March 21, 2026

Three writers this week are asking the same question from different angles: what's pulling Christians away from genuine faith? The Gospel Coalition says false gospels have moved off the internet and into church communities — bad theology isn't just online anymore, it's sitting in your small group. Christianity Today's diagnosis is different: the pace is the problem. Constant pressure to respond to every controversy leaves no room for the slow discernment faith actually requires. Joy Clarkson cuts through both with something simpler — love, she writes, is the most practical thing a Christian can do. Not urgency. Not positioning. Love.

Mere Orthodoxy marked World Down Syndrome Day by asking whether people with intellectual disabilities are treated as full theological participants — not charity cases, but image-bearers who interpret Scripture and receive grace. Real question. High stakes. Across the world, Christians in Pakistan and Afghanistan are surviving military escalation and still holding services, which Christianity Today covered with a Q&A that deserves more attention than it got. And a federal judge ordered a Minneapolis ICE facility to allow clergy access to detainees — a small legal item from World Magazine with a large pastoral question underneath it. Who does the church show up for when showing up is inconvenient?