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President Trump will meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House today, one day before the deadline to fund the federal government or face a shutdown on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. ET. The White House warned yesterday that thousands of government jobs could be cut if lawmakers don’t reach a deal. But Americans should be grateful to live in a country where we are free to pursue the “things which matter most” to us. For Christians, this means maximizing our constitutional freedom in the service of leading people to Christ.

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President Trump’s speech at the UN drew headlines, but his closed-door meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders may prove more consequential. His twenty-one-point plan leaves Hamas out of the talks, instead calling for hostages’ release, a permanent ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and a new governing mechanism backed by Arab nations. Such concessions could move the region closer to peace but would require Israel to accept “bitter pills,” including the possibility of a Palestinian state. And just as Israel may need to surrender certain rights to achieve greater security, so too are Christians called to lay down their own rights to advance God’s kingdom.

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Axios reports some of the general principles of President Trump's proposal.

Many expected the rapture on September 23, a prediction traced to a dream claimed by Joshua Mhlakela in South Africa and amplified on TikTok. Yet Jesus said, “Concerning that day and hour no one knows . . . the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” This latest false prophecy has fueled online ridicule and given skeptics more reasons to dismiss the gospel, a reminder of Billy Graham’s fear of bringing disrepute to Christ. What truly matters is living ready today—because we are always one day closer to eternity than ever before.

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The Secret Service announced before President Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly that the agency had disrupted a sprawling telecommunications network in the New York tri-state area. Investigators say this network could have disrupted telecom systems and threatened the UN meetings this week. There was a time when we would perhaps not have thought to connect the president’s UN speech and the Secret Service’s discovery. But after Charlie Kirk’s murder and two assassination attempts on the president, the second of which resulted in a conviction yesterday, this is not that time. The good news is that the bad news of our day is fertile ground for the best news of all.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the air tonight. The controversy over Kimmel’s suspension illustrates the partisan fault lines dividing our country: According to a new poll, Democrats are far more likely to watch late-night talk shows than Republicans or Independents. The divisiveness of our society has risen to a level that fundamentally threatens the future of our democratic experiment. And the solution lies in the very message that many people blame for the problem.

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See Dr. Ryan Denison’s Daily Article, “Jimmy Kimmel suspended for comments on Charlie Kirk’s killer.”

Approximately ninety thousand people attended Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, during which one of the most memorable moments was when Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, announced that she forgave her husband’s alleged killer. She explained: “I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it’s what Charlie would do.” There is an eternal world of meaning in her decision, for our nation and for our souls.

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Jimmy Kimmel was suspended indefinitely in the wake of falsely characterizing Charlie Kirk’s killer as a member of “The MAGA Gang.” While every aspect of the First Amendment is important, the key part for our present discussion is that it specifies that the government cannot punish the exercise of free speech. It says nothing, however, about employers choosing to do so. We’ll discuss this aspect of the controversy and the ways it’s of particular relevance to Christians, along with the larger implications for the future of our nation.

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After days filled with bad news, let’s look for good news in bad news on a deeper cultural level, one that offers hope for our collective future and our individual souls. The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point, sending the Dow up 260 points and projecting more cuts ahead. Consumer spending is keeping pace with inflation even as fears of “asteroid economics” rise. And after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, thousands reportedly returned to church in what’s being called the “Charlie effect.” These headlines remind us that even in the midst of loss and cultural unraveling, Christ alone offers the strong tower and immovable rock our souls most need.

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A New York Times article notes that a Christian app called Bible Chat has more than thirty million downloads. Hallow, a Catholic app, beat Netflix, Instagram, and TikTok for the number one spot in the app store at one point last year. Some see these apps as ways into faith, but others warn that they “tell us what we want to hear” rather than providing the accountability only a person and community can foster. At the very least, the popularity of spiritual chatbots reveals the underlying and undying popularity of spirituality itself. But does spirituality mean for us, and how can we pursue a life full of purpose and true connection with the creator of the universe?

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La) urged leaders to “turn down the rhetoric” amid a divisive political climate, saying lawmakers should stop treating policy disputes as an “existential threat to democracy or the Republic.” I would like to respond by simply encouraging our nation to follow Charlie Kirk’s example. But our divisive culture has gotten where we are for a reason, and it’s not from a lack of examples to the contrary. “Speaking the truth in love” is our only way forward, but to do either and much less both, we must be empowered by the One who is the truth and who is love.

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