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• Pastor tells Tucker Carlson why brokenness unlocks the Gospel, offers hope for addicts: 'More than conquerors'

  The Rev. Billy Cerveny, who serves as associate rector at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jacksonville, Florida, explained during an interview this week that those who've struggled with addiction can be especially useful to God's purposes if they pursue repentance.

• Alex Kendrick talks ‘Flywheel’ remake, why Christian filmmakers must resist pursuing their own glory

  More than two decades after “Flywheel” launched the filmmaking ministry of Alex and Stephen Kendrick, the Christian filmmakers are returning to the story that started it all, but this time through the eyes of a new generation of believers thousands of miles away.

• Columbia Theological Seminary President Victor Aloyo Jr. to retire: 'Led with wisdom, integrity and pastoral spirit'

  Victor Aloyo, Jr., the first person of color to serve as president of Columbia Theological Seminary, plans to retire at the end of the year, citing an interest in spending more time with family.

• Nicaraguan regime releases video of 80-year-old bishop arrested at hospital

  The Nicaraguan dictatorship allowed a regime-controlled television station to release a video of an 80-year-old bishop arrested by police at a hospital after he mentioned the country’s persecution of the Church in a homily. 

• Chinese Communist Party-backed exchange program is infiltrating American schools, report warns

  China is influencing American K-12 classrooms and universities to shape how Americans view the country, according to a report by the conservative watchdog group Defending Education.

• Alex Kendrick on ‘Flywheel’ remake, the future of Christian film

  Alex Kendrick reflects on remaking "Flywheel" in Brazil with a new generation of Christian filmmakers, emphasizing integrity, surrender to Christ, and how his years of filmmaking have caused him to redefine success as making a spiritual impact over personal glory.

• 'Heroes' star Hayden Panettiere dead at 36; authorities say no indication of foul play

  Hayden Panettiere, the star of TV hits "Heroes" and "Nashville," died Sunday in South Carolina. She was 36 years old.

• US Forest Service officer granted exemption from working on Sundays

  A U.S. Forest Service officer who was previously denied an exemption from having to work on Sundays has been granted his request after seeking the help of legal counsel.

• Surrogate who refused abortion fights for custody after baby's birth in Texas

  The couple who hired McKenna West as a surrogate and allegedly demanded that she have an abortion after the baby was diagnosed with a rare heart condition are now the child's legal custodians, according to reports, though the surrogate is continuing to fight for access to the baby.

• Netflix to explore death of pastor’s wife Mica Miller in new docuseries

  The controversial 2024 death of Mica Miller is now the subject of a three-part Netflix docuseries, as federal authorities accuse her widower, Pastor John-Paul Miller, of cyberstalking her until she took her life. Titled “Death of the Pastor’s Wife,” the series premieres Aug. 26.

• Abortionist settles lawsuit after leaving half of aborted baby inside patient

  An Indiana mother has reached a settlement with an Illinois abortionist accused of puncturing her uterus and leaving part of her unborn child's remains inside her body during an abortion performed when she was around 22 weeks pregnant.

• Vietnam sentences Protestant pastor for undermining 'national unity'

  A court in Vietnam’s Dak Lak province handed a Montagnard Protestant pastor a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence, ruling that he undermined “the national unity policy.”

• Adam Hamilton touts conservative Evangelical support, shared values with voting bloc

  Pastor and author Adam Hamilton, who's running for the U.S. Senate to represent Kansas as a Democrat, says he's reaching out to conservative Evangelical voters, many of whom he says are pledging their support.

• I questioned my children’s school. Then the police came to my door.

  It started with a classroom assignment asking her 11-year-old to identify his gender. It ended with police at her door and a ban from his school. This is her account.

• How I worshiped my business for 20 years without ever meaning to

  I had convinced myself I was safe. Idolatry in Scripture is almost never a man who abandons God. It's a man who adds.

• Prophecy isn't the problem. Absence is.

  There is something about Samuel's story that feels especially relevant for the Church right now. When the word of the Lord was rare, it wasn't a lack of information — it was a lack of presence.

• Texas police 'doing the bidding' of 'anti-Christian leftists' in latest street evangelism arrests: attorney

  A Texas attorney and longtime First Amendment advocate says police were acting in support of "anti-Christian leftists" when they arrested four people who were protesting against abortion.

• Kidnapped Sudanese pastors, family released amid surge in attacks on Christians

  Two church leaders abducted in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains have been released. 

• Trump to meet freed missionary pilot Kevin Rideout at White House

  Once he returns home, recently freed American missionary pilot Kevin Rideout and his wife, Krista, are expected to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House.

• 'Brink of War' star Jeff Daniels says film explores Reagan's push for religious freedom in the USSR

  Jeff Daniels and Jared Harris bring to life one of the Cold War’s most consequential encounters in “The Brink of War,” a historical drama about the Reykjavik Summit.