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  • The Final March of Holy Week

    Everyone looks forward to Easter morning, but how should we spend our time waiting for the Sunday celebrations?

    A pastor stood up before his church and stated, “Christ has come to us through Adolph Hitler.”

    The year was 1933.

  • Palm Sunday: The Grand Set Up for Disappointment

    When we really get our hopes up for God to do something, we occasionally set ourselves up to be badly disillusioned, so how can we avoid this?

    The story of this Sunday is very familiar.

  • What Blooms From the Ashes

    In the middle of a crisis or suffering, God’s goodness remains but why does he so frequently choose to use pain to unveil it?

    Emily Dickinson is credited with saying, “Beauty is not caused. It is.”

  • Not Showing Up for the Miracles

    Often we turn to God for healing, a miracle or divine protection; but when God says “No,” how do we make sense of his answer?

  • Showing Mercy During the Pandemic

    Will Christians, freed from the fear of death, be the first to answer if overburdened hospitals and government security networks cannot care for everyone?

  • The Glorious Crown of Suffering

    How are we supposed to cling to God’s love in our suffering when it often brings our own failures and shameful past to the surface?

  • When Stocks Crash and Kingdoms Fall

    It’s not hard to look through investment portfolios and feel grim right now, but how should believers respond to a potential financial crisis?

  • Do You Truly See Me?

    People reacting to the coronavirus epidemic are showing the less savory side of humanity, but are their responses really that unusual?

  • Responding to COVID-19 Around the Globe

    Churches, international believers and World Challenge partners are reaching out to one another for information and encouragement during this epidemic.

    Our news has been filled with alarming reports concerning COVID-19, the most recent coronavirus strain, in recent weeks.

  • We Are Not Persecuted for Worshiping Christ

    What exactly about fundamentalist Christianity so deeply bothers many people, and how should we respond to their objections?