Weapons-grade crisis
Escalating tensions with Iran have roots in new data on its nuclear capacity showing the regime could develop a ‘fully functional’ nuclear missile in under a year
Weapons-grade crisis
Escalating tensions with Iran have roots in new data on its nuclear capacity showing the regime could develop a ‘fully functional’ nuclear missile in under a year
True grit
The Anglican Church in North America turns 10 as the battle for Biblical fidelity continues
A man over the moon
The historic Apollo moon landings still marvel scientists a half-century later, but astronaut Charlie Duke says he’s also learned the heavens declare the glory of God
Three other R’s
Scottish evangelicals of the 19th century can teach us about revival, reformation, and reunion
Voices
Andrée Seu Peterson
Matty’s book
Needing escape from the disappointing escapism of midsummer 2019 Philadelphia Phillies baseball, I read of happier times two hours north as obligingly recorded by the pitcher for the pennant-winning...
Janie B. Cheaney
Oberlin’s fervor
Liberal Arts, released in 2012, is an unassuming film tribute from actor Josh Radnor to his alma mater, Kenyon College. In the film, Radnor’s character is experiencing an early midlife crisis when he...
Mindy Belz
A garden of truth
Because nature reflects both God’s design and human experience, in the cool of the day I leave my desk and go to the garden, for truth. ...
Joel Belz
Almighty science?
The universe, which scientists have always considered to be pretty big, may be a good bit bigger, according to some of those same scientists. In the interest of not embarrassing them by reporting...
The Editors
Mailbag
The view from ‘Doralzuela’ ...
Marvin Olasky
March 22, 1622
My last column noted the good mood 400 years ago at the July 30, 1619, inaugural meeting of Virginia’s General Assembly. The assembly wanted to maintain peace with the Powhatan tribe and promote “the...
Notebook
Science
Search and destroy
A new type of laser can find and destroy cancerous melanoma cells in blood with 1,000 times the sensitivity of current detection tools. Most melanoma-related deaths occur because malignant cells at...
Lifestyle
Allies against porn
She speaks with the fervor of a tent preacher, proclaiming a message that resonates with Christians, but the Bible isn’t her handbook. Gail Dines is a self-described radical feminist who wants...
Lifestyle
Career and calling
Many professional athletes establish charitable foundations. Some just want a tax break, but Detroit Tigers pitcher Matt Boyd and his wife, Ashley, wanted to see what they could do at street level in...
Science
Battling a killer
The second-worst Ebola outbreak in history continues to wreak havoc in eastern Congo. As of June 5, the disease had infected 2,031 people and killed 1,367. Nearly one-third of the cases involve...
Money
Wagering away wages
Jonathan Michael walked into one of the shop spaces on the top floor of a three-story business plaza in Abuja, Nigeria. He selected four soccer matches on one of three available desktops, made his...
Journals
Metro Minute
Piraguas in the summer heat
Today’s New York moment is courtesy of WORLD New York summer intern Esther Eaton. ...
Sophia's World
Shelter for the soul
As she tells it, Detroit was practically dead for two days, passed out on the sidewalk of Skid Row. She remembers ingesting some kind of drug—it could have been crack, powder cocaine, or meth. She...
Snapshots of China
United in protest
As protesters tried to crash through the glass façade of the Legislative Council Complex in Hong Kong on Monday, an expletive caught the attention of 44-year-old Pastor Siu Yung Wong. The young man...
Metro Minute
Tale of two cities
Over the weekend, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio held a big press conference in a Manhattan hospital to announce the city would reject $1.3 million in federal family planning funds because of the Trump...
Sophia's World
Subtle anti-Semitism
Last year, I joined a group for World War II historical tour in Europe. Part of that trip took us to Dachau concentration camp, the first Nazi death camp, where a documented 32,000 prisoners died due...
Snapshots of China
Life and death in detention
A recent tribunal report on organ harvesting reveals the devastating torture both Falun Gong practitioners and minority Uighurs face in detention inside China. ...
Culture
Movies & TV
King of the savanna
Maybe it’s because I still have little people in the house, but I tend to approach Disney’s live-action remakes of animated classics a little differently than a lot of critics. Sure, they’re mostly...
Music
Making it up
“Standing before you,” said Bruce Springsteen during his 2018 show Springsteen on Broadway, “is a man who has become wildly and absurdly successful writing about something of which he has had...
Music
Notable new releases
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? ...
Movies & TV
Looking for justice
Courts can get it wrong. We sometimes sentence innocent people for crimes they didn’t commit. The four-part Netflix drama When They See Us revisits the real-life case of the “Central Park Five” but...
Movies & TV
Faithful farewell
When Kara Tippetts launched her blog, Mundane Faithfulness, in 2012, she could have had no idea how the Lord would call on her to illustrate the title. ...
