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  Isaiah 41:10 named YouVersion’s most popular Bible verse as app logs record engagement in 2025

  YouVersion identified Isaiah 41:10 as its most engaged-with Bible verse of 2025, marking the fourth time in six years the passage has taken the top spot. The announcement comes as the Bible app platform reports its highest-ever levels of global Scripture engagement, driven in part by the first Global Bible Month held in November.

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  [Book review] The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation

  Lots of churches in the Global North are cerebral, shaped by the impact of the Enlightenment on culture. Other churches (non-white, Global South) are often more ‘spiritual,’ prayerful, and expectant. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all learn from each other’s strengths and find more common ground? It’s just possible that this book could help us do that.

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  Apologist Frank Turek rejects claim dispensationalism is 'heresy,' says End Times remain 'veiled'

  Christian apologist and author Frank Turek recently pushed back against claims that dispensationalism and Christian Zionism are heresies, but acknowledged the details of the End Times remain "veiled" and subject to honest debate among Christians.

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  New resource aims to raise awareness, equip churches responding to mental health crisis in rural communities

  Raising awareness about the mental health crisis and increasing suicides facing rural America is at the center of a new free resource released by a Christian college–based training hub.

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  UK rights group alarmed at surge in assisted dying in Canada

  A sharp rise in state-facilitated deaths in Canada has drawn strong criticism from a leading U.K. pro-life group, which warns that the country’s experience should serve as a cautionary example as British lawmakers debate assisted dying legislation.

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  Climate scientist hails wind-powered cargo ship Neoliner Origin as sign of real-world solutions

  When the Neoliner Origin completed its first transatlantic crossing in late October, climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe saw more than a successful trial of a new cargo sailboat. She viewed it as a concrete sign of hope — evidence, she said, that real, scalable solutions to the climate crisis are beginning to take shape.

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  Podcast examines forgiveness and redemption as ‘Punch’ play retells fatal blow that killed paramedic

  A high-profile U.K. podcast is drawing new attention to questions of justice, forgiveness and prison reform through the real-life story behind a transatlantic stage play now running in London’s West End. “Can the Justice and Prison System Be Truly Transformed?” examines the aftermath of a single punch that killed a young paramedic in 2011 and the unlikely journey of remorse and reconciliation that followed.

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