This Week's Recommendations

  1. The lie half your church believesJared Wilson warns, “This slogan’s nod to God is a subterfuge from Satan. He would prefer if we never thought of God at all, but the next best thing is to think wrong thoughts about Him, thoughts that are not worthy of Him.”

  2. Men play significant role in decisions surrounding unplanned pregnanciesAaron Earls reports, “In making their decision, 42% of men whose partners had an abortion say they encouraged the woman to do so, with 12% saying they strongly urged her to do so.

  3. 8 encouraging trends in global Christianity in 2024Aaron Earls reports, “In 1900, more than half of the world (54.3%) didn’t have access to the gospel. That percentage fell throughout the 20th century, reaching 30.1% in 2000. This year, the percentage is expected to remain steady at 27.8%.”

  4. Silence, violence, and the human conditionAlan Jacobs on the critique of leaders being silent about world events, “There are more evil things going on in the world than any one person can respond to. You could spend all day every day on social media just declaring that you denounce X or Y or Z and never get to the end of what deserves to be denounced.”

  5. The most popular dog breed in each stateWow! Chihuahuas are way more popular than I would have guessed.

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