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1 week ago | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments for allowing Oklahoma to fund a Catholic charter school. Two days later, President Donald Trump proposed a budget that would cut the Education Department’s budget by 15 percent. It was the latest in his plan, announced at the end of March, to close the Department of Education entirely. “After 45 years, the United States spends more money on education, by far, than any other country,” he said.
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2 months ago | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
“Actually, going to Iowa State was a last-minute decision,” said Haywood Stowe. “I remember that whole time of beginning the school year—there’s all these events going on, and people would say something they were going to go do, and then throw ‘Salt’ on the name of it. They’d be like, ‘Yeah, we’re going to this volleyball thing.
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2 months ago | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
On Friday, Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky disagreed publicly and heatedly over the handling of the war between Russia and Ukraine. In the end, Zelensky left without signing a proposed mineral rights agreement between the United States and Ukraine and without a clear next step to ending the three-year-long war. In Ukraine, the fallout was “pretty discouraging,” said American missionary Caleb Suko, who has lived in Ukraine with his family since 2007.
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2 months ago | 
readlion.com | Jillian Schneider |Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Ben Johnson
For years, observers have charted the gradual decline of Christianity’s dominance in postmodern America. As the generations raised in church pews began to die, scholars wondered if Christianity – and religion in general – would maintain its influence. According to recent research, there’s reason to hope it will. The Pew Research Center released its latest Religious Landscape Study on Wednesday, showing the decline in Christianity has leveled off. In 2007, 78% of adults identified as Christian.
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2 months ago | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
The following is an uncorrected transcript generated by a transcription service. Before quoting in print, please check the corresponding audio for accuracy. Sarah ZylstraOkay, so here’s how we’re gonna organize our time. I’m gonna ask each of these panelists about the spiritual context of her country, what she sees God doing, and the biggest opportunities that she sees.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
“Imagine dying without pain and suffering, peacefully, in a dignified, controlled manner, on your terms, on a date and at a time of your choosing,” reads the advertisement for an information session on California’s End of Life Option Act. To anyone who believes in God’s sovereignty, the last part of that sentence rings false. Even if a person does decide on suicide or assisted suicide, it’s the Lord who numbers our days (Job 14:5; Ps. 139:16).
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Earlier this month, The Atlantic published a cover article by Derek Thompson called “The Anti-Social Century.” His thesis: Americans are spending more time alone than they ever have, but our reported levels of loneliness are decreasing. He writes,A popular trend on TikTok involves 20‑somethings celebrating in creative ways when a friend cancels plans, often because they’re too tired or anxious to leave the house. . . .
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Ujjwal Rai
When Ujjwal Rai was growing up in Nepal, it was countries in Asia. It still is. Rai’s dad did what he could to get ahead and provide for his family both financially and spiritually—he worked hard at his business and at being a good Hindu. “He would do anything possible to get salvation,” Rai said. When Rai was 9 years old, his dad found out his mom had been secretly reading a Bible she’d gotten from the neighbor. Initially upset, Rai’s father eventually tried reading the Bible himself.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
In spring 2021, Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) in Washington, DC, had nine pastoral interns. Eight were 40 years old and under. Seven were coming out of—or would head into—seminary. And one was NASA’s former head astronaut. Pat Forrester was 63 years old. He’d been to space three times to put together the International Space Station.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
readlion.com | Christina Lewis |Audrey Streb |Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra |Jillian Schneider
(The Daily Signal) – A Virginia real estate broker faces the prospect of losing his license and paying a hefty fine because of a Facebook post about a Bible verse about homosexuality. On Feb. 13, 2015, Staunton-based broker Wilson Fauber reposted the Rev. Franklin Graham’s post citing a verse in the Bible and added commentary from his own perspective as a pastor.
