President Trump’s meeting today with Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to dominate headlines. However, as of this morning, any attempt to say what that outcome will be is, at best, an educated guess. So instead, I’d like to focus today on a subject that is far less important to the future of our world but, perhaps, of even greater significance to the state of our culture: KPop Demon Hunters. The record-breaking film contains some surprising biblical themes and points us to important conversations we should all be having today.

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has battled stage 4 melanoma for a decade. Yesterday we learned that Mr. Jones was diagnosed in June 2010. He underwent two lung surgeries and two lymph node surgeries and says his life was saved by an experimental trial and a drug called Programmed Cell Death Protein 1. When we face cancer or other challenging conditions and circumstances, trusting God in hard places can be hard to do. Why is this?

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National Guard troops began arriving in Washington, DC, yesterday as part of President Donald Trump’s historic federal takeover of the nation’s capital. Armored vehicles were seen at urban centers and tourist cities around the city last night. Whatever your view of the president’s action and the conditions that prompted it, no one can disagree that crime in our nation’s capital is too high. Whether National Guard troops can help or not remains to be seen. But even they cannot remedy the problem that underlies all our nation’s other problems, one that affects our safety, happiness, and grace.

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President Trump said yesterday that he will try to get back some territory for Ukraine when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. He also stated that there would be “some swapping, changes in land” between Russia and Ukraine. Whether the world could or should trust a “peace” to which Mr. Putin agrees on these terms is another matter, an issue I explored in my new website article, “Vladimir Putin and the problem of autocratic power.” But why would Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agree to such an arrangement?

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President Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this Friday. In related news, Putin told the US he would halt his war with Ukraine in exchange for land in eastern Ukraine and global recognition of Russia’s claims to the territory. We also learned yesterday that the White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Alaska as well. How likely is it that Ukraine would make such a land exchange? Or that Putin would honor a peace achieved in this way? These questions point to a larger question foundational to the war and its global consequences.

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With yesterday’s introduction of GPT-5, artificial intelligence is back in the news, with the focus largely on how its advancements will impact day-to-day life. But while that story is important, today we discuss a more subtle way that AI is likely to change our lives going forward: replacing real human connection and conviction with artificial relationships that always agree with you. But while users claim these conversations are “harmless fun,” the truth is that they are often relied upon most heavily by those who are least equipped to use them well. That’s a problem we cannot afford to ignore. But how should it be addressed?

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Eighty years ago yesterday, the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. In total, an estimated two hundred thousand people were killed. Over the years, opinions have been sharply divided over whether the bombings were justified. So, on the anniversary of the only time nuclear bombs have ever been used in war, let’s ask if they were necessary. Then we’ll apply our discussion to an even more significant question, one that is relevant to each of us today.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering ordering the complete reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media. However, senior officials have warned that the plan would endanger the remaining hostages, risk further international isolation of Israel, and require the IDF to administer a population in which Hamas fighters were still present. The idea of Israel occupying all of Gaza raises several questions, chief among them: What about the hostages?

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Dozens of Democratic lawmakers left Texas yesterday, preventing the state House of Representatives from moving forward with a redrawn congressional map sought by President Trump. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state police to find and arrest them, though state law enforcement is restricted to making arrests in Texas. Both parties over the years have gerrymandered political maps to advantage themselves, though such tactics have not typically gained political parties many seats over the years. However, a larger factor is at work here—one that is relevant to each of us and the future of our democracy.

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Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy, joined US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on a visit to a US-backed aid operation in Gaza on Friday. The Israeli military said two hundred trucks of aid were distributed by the UN and other organizations on Thursday, with hundreds more waiting to be picked up from border crossings inside Gaza. However, reports from the Gaza Strip claim very few supplies have made it into warehouses to be distributed to the population. The son of a founding Hamas leader said, “They don’t care for the Palestinian people. They do not regard human life.” How do we pray for the situation today?

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