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Brought to you by Key Points Gen Z’s return to movie theaters points to a hunger for shared, embodied experiences in a screen-heavy age. Convenience can be helpful, but it cannot fully replace presence, community, and gathering with others. God created people for relationship, not isolation, and shared experiences can remind us of that design. […]
When we think about loving others, we instantly assume that it’s all about feelings and emotions. It’s not. It’s about actions and choices. C.S. Lewis once wrote that you shouldn’t waste time worrying whether you really love someone. If you are called to love them, then you should simply act as if you love them. […]
By Dennis Lennox, CP Contributor Sunday, September 20, 2026 Oregon Trail Memorial Episcopal Church in Eden, Wyoming. | Dennis Lennox EDEN, Wyoming — Along U.S. Highway 191 stands a little log church that looks as though it has occupied this windswept landscape since the days of wagon trains. Oregon Trail Memorial Episcopal Church is not […]
Brought to you by Key Points The USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment highlights the physical, emotional, and spiritual cost carried by service members. War is not only a matter of strategy, politics, or victory; it is measured in human lives, grief, separation, and long-term wounds. Christians can support troops by praying for them, honoring their […]
In 1787, Elizabeth Powel—a civic leader in Philadelphia—stopped Benjamin Franklin as he was leaving the Constitutional Convention and asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” “A republic,” Franklin replied, “if you can keep it.” Franklin’s remark is worth recalling as we remember Constitution Day on Sept. 17, the day delegates […]
What is Constitution Day anyway? Most of us didn’t grow up celebrating it in school, although maybe schools in the United States of America would be wise to make it a big deal in our education system across the nation. Even though some calendars note it, most of us don’t recall it even being mentioned […]
This post is excerpted from Susan Michael’s book Every Generation’s Story: 75 Years of American Christian Engagement with Israel, which follows the unique experiences of 18 American Christians representing 5 generations who responded to God’s call to go to Israel—and how it changed their lives forever. This is the author’s own story of how her study […]
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, September 17, 2026 Getty Images A California bishop with the Syriac Catholic Church is accused of stealing a $200,000 donation meant for a church remodeling project and is now facing a lawsuit. Hani Toma, a member of Our Mother of Perpetual Help Syriac Catholic Church, filed a civil suit against […]
Brought to you by Key Points Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List estimates that more than 388 million Christians face high levels of persecution or discrimination worldwide. Pastor Son Hyun-bo’s testimony challenges believers to consider whether worship, Scripture, prayer, and public faith are worth suffering for. Religious freedom is not only something Christians defend; it […]
Constitution Day is a good time to celebrate one of the greatest blessings of our freedom: the constitutional guarantee of religious liberty. Protected in the Constitution is the right to worship God freely, pray openly, exercise our faith publicly and pursue our callings faithfully. There is much to be thankful for and much to preserve. […]