Last week, Amnesty International UK published a report titled "A Growing Threat: The Anti-Rights Movement in the UK," identifying 117 organizations it labeled "anti-rights." Among them were not only pro-life groups and organizations advocating gender-critical views, but a remarkable number of mainstream Christian ministries and institutions.
Imagine walking into church on Sunday morning. The pastor lifts the communion bread, and instead of the familiar loaf symbolizing Christ's broken body, it has been dyed in the colors of the rainbow. Before a word is preached, one of Christianity's most sacred ordinances has already become a cultural statement.
The story almost sounds too unbelievable to be true. A homosexual couple is suing the surrogate mother they hired-not because she harmed their baby, but because she refused to abort him.
If aerial drones transformed warfare over the past two decades, sea drones may be about to do the same for the world's oceans.
Some people seem impossible to reach. You pray for them. You talk with them. You love them. Yet nothing seems to change. Eventually, even people of faith begin to wonder whether hardened hearts will ever open to the gospel.
Today's vehicles are no longer simply machines powered by gasoline and steel. They are rolling computers equipped with artificial intelligence, GPS tracking, cloud connectivity, cameras, microphones, biometric sensors, wireless software updates, and the ability to communicate with dozens of systems outside the vehicle.
In an age dominated by streaming services, social media algorithms, and endless digital distractions, many have assumed that the era of stadium evangelism has come and gone. Why gather tens of thousands of people in one place when a sermon can be watched on a smartphone?
When did raising your own children become a crime? In what is believed to be the country's first criminal conviction of homeschooling parents, Audato and Ieda Denardi were sentenced by a court in São Paulo to 50 days in prison for what was described as "intellectual neglect."
For many Christians watching the political landscape, one question has become increasingly difficult to understand: How can so many American Jews support politicians who openly advocate policies that would weaken Israel, restrict U.S. support, or amplify narratives many Israelis see as fundamentally hostile to their nation's existence?
Most believers assume persecution begins with pastors being arrested or churches being shut down. History suggests otherwise. It usually begins much more quietly-with labels.
Across China today, Christians are being arrested, churches are being demolished, pastors are disappearing, children are being separated from believing parents, and an entire faith is being reshaped to serve not Christ-but the Communist Party.
They expected sunshine, ancient cities, and an unforgettable vacation. Instead, thousands of passengers aboard an LGBTQ-themed cruise received an unexpected lesson in geopolitics.