Former senator and boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has returned to public service as secretary and lead convenor of the Philippines’ National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), with Christian leaders urging him to serve vulnerable Filipinos with compassion, integrity and a commitment to God.
A small island nation with a stable democracy, a high degree of freedom, and a majority Christian population faces a catastrophic threat because of the actions of others in the world. As sea levels rise, the world has a responsibility to ensure that the islands and the people who have flourished on them for more than 2,000 years (over 120 years as Christians) do not disappear.
Do we care for a person only because we hope that one day they will become a Christian? Or do we help because we believe that every person is created in the image of God and that every human life therefore possesses a dignity bestowed by God? Public theology from Malaysia would argue the latter.
Dominion theology has deep roots and it has led to some despicable actions in the name of Christian faith. In a similar way today, under the guise of Christian nationalism, too many Christians today call for domination without competence. As Christians, we have uniquely valuable spiritual and practical wisdom to offer, but we should not tarnish it by pretending to be experts in areas where we are not.
A question everyone should ask themselves when they open a retouching app: who decides what my face should look like? Increasingly, the answer is an algorithm, and that has consequences that go far beyond vanity. Artificial Intelligence-powered beauty filter apps have amassed staggering numbers of users, and that is a serious problem for humanity. The gospel presents us with a different image.
A Christian mother and her family are challenging an English judge’s decision to withdraw clinically assisted nutrition and hydration from her 28-year-old son, who has a prolonged disorder of consciousness following a severe brain injury.
Psychic nights at the local pub, celebrities ‘manifesting’, and “WitchTok” videos attracting millions of views: alternative spirituality has become an increasingly visible part of popular culture.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, Sept. 2, praised a Christian nurse who risked her life to rescue an infant from a hospital fire that killed 14 newborns last week.
Nicaragua’s National Assembly, dominated by the ruling party, approved a partial constitutional reform Sept. 1 in its first legislative session that would bar people deemed “traitors to the homeland” from running for office, holding public positions or serving in party leadership.
Veteran worship leader Darlene Zschech believes the Church is once again entering a season in which God is moving powerfully and new expressions of worship are emerging.
More than half of German children and young people aged 12 to 17 support restricting access to social media for minors, even though most of them describe the platforms as good for their own lives, according to a report published Aug. 27 in Berlin by the German health insurer Techniker Krankenkasse.
The International Mission Board has commissioned RJ and Elayna Locklear as its first Lumbee Native American missionary couple, sending them to serve Canada's First Nations communities in and around Calgary, Alberta.
