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October 19, 2025

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IN THE NEWS

Israelis and Palestinians rejoice as hostages are released and prisoners freed, in photos

Israelis celebrated the return of the last surviving hostages from Gaza — a defining exchange in the fragile ceasefire that has paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel as part of the....


Teaching Sunday school on Philippines’ Witchcraft Island

Past fragrant mango trees and shacks with clothes hanging on laundry lines stands a canopy made of coconut timber typically used to shade locals waiting for a tuk-tuk or habal-habal (motorcycle taxi). But today, 14 children ages 3 to 12 gather there....


‘I’m being a little cute.’ Trump considers if Gaza ceasefire will get him into heaven

President Donald Trump said he didn't think he was going to heaven while traveling to Israel following the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Trump was answering questions from reporters on Air Force One on Oct. 12 when Fox....


Faith & Freedom Coalition disavows role in $4M plan to track, target Christians for pro-Israel digital ads

The Faith & Freedom Coalition, one of the nation’s most prominent Evangelical grassroots political advocacy groups, says it has “no knowledge” of a plan involving the leader of its California chapter to track and target churchgoers for the purpose....


Chinese authorities arrest pastor, dozens with house church

Chinese Communist Party officials detained dozens of the leaders of the underground Zion Church in China, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday. Among those arrested over the past few days was prominent pastor....



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

New York University President Timothy Westbrook outlines bold vision

York University in York, Nebraska, officially inaugurated Dr. Timothy Westbrook as its 22nd president on September 26. Westbrook replaces Samuel Smith, who departed in 2024 to lead Mount Dora Christian Academy and Children’s Home in Florida.....


Peru’s Amazon faces mercury poisoning from illegal mining, church warns

With gold prices expected to reach $3,675 per ounce by late 2025, illegal mining in Peru’s Amazon has surged, driven by soaring demand. Miguel Ángel Cadenas, a Catholic leader and longtime resident of the region, warns that unregulated....


Tony Evans completes restoration, apologizes to church and family

Tony Evans, founder of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (OCBF) in Dallas, publicly apologized to his congregation and family on Sunday. He had stepped down in June 2024, citing an undisclosed “sin” and entering a restoration process led by the....


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COMMENTARY

The Necessity of Pruning Our Busy Lives

I swore I would never join a book club, and yet here I was, on my way. For years, I told myself I took reading too seriously for a club. As an editor, I have too long a list of books to read to get distracted with someone else’s. But I had been feeling....


Children Are Born Believers

One night while chasing my five-year-old nephew at x0.33 speed—to give him the steady assurance of being faster than me—a branch broke off from an overhead tree and smacked the ground next to him. He immediately hid behind an oak....


The Beautiful Intersection Of Talents And Workplace

It’s been said that up to 80% of working men and women hate their jobs. I believe it. From where I sit, this statistic is one of the saddest commentaries in life. To think that the setting where most people spend the bulk of their hours and days is a....


Leveraging Belief: Joseph Smith, religious innovator

In the canon of American innovation, Joseph Smith stands alongside Edison, Bell, and the Wright brothers—not for technology, but for theology. Where others gave us electricity and flight, Smith gave us a new religion: expansive, revelatory, and....


Legal Docket: When speech is treatment

EICHER: Six years ago, Colorado passed what’s known as a SOGI law … S-O-G-I … an acronym for sexual orientation and gender identity. This particular SOGI law bars licensed counselors from performing any counseling / that has the aim of....



GOOD NEWS

Ukrainian Refugees Brought Revival to a Polish Church

The city of Opole is 275 miles from Poland’s eastern border. But Ukraine never feels that far away. And at Ostoja Church, a Pentecostal congregation that has served the city of 130,000 since 1952, that presence is palpable, particularly during....


Stroke survivors embrace singing sessions

A group of stroke survivors say their weekly meet-ups are like family gatherings and have been vital to their recovery and well-being. The group in Sandbach, Cheshire, are currently rehearsing for a Christmas concert to help their speech....


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