Chemical killer
Surgical abortions have slowed, but pills and chemicals are reaching more homes—and killing more babies
Questions about QAnon
The apocalyptic internet movement QAnon is gaining followers by the thousands, and churches are slow to respond
An explosive reckoning for Beirut
A record blast leaves opportunities and new fears for a devastated Christian community
Jerry Falwell Jr. and the cult of personality
Falwell’s 13-year tenure as president of Liberty University ends in personal scandal
Fostering changes
Trump administration efforts are starting to mend a foster care system that has been in crisis for years
Voices
Andrée Seu Peterson
Anxious strolls
It’s good to be needed. So I drove to Brooklyn to help a sleep-deprived couple with a baby. My job included daily walks to Prospect Park. ...
The Editors
Mailbag
Running defense ...
Mindy Belz
Beirut’s bloody paths
One thing the victims of the August explosion in Beirut all said in recounting their stories: They could tell where to go by following the trails of blood. As evening fell in the hour after the blast,...
Janie B. Cheaney
Human fragility
Humans share many traits in common, but each human is a universe unto himself, a peculiar mix of experiences, prejudices, pains, pleasures, and conflicts. That’s why it’s a mistake to judge another...
Joel Belz
More than a single issue
Calling someone a “single-issue voter” may be accurate—but not the fastest way to win that person as a lifelong friend. ...
Marvin Olasky
Remembering a sometimes harsh grandfather
The first Sunday after Labor Day is National Grandparents Day, which has its own official flower: the forget-me-not. If your grandparents are still alive, have you thanked them? If they’re deceased,...
Notebook
Business
On the charity blacklist
Over a million nonprofits use Amazon.com’s charitable giving program, AmazonSmile, to collect donations. It’s not hard to see why: The online retail giant’s donate-while-you-shop function gave away...
Lifestyle
Sewing blessings
One Wednesday in July, Jill Page chatted with three other women in the stuffy craft room of a church outside Philadelphia. Each woman wore a cloth mask and sat by herself at a table with a sewing...
Health
Hunger in a year of pandemic
In Burkina Faso, 12 million people, more than half the country’s population, will not have enough food to eat this year, according to Issaka Kiemtore, the national director of Compassion International...
Culture
Documentary
No body of evidence
The best thing about the new documentary In His Image may be its confidence in the goodness of God’s establishment of—count ’em—two sexes, male and female. The browbeaten body of Christ needs the...
Movies & TV
The whimsical world of Studio Ghibli
For many Americans, classic Disney films defined their childhoods. Yet in Asia, a different animation studio captured the imagination of a generation: Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Founded in 1985 by...
Documentary
(Un)well: The pros and cons of health fads
(Un)well is a new Netflix documentary series that examines different wellness trends. Many viewers likely have familiarity with the booming essential oils business, but some episodes will take viewers...
Movies & TV
David Copperfield as a farce
Whether David Copperfield (as played by Dev Patel) shall turn out to be the hero of his own film, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, this review must show. And, in truth, while...
Q&A
At war with pragmatism
John MacArthur during his 51 years as pastor of Grace Community Church in suburban Los Angeles has published best-selling books including the MacArthur Study Bible. He’s also chancellor of the Master...
Books
Abraham, Isaac, and Jesus
The Jewish New Year begins the evening of Sept. 18, and Elliott Rabin’s The Biblical Hero: Portraits in Nobility & Fallibility (Jewish Publication Society, 2020) shows differences between Judaism...
Children's Books
A sea of faces
Through the Wardrobe by Lina Maslo: This book acquaints a new generation with C.S. Lewis and the experiences that shaped his beloved Narnian world. Lewis’ childhood imagination—fueled by books and...
Books
Fellowship and faith
2 Corinthians for You by Gary Millar: Millar offers a lively study of the New Testament book of 2 Corinthians, taking the reader verse by verse through the Apostle Paul’s extraordinary letter to a...
Music
Wise Blood as opera
The great Catholic short-story writer and novelist Flannery O’Connor is in the news again—and for the same reason that it seems she’s ever in the news anymore: racism. ...
Music
Too good to overlook
Heart’s Ease by Shirley Collins: Buoyed by the warm reception greeting her 2016 comeback, Lodestar, this British folk heroine returns with a dozen more explorations of the traditional and the neo...
