Leaders reflect on what YouVersion’s list of the most-shared Scriptures in their nation includes—and misses. Below are Singapore’s top verses of 2023 as determined by YouVersion. With the help of Langham Partnership, Christianity Today asked three local Bible scholars for their analyses on what the list conveys about Christianity in the Southeast Asian city-state. Samuel…
Church homelessness is lonely and exhausting. And the only antidote is Christian community. When my family moved from Washington State to California, my parents braced my brother and me for a church search that could take some time. But after just one Sunday, we fell in love with a congregation, and my family still attends…
A number of schools are trying various methods of not charging tuition, born out of their convictions about debt and hopes for students to choose a Christian education. As Christian schools adapt their education models to an unfriendly market, several are experimenting with offering free tuition to some or all of their students. Starting this…
The gospel doesn’t come with a gag order. It calls us to name and repent of idolatries and hypocrisies—especially our own. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. A year or so ago, my friend David French and I were speaking to a group of young congressional staffers on Capitol Hill when…
How a contested alien abduction claim from the 1960s helps explain modern cynicism toward credentialed experts and organizations. A friend recently recounted a horrible flying experience full of delays, obfuscating explanations, and eventual cancellations. We concluded that one of the most infuriating parts of modern travel is that there is no single person to blame…
We love celebrity conversions, but this obsession may not be as gospel-centered as it seems. We love Christian celebrities. And by that I don’t only mean speakers and pastors who gain celebrity status in the Christian world. I mean famous celebrities in secular spaces—think Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Daddy Yankee, or the latest, Hulk Hogan—who…
