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More Young Americans Are Leaving Denominations – Here’s What They’re Choosing Instead

More young adults in the U.S. are walking away from denominational churches—and not necessarily from church altogether. According to the 2020 U.S. Religion Census, 6.5 million more Americans are now attending nondenominational churches than they were a decade earlier. In the same period, mainline Protestant churches like the United Methodist Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church […]

Adrian Drayton 26 June 2025

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Faith, Doubt, and Talking Rocks: Why A24 Movies Feel A Lot Like Church

Okay, I’ll just say it: I wasn’t expecting a horror movie to make me think more about my faith. But here we are. Somewhere between googly-eyed rocks, brooding priests, and a bagel that might be the Antichrist, A24 has accidentally become one of the most spiritually honest storytellers of our time. Their latest release, The […]

Adrian Drayton 26 June 2025

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Damon Gameau Hits the Road for National Tour Ahead of Future Council Film Release

Madman Entertainment has announced that filmmaker Damon Gameau will embark on a national Q&A tour throughout July in the lead-up to the release of his new documentary, Future Council, opening in Australian cinemas on August 7. Gameau, known for That Sugar Film and 2040, will appear at live events around the country to discuss the […]

24 June 2025

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Amy Grant Speaks Out Against HIV/AIDS Funding Cuts at Nashville Concert

Christian music icon Amy Grant used her recent concert to speak out against proposed cuts to HIV/AIDS relief funding. During a concert at a Nashville-area church, Grant paused between songs, pulled out her phone, and called the office of U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN). With her voice on speaker and the crowd listening, she left […]

Adrian Drayton 23 June 2025

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Vale, Walter Brueggemann

Esteemed Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann died on Thursday, 5 June. He was 92. A theologian regarded for his originality, Dr Brueggemann published more than 100 books and inspired the ministries of countless people. He was William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Seminary and was an ordained minister in the United […]

Jonathan Foye 23 June 2025

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It’s Personal, Not Religious – Gen Z’s Quiet Turn Toward Jesus

A growing number of young Americans say they’ve made a personal commitment to Jesus—without going to church, joining a denomination, or even calling themselves “Christian.” That’s the headline from Barna Group’s new State of the Church 2025 report, which shows a surprising shift in how Gen Z and millennials approach faith. Despite ongoing drops in […]

Adrian Drayton 23 June 2025

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Unpretentious Selflessness and Unconditional Love

Review: Australian Gospel: A Family Saga, Lech Blaine, Black Inc Australian Gospel, which recently won The Age Book of the Year competition, is the story of Lech Blaine’s foster siblings, his parents’ love for a family of foster children, and his siblings’ biological parents, Michael and Mary Shelley, who spent decades trying to reunite with […]

Nick Mattiske 19 June 2025

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Dallas Jenkins Teams with Amazon for New Biblical Drama ‘Joseph of Egypt’

Dallas Jenkins, creator of the hit series The Chosen, is set to bring another major biblical story to screen, this time in partnership with Amazon MGM Studios. Titled Joseph of Egypt, the upcoming series will retell the dramatic Old Testament account of Joseph, a young man betrayed by his brothers and eventually elevated to the […]

Adrian Drayton 19 June 2025

Features

Western Christianity and the Allure of the New

Having recently travelled through Europe and visited Orthodox monasteries and convents in far-flung places such as Meteora in Greece, I was struck by the observance, liturgy and centuries of tradition in these churches and it’s contrast to Western Christian traditions. In many parts of the Western church, programs are regularly overhauled, worship styles updated, and […]

Adrian Drayton 19 June 2025

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What to Do When Your Faith Feels Flat

Let’s get one thing straight: nobody’s keeping score. You’re not in trouble for skipping your quiet time. You don’t lose your salvation because you missed a day. There’s no divine Fitbit tracking your Bible reading streak. But if your faith feels thin, if hope seems out of reach, or if your passion for justice is […]

Adrian Drayton 18 June 2025

Features

When Manhood Feels Empty, the Cross Offers More

There’s a quiet ache running through the lives of many young men today. You can see it if you stop and look. Netflix’s Adolescence shows teenagers searching for who they’re meant to be, but finding mostly confusion. The recent film Companion weaponizes misogyny. Online, the “manosphere” offers a thousand voices promising success, power, or escape. […]

Adrian Drayton 17 June 2025

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Friendship Doesn’t Just Happen

We like the idea that friendship happens naturally. You join a gym, start a new job, or show up to church, and before long you’re part of a tight-knit group. But more often than not, it doesn’t work that way. Most of us wait for connection, hoping it just finds us. And many are still […]

Adrian Drayton 11 June 2025

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It’s the Small Things.

It feels like there is a sense of powerlessness in the air. Today in the face of overwhelming violence, madness and triviality a lot of people are either burying their heads in the sand or signing up to altruistic causes in an attempt to better our world. In my little bubble, both actions don’t seem […]

Karina Kreminski 10 June 2025

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What Does the Great Commission Mean Today—When Church Feels So Complicated?

We’ve all heard the Great Commission—Jesus saying, “Go and make disciples of all nations”. For generations, that’s been at the heart of the Christian faith. These days, a lot of Christians—especially younger ones—aren’t quite sure what to do with that command. Not because they don’t love Jesus, but because the way it’s been presented, and […]

Adrian Drayton 9 June 2025

Reviews

Justice, Revenge, and the Fragility of Faith in The Last Of Us Season 2

Warning: If you have not watched Season 2 of The Last Of Us this review contains spoilers. The Last of Us Season 2 extends the narrative weight of the first season but shifts its focus toward an intense moral examination of justice versus revenge. The season does not ask which is right, but what each costs—and […]

Adrian Drayton 5 June 2025

Reviews

Re-evaluating Leonardo’s Legacy

Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life, Stephen J. Campbell, Princeton University Press It’s a rather strange way to begin a biography, and it seems like an undersell, to emphasise how much we don’t know about the subject in question, but Stephen Campbell’s argument in this book is that we don’t know Leonardo da Vinci well, […]

Nick Mattiske 3 June 2025

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More Young Americans Are Leaving Denominations – Here’s What They’re Choosing Instead

Faith, Doubt, and Talking Rocks: Why A24 Movies Feel A Lot Like Church

Damon Gameau Hits the Road for National Tour Ahead of Future Council Film Release

Amy Grant Speaks Out Against HIV/AIDS Funding Cuts at Nashville Concert

Vale, Walter Brueggemann

It’s Personal, Not Religious – Gen Z’s Quiet Turn Toward Jesus

Unpretentious Selflessness and Unconditional Love

Dallas Jenkins Teams with Amazon for New Biblical Drama ‘Joseph of Egypt’

Western Christianity and the Allure of the New

What to Do When Your Faith Feels Flat

When Manhood Feels Empty, the Cross Offers More

Friendship Doesn’t Just Happen

It’s the Small Things.

What Does the Great Commission Mean Today—When Church Feels So Complicated?

Justice, Revenge, and the Fragility of Faith in The Last Of Us Season 2

Re-evaluating Leonardo’s Legacy

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