Week After Easter Is Where Most Churches Lose the Momentum They Just Built
The Easter Octave is the eight days after Easter Sunday, and historically it is when the church has celebrated hardest. Most modern...
Why Serious Christians Should Be Reading the Great Theologians, Not Just Devotionals
There is a rich library of theological writing stretching from Augustine to Spurgeon to C.S. Lewis that most everyday Christians never...
Lectio Divina Is Making a Quiet Comeback Among Young Christians Tired of the Scroll
The ancient four-step practice of reading Scripture slowly is pulling in twenty and thirty somethings who are worn out by devotionals built...
Churches Are Rebuilding Discipleship Programs and the Early Results Are Serious
After decades of relying on Sunday services to do the formational work of the church, pastors are rediscovering one on one discipleship....
The Weeks After Easter Are the Real Test of Whether Churches Are Actually Growing
Churches see their biggest attendance of the year on Easter Sunday. What happens in April and May tells you far more about whether those...
Apologetics Is Making a Comeback, and Gen Z Is Driving It
A generation raised on skepticism is now asking the hardest questions about the Bible and getting serious answers. Apologetics content is...
The Quiet Revival Nobody Is Reporting On: Gen Z Is Having Spiritual Experiences the Church Did Not Plan For
Youth for Christ is documenting teenagers having dreams of Jesus. Twenty-eight percent of new Christians cite a spiritual experience as the...
The Theology of Work Is Quietly Becoming the Most Important Conversation in the Church
Pastors, Christian authors, and ordinary believers are spending more time than ever thinking about how work is supposed to function in a...
What If Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith? A Different Way to Read the Wrestling.
The version of faith that has no room for doubt is not the biblical version. Abraham, Job, and Thomas all wrestled. Here is what that means...
What the Bible Actually Says About Suffering. It's Not What Most People Want to Hear.
Suffering is not a sign that something went wrong with your faith. The Bible doesn't promise protection from hard things. It promises...
The House Church Movement Is Growing Faster Than Most Pastors Realize
More believers are forming small, homebound congregations without leaving their existing churches. The pattern is quiet, intentional, and...
Tithing Is Not a Transaction. It's a Declaration About What You Believe.
Most people treat giving as an obligation to fulfill or avoid. The biblical case for tithing is something entirely different — it's a...
Fasting Is Coming Back Into Protestant Life And It Looks Nothing Like A Diet
Protestants spent decades treating fasting as a Catholic practice for Lent. That posture is changing in 2026, and pastors say the return is...
Sabbath Practice Is Quietly Growing in Working Class Churches and Here Is Why
You would not think Sabbath keeping would make a comeback in churches where most members work weekends or multiple jobs. But across the...
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