The Lausanne Movement has released a new global report revealing a renewed sense of optimism among Christian leaders about the future of the church — even as they acknowledge deep challenges from secularism, political polarization, and ethical failures within church leadership.
These days we are constantly being asked to identify our enemies and stand up against them. That is the way of the world, not the way of Jesus. The Jews were expecting their enemies to be vanquished by the Messiah, yet Jesus offered the way of reconciliation through self-giving love. We must follow Jesus.
Christian, Islamic, and secular/atheistic perspectives and politics have shaped recent world history more than any other international movement. All three have produced widespread forms of antisemitism that have repeatedly intermingled, threatening the human rights of Jewish people. It is important that Christians understand the roots of antisemitism and resist it as an evil and an affront to God.
Two sharply contrasting views of Europe surfaced last week, one from Washington, the other from Brussels. These two visions imply very different futures for Europe and the wider world. We could be headed for an unwelcome geopolitical situation that will polarize the world into a values bloc and a power bloc.
Brain-computer interfaces? Exoskeletons? Immortality? Enthusiasm for transhumanism is rising, what might it mean for the rest of us? In light of what enthusiasts are searching for, Christians can offer hope to a world searching for meaning because God has already provided it in Christ.
Christian leaders called for integrity and renewed efforts to fight corruption during the state burial of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Oct. 19. Anglican Church of Kenya Bishop the Rev. David Kodia delivered a sermon that drew a standing ovation, condemning leaders for perpetuating the corruption that has deeply affected the East African nation.
Australia has the highest gambling losses per person in the world, according to the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), which is urging the government to confront what it calls a national addiction crisis fueled by powerful industry interests. ACL Chief Executive Officer Michelle Pearse said Australians lose more money to gambling each year than any other country, an estimated A$32 billion (US$21.1 billion) in 2024 alone.
Uruguay’s Senate has given final approval to a law legalizing euthanasia, five years after the debate first began. The upper chamber passed the measure with 20 votes in favor and 11 against, confirming the earlier decision of the Chamber of Deputies, which approved it in August with 64 votes in favor and 29 against. With this vote, the law is now fully sanctioned and only awaits regulation by the Executive Branch before it can take effect.
President Donald Trump awarded Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom engraved with a cross during a Tuesday ceremony in the White House Rose Garden to commemorate what would have been the late conservative activist's 32nd birthday.
The Spanish Evangelical Alliance (AEE) has made its position public in the debate sparked by the proposal to include abortion as a fundamental right in the Spanish Constitution. In a statement released on 13 October, the evangelical body said the political initiative of the government led by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez was “demagogic” and “ a contradiction in terms”, reiterating the Christian conviction that “human life exists from the moment of conception”.
Torrential rains and massive flooding have killed at least 64 people and left dozens missing across central and eastern Mexico, prompting churches and faith-based groups to mobilize nationwide to help survivors as authorities race to reach isolated communities.
"Immigrants are flooding in. They are taking our country over. It’s an absolute disgrace" is a common sentiment in many nations these days. Such attitudes are easily remedied by proximity, by being a good neighbor. Jesus emulates this in his encounter with the Samaritan woman.
