Al Qaeda is on the rise in nuclear-armed Pakistan, part of a growing terrorism hub that it is organizing in South and Central Asia. Meanwhile, Hamas is pursuing what the New York Times calls a “bloody crackdown” on its rivals in Gaza as it seeks to assert its dominance in the territory. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have victims. But when “bad” by definition is what the other side believes and “good” is what I believe, when there is no north on the compass because no one believes in compasses, where is there hope for a better future?

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The US sold Qatar a contingent of F-15 fighter jets in 2016, and allowing their pilots to train in the continental US was a condition of the purchase. Qatar—which is smaller than the state of Connecticut—does not have the space to adequately train with the jets in its territory, and the topography around the Mountain Home base is the closest fit to what they have back home. Last month, Hegseth announced that any journalist who wants to maintain access to the Pentagon must sign a statement acknowledging that Defense Department “information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.” Unfortunately, that tendency to cling to answers that only exacerbate the issues is hardly limited to the Department of War.

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Horrific stories about what the hostages in Gaza endured over their two years of captivity are starting to surface. Some were so deprived of food that they now have to be taught how to eat normally again. Their suffering raises the question: Do you believe God could have liberated the hostages two years ago? Why, then, didn’t he? Today, we look at two theological approaches to evil and suffering that remain helpful and hopeful today.

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Charlie Kirk would have turned thirty-two years old today. Instead, his life and death will be remembered this evening when President Trump posthumously awards him the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Charlie’s widow, Erika, will join the president for the ceremony in the East Room of the White House. In other news, Israelis continue to rejoice in the return of their hostages. More than five hundred thousand Palestinians have returned to Gaza City, and aid to Gaza is significantly increasing. The days when our pain and suffering seem to demand that we reject a supposedly all-loving, all-powerful God are the very days we need his love and power the most. 

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Hamas released the last twenty living hostages from Gaza this morning as part of a cease-fire deal with Israel. The hostage handover ignited celebrations across Israel, with tens of thousands gathered in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, shouting, “Thank you, Trump! Thank you, Trump!” As the Economist headlines, this could be “a new beginning for the Middle East.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced Mr. Trump will receive the Israel Prize, their highest civilian honor. Today, we explore two primary ways philosophers understand the nature of truth as an encouragement to live in ways that correspond to the truth of our faith.

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After months of uncertainty, TikTok’s $14 billion sale to Oracle and others seems poised to bring the app under US control. Yet lawmakers, once concerned about national security risks, are now flocking to the platform even though its algorithm and data remain under ByteDance’s management. While the deal may change ownership on paper, the deeper issue of addiction and influence persists. A Gen Z movement called Time to Refuse urges young adults to delete accounts and reclaim their lives—a call that echoes Jesus’ own: repent, turn from what enslaves, and replace vice with virtue rooted in him.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would meet today to approve the agreement and “bring all our dear hostages home.” Hamas similarly announced that it had reached “an agreement that ends the war in Gaza, provides for the withdrawal of the occupation, allows the entry of aid, and implements a prisoner exchange.” Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and spent 491 days in captivity. He was encouraged by a sentence one of his fellow hostages shared with the others: “He who has a why can bear any how.” Jesus’ call is to live with him and for him, to know him intimately and then to make him known publicly. The more emphatically our post-Christian culture rejects this call, the more courageously you and I must embrace it.

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Today, we reflect on the prolific output of Taylor Swift, who released her twelfth original studio album last week, and Mel Robbins, the bestselling author and podcaster whose latest book, The Let Them Theory, was the #1 selling book of 2025 and is on pace to have the best non-fiction book launch of all time. Robbins teaches that flourishing comes from letting others live freely while focusing on one’s own purpose—a mindset she praised Taylor Swift for modeling: “Let them be wrong about you. Let me get back to what I was put on this earth to do.” Ultimately, people’s deepest need is to know God, in whose image they are made; true fulfillment comes from knowing and making Him known.

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Negotiations began in Egypt yesterday to finalize a deal based on President Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan. The talks are expected to last “a few days,” with a focus on a proposed hostages-for-prisoners swap. The negotiations began on the eve of one of the most tragic anniversaries in Jewish history. Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7, 2023, is considered the deadliest and most brutal terrorist assault in Israel’s history with over a thousand people killed. In addition, the terrorists took 251 hostages. Why did Hamas take them two years ago? The answers are not only relevant to peace in the Middle East but a window into human nature.

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Pro-life supporters are decrying the Trump administration’s decision to approve a new generic mifepristone pill, calling it “wildly disappointing,” while mediators in Egypt work on the closest Israel-Hamas peace plan since the October 7 attacks. Both stories illustrate what Nicholas Wade calls the clash between our fallen human nature and political systems meant to restrain it—a clash our Founders understood but could not cure. Laws can shape behavior but cannot change hearts. Only Christ can work the “moral miracle of redemption” that transforms self-reliance into the Spirit-led life God intends. Is he calling you to that today?

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