Christian Daily

Opinion

• House church invests in slow growth and nurtured faith

  Asia Church & Missions

  4 mins read

  In this church planting testimony, what began as a three-person gathering has developed into a stable and flexible model: open homes for consistent meetings, and a focus on nurturing discipleship. Faith has become part of daily life, not confined to a church building. There is much to learn from this example of faithful service in the north west of China.

• Iran is ripe for change but the outcome remains uncertain

  Middle East Religious Freedom

  8 mins read

  Will the unprecedented current protests in Iran be terminal for the Islamic theocracy which has been in place since 1979? Social scientific insight seems to suggest not, but they've been wrong before. In spite of some key indicators that suggest the Iranian rule will continue, the triggers to regime collapse are mysterious.

• Work from love not for love because our value is secure in Jesus

  US & Canada Church & Missions Society & Culture Bible & Theology

  5 mins read

  In the world of athletics, the pressure to prove is relentless. The message is loud and clear: prove your value. Earn your worth. But, what would it look like if we competed, coached, and lived not for love, but from love? 

• Stop looking only for a religious motive for hostility

  US & Canada Religious Freedom

  8 mins read

  The religious freedom movement needs to ask broader questions than just whether there was an explicitly anti-religious intent for harm created. Instead of treating motive as the defining criterion, we should examine how religious identity or behavior shapes a community’s vulnerability to harm. This article explains why.