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This edition is sponsored by Cru
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The way of Jesus has always been radical. To love enemies and bless persecutors was "a revolutionary and offensive idea in the ancient world in which Paul, Peter, and the other apostles announced Jesus’ lordship," Zachary Wagner writes for Christianity Today this week in an excerpt of his new book, Men of Virtue.
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"For many ancient philosophers, the central virtue was not love but things like self-control, courage, justice, or wisdom," he says. And "from a Roman perspective, the Jewish God’s love for his people seemed bizarre and suspicious, an almost complete contrast with the fickle, capricious, and ‘heedless’ gods they knew."
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Wagner’s book explores how men can love rightly and live well. He emphasizes that Christian men who are seeking a true, biblical masculinity must turn to the radical, revolutionary way of Jesus.
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"God’s love for us is only the beginning of the story that finds its fullest expression in our love for the world and for others (1 John 4:19)," he writes. "This gift of love comes with the task to love, to re-form our humanity through the Spirit’s power toward God’s divine excellence."
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Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. joined The Russell Moore Show to talk about his book, America, USA: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries.
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He says, "I have a fundamental faith that human beings can be otherwise, that we’re not fated to be cruel and nasty, and that evil will not have the last word." | Listen here.
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This summer, more than 5 billion people will tune in to the World Cup. Moments like this don’t just entertain, they open doors—for connection, for community, for conversations.
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Step into this moment with faith and confidence by hosting a fun, welcoming watch party for your neighbors. These simple, flexible resources will help you engage the world’s most-watched sporting event with hospitality and faith.
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As you learn, teach, and grow, make sense of today's world through a biblical lens, guided by trusted journalism, theological insight, and thoughtful perspective.
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Kate Lucky, editorial director, features: This year my reading list has skewed more swashbuckling than usual with the additions of Sophie Elmhirst’s A Marriage at Sea and David Grann’s The Wager.
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Mia Staub, senior editorial project director: I am excited to start reading Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar. As a city person, I am constantly fighting for parking spots.
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Bonnie Kristian, deputy editor: I’m just starting Albion’s Seed, a cultural history of the early US that explores why we think about liberty the way we do. It’s been on my
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Somewhere in the Midwest, a pastor sits at his desk, dreaming of ways to better serve his people. From the congregation he pastors each week to the staff he shepherds…
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The juicer sits on Kayla Hall-Ransom’s shelf like a remnant from an old war. It was the first machine she used to cold-press fruits and vegetables into fresh drinks—with flavors…
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This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Sometimes the pope knows how to nail some theses to the door, too. In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV articulated a message…
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Recently I had the privilege of giving a lecture on Paul and the law of Moses to a mixed group of religion scholars. Not all were theologians or Christians, and…
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Atone Vero doesn’t recall a single day in the last three years when she hasn’t opened her Bible. It is not only the sacred words inside the Bible, but also…
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