He had one of the tersest definitions of Christian belief—“God saves sinners.”—and was best known for one of the most readable books on that subject, Knowing God. J.I. Packer, who died on Friday just five days short of his 94th birthday, was a lifelong Anglican and a Puritan scholar who was highly regarded in Reformed circles. He started his ministry in his native England and later moved to Canada but had his greatest influence in the United States.

A Georgia prosecutor wants a grand jury to decide if criminal charges are warranted in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery in the coastal city of Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 23. According to a Glynn County police report, Gregory McMichael said he and his son Travis McMichael, who are white, armed themselves, got in their truck, and pursued an African American man after they saw him running in their neighborhood and because he matched the description of a burglary suspect.

Don Shula took teams to six Super Bowls but once considered becoming a Catholic priest instead of a football coach. He died Monday morning at his Miami home at age 90—not from the coronavirus, according to the Miami Herald.

Rumored dead or seriously ill, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed up at a new fertilizer factory near Pyongyang on Saturday, according to state-run media. The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the plant, and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper published photos of him smiling as he toured the facility.

The Democratic Party continues to line up behind its presumptive nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November. Former President Barack Obama released a video on Tuesday announcing his endorsement of his former vice president.

The United States leads the world in many categories, but it now finds itself in first place on a grievous list. The U.S. death toll eclipsed that of Italy on Saturday and stood at more than 22,000 fatalities as of Monday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. The United States by Saturday had exceeded a half-million confirmed cases and now records more than 42,000 recoveries.

Texas can resume enforcing a governor’s order that counts elective abortions as a nonessential medical procedure that must be postponed during the coronavirus pandemic. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Monday ruling by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel that allowed abortionists to continue aborting babies while pro-abortion groups fought Gov. Greg Abbott’s order in the courts.