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🌎 Gallup poll reveals Americans’ views on moral issues


September 01, 2025

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IN THE NEWS

Gallup poll reveals Americans’ views on moral issues

Americans don’t see much wrong with using birth control or getting a divorce, but few support extramarital affairs or human cloning. The latest poll results from Gallup spell out what activities U.S. adults view as morally acceptable and which ones....


What happened after Jemar Tisby started a network for Black Christians?

In 2013, Jemar Tisby and Phillip Holmes, co-founder of the organization then known as the Reformed African American Network, started a podcast called Pass the Mic. Around 2015, a friend suggested I listen to the podcast—by then, Tyler Burns had....


Jerusalem church leaders discuss local Christians’ issues with US Senators who back arms embargo on Israel

Jerusalem Church leaders met Tuesday with US Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley, two progressive Democrats, at the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, according to a statement from the patriarchate. Patriarch Theophilos III, together....


Paxton demands school districts not under injunction to display Ten Commandments

All Texas public school districts not involved with litigation will have to display copies of the Ten Commandments starting on Sept. 1, instructed state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday. Paxton’s announcement follows last week’s district court....


Relic from early Christianity surfaces on Abu Dhabi island

Long before it was home to the Arabian Wildlife Park — where today giraffes, oryx, and ostriches roam — Sir Bani Yas Island off the coast of Abu Dhabi was the site of a Christian monastery, whose relics are still being dug up from the sand. The....



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

A Legalist Encounters Love in Enemy Territory

Late in my teenage years, I sought a change in my life, moving from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Mile High City. I had been a nominal Christian for five years, with one foot planted half-heartedly in the church but feeling powerless and condemned by....


OPM religious freedom memo divides supporters and opponents over equality

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memorandum in July clarifying that federal employees may openly practice and discuss their religious beliefs at work. The guidance allows prayer circles, sharing of beliefs, and even....


Brooklyn’s Berean Baptist tells 175-year story through new documentary

On August 10, Berean Baptist Church in Brooklyn marked its 175th anniversary with the debut of a six-part documentary series titled The Audacity of Faith: Freedom From, Freedom To. The series, shown during Sunday worship, showcases the....


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COMMENTARY

Why the tech gods of Silicon Valley have turned to Christianity

Existential questions arising from the race to develop “God-like” artificial intelligence are driving a revival of interest in Christianity in Silicon Valley. Churches in San Francisco are reporting swelling congregations and collectives have started in the....


Foster care is ‘a full-time ministry’

Jeff and Jennifer Delgado found a ministry within the walls of their house — a foster home. The Delgados, who attend the Southwest Church of Christ in Omaha, Neb., fostered nearly 30 children from 2006 to 2017. They have 10 children of their....


The Happiest Place on Earth

The day I arrived in Finland to learn how to be happy, I thought about the ladder. Humans have many ways to assess their own happiness, but the Cantril Ladder may be the most influential, even if you’ve never heard of it. It goes like this: Please....


Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya

In the 1950s, Kenyans fought against colonial control in what came to be known as the Mau Mau rebellion. In response, the British government announced a state of emergency in 1952 and engaged in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign to....


Iranian Christians Should Not Be Detained While Seeking Asylum

ICE began detaining Iranian asylum seekers after the bombing of Iran’s nuclear refinement facilities on June 22. Among them is Shabnam Maleki, a beloved member of the church I pastor in Colorado Springs. Detaining asylum seekers...



GOOD NEWS

Capital grains: the urban trees getting a second life

Furniture maker Bruce Saunders was stumped. He’d lived in London for more than 40 years, surrounded by parks, streets and leafy suburbs bursting with a rich mix of trees. Why, then, did he have to travel 70 miles to find British-grown timber? And....


6th-grade parents bring in hilarious 'artifacts' to help teacher create Millennial Museum

It’s said that one of the most effective ways to learn is through experience, by actively engaging with the material and applying it to real-world situations. That’s a little hard when you’re teaching history, but Malinda Nichols, an Alabama sixth....


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