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How the Gaucho Stole Easter in Uruguay
  This week, millions of Latin Americans are attending worship services observing Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday.   In Uruguay, they are going to the rodeo.   While their Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking neighbors mark the death and resurrection of Christ, locals from the country of 3.3 million are celebrating Semana Criolla (Creole Week), a series of festivals honoring the...
Feb 19, 2026
A Classical Liberals Guide to Civilization
  The word “civilization” is unfashionable in our times. It implies a contrast, and that contrast is uncomfortable. If some societies have attained a cultural level that merits this designation, it may follow that other societies are less civilized or—worse—even barbarous. For many people today, making any such value-judgment is simply unacceptable.   Those who maintain that such distinctions can and should...
Feb 19, 2026
God Transforms Us Into New Creations
  God Transforms Us Into New Creations   Weekly Overview:   We serve a God of powerful transformations. All throughout Scripture God takes those whom the world deemed the lowest, the hopeless, and the helpless and uses them to change the world. You are not beyond transformation. God longs to break off that which inhibits you from experiencing fullness of life. He longs...
Feb 19, 2026
Anti
  The number of violent anti-Christian incidents in India jumped to 601 in 2023 compared to 413 the previous year, according to a new report from the Evangelical Fellowship of Indias Religious Liberty Commission (EFI-RLC).   Despite constitutional protections and Indias long-standing tradition of religious diversity, the rise of divisive rhetoric and inflammatory language, often condoned or inadequately addressed by official channels,...
Feb 19, 2026
Died: Sandra Crouch, Gospel Artist Who Broke with Church to Get Ordained
  Sandra Crouch, the twin sister and collaborator of gospel music legend Andra Crouch, died earlier this month after an illness, her publicist said.   Crouch, 81, who died on March 17, will be honored with a musical tribute and funeral at New Christ Memorial Church in San Fernando, California, set for April 16-17, according to an announcement.   She died in a...
Feb 19, 2026
The Power of Empathy
  The Power of Empathy   By Jen Ferguson   “We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weakand not to please ourselves.” Romans 15:1, NIV   I came down the stairs, my mind and stomach churning with anxiety. How will I get it all done? I thought. I recently received the blessing of increasing my hours at my job,...
Feb 19, 2026
Embracing Scylla and Charybdis
  On October 7, 2023, thousands of Jews were raped, tortured, kidnapped, and killed by terrorists. For many, what was most striking about the attacks was not that Hamas hated Jews, but the reaction in the West. Antisemitic attacks and harassment have reached levels unseen in decades, and many Westerners seem either willfully ignorant or tacitly supportive of Israel’s enemies.   Many...
Feb 19, 2026
A Plea Against State Court Activism
  A recent New York Times headline was itself almost as instructive and revealing as the article that followed. “The Quiet Way Democrats Hope to Expand Their Power at the State Level” details a strategy adopted by the Democratic Governors Association to support the campaigns of Democratic gubernatorial candidates who will have the opportunity to appoint state court judges in the...
Feb 19, 2026
After Terrorists Kill 130, Russian Evangelicals Resist Revenge
  Russian evangelicals used Sunday sermons to condemn a terrorist attack that killed more than 130 people at a Moscow concert hall.   As Russias Baptist union prayed for Gods mercy and protection, its Pentecostal union conveyed its bitterness and sorrow. Vitaly Vlasenko, general secretary of the Russian Evangelical Alliance, called it a painful shock that could unleash unbridled revenge against terrorism....
Feb 19, 2026
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