Should Churches Use AI to Write Sermons?

Eighty-seven percent of American pastors are already using artificial intelligence in some part of their ministry. A quarter now use it to help write or edit the sermon itself, double the share who even felt comfortable with the idea two years ago. The question facing the American pulpit is no longer whether AI belongs in…

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ByBethany Taylor

Faith Politics

Has Politics Become a Substitute Religion?

America is not becoming less religious so much as it is relocating its religion. As traditional faith recedes, especially on the political left, the rituals, moral certainties, and even the language of sin and salvation have not disappeared. They have simply found a new home in political identity itself, and the results look less like…

Can Christian Business Owners Bring Their Faith to Work?

A Colorado baker spent twelve years and two trips to the Supreme Court defending his right to decline a single custom cake. A Colorado web designer sued preemptively rather than wait to be sued herself, and won a ruling that finally answered the question the baker's case had left open. Between those two cases sits…

Is America Experiencing a Christian Revival?

Packed pews at Asbury, Bible sales climbing for a second straight year, and a generation of young men filling church parking lots that used to sit empty on Sunday mornings. The videos are real. The question is whether they add up to a national turn back to God, or a genuinely encouraging story that is…

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ByAlfonso Pereira

Editor Letters

Letter from the Editor – Whilly Bermudez

The Republic of Ideas: Why WB EDITION Exists By Whilly Bermudez America is not a place defined only by geography. It is a covenant - a promise between freedom and responsibility, between truth and courage. Every generation must decide whether to renew that promise or let it fade into comfort and compromise. We live in…

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ByWhilly Bermudez

People

Faith Under Fire: The Strength of Belief in Modern America

A story of conviction, courage, and the endurance of faith in an age of pressure. Faith has always been the heartbeat of America. From the pilgrims who crossed an ocean for freedom of worship to the chaplains who prayed over soldiers on D-Day, belief has carried this nation through storms both natural and moral.…

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BySusana Maris

People

Ordinary Americans Doing Extraordinary Things

A celebration of the quiet heroes whose faith, work, and resolve keep the Republic strong. Courage in America rarely arrives with headlines. It appears in factory floors, rural fields, classrooms, and chapels — in hands that build, hearts that forgive, and spirits that refuse despair. The story of national strength is not written only…

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ByOzzie Nodal

Faith

America: A Christian Nation Since the Beginning

Introduction The question of whether the United States was founded as a Christian nation is often framed as a matter of modern politics. However, historical documents and the stated intentions of many of the Founders reflect that Christian principles were deeply embedded in the design, rhetoric, and institutions of the early republic. Christianity did not…

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ByTeresa Palomares

World

Modern Day Slaughter of Christians

Across continents, from the villages of Nigeria to the prison cells of China, Christians are dying for their faith—often unseen and unheard. This is not history. It’s now. Across the globe, Christianity faces its gravest assault in generations. The modern persecution of believers has reached epidemic proportions: burned churches, mass abductions, executions, and entire communities erased…

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BySusana Maris

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