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Caring About Justice Isn’t an Optional Part of Following Jesus

Jackie Hill Perry: ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ Is a Weak Excuse for Staying the Same

Her Eating Disorder Nearly Broke Her. Psalm 139 Rebuilt Her. Now She’s Miss America.

‘We’re All Here Because of God’: Dak Prescott Says the Cowboys’ Open Faith Starts With Their Head Coach

Is This News or Truth?

Madison Ryann Ward Is Doing Music Her Way

Inside Indie Tribe’s Plan to Disrupt Christian Hip-Hop

This Is How Montell Jordan Does It Now

Cory Asbury Ran From His Calling. His New Album Is Him Coming Home

Claire Rosinkranz Heard God at 11. Now She’s Learning to Hear Him Differently

What Does Gen Z Actually Believe? Even They’re Not Sure

CNN Reported 100,000 Churches Could Close in a Decade. One Problem: The Data Doesn’t Back That Up

If Jesus Didn’t Do It Alone, Maybe We Shouldn’t Either, Says Toni Collier

Jonathan Isaac Was One of the NBA’s Most Outspoken Christians. He’s Been Quieter Lately, and It’s on Purpose.

Weekly Christian Meme Roundup

Kingfishr Is Making Irish Music Cool Again

Billy Corgan Decided to Talk About Following Jesus Even If It Cost Him His Career

T.D. Jakes

‘That Ambiguity Is Where Faith Is Born’: T.D. Jakes on the Danger of Being Too Sure

Think You’re Fine on Friends? Wayne Francis Says Open Your Calendar

Judah Smith Is More Interested in Reaching the World Than Building a Bigger Church

‘That’s Why I’m Not Scared of Death’: NBA Player Michael Porter Jr. Spent a Livestream Telling N3on Jesus Is the Only Way

Aslan Is a Male Lion. So Why Is Meryl Streep Voicing Him in Greta Gerwig’s Narnia?

Shaboozey Says His New Outlaw Album Is Really About ‘Bringing Your Life to God’

Singles Want Marriage More Than They Did 15 Years Ago

Remember When Churches in the ’90s Had Sermons About Pokemon Being Demonic?

Tori Kelly Performed Her Album ‘God Must Really Love Me’ on NPR’s Tiny Desk

In 1976, Johnny Cash Starred in a Christian Comic Book Drawn by the Guy Who Drew Archie

SEU Worship Has a Question About Worship Music: Where Did the Joy Go?

Burning Man Kicked Out a Christian Camp This Week, But It Wasn’t for Preaching — It Was for Filming People Who Said No

The Celebrity Pastor Era Finally Ended. But Then Christian Influencers Took Its Spot.

Gable Price and Friends Spent Years Avoiding the ‘Christian Band’ Label. Now He’s Done Beating Around the Bush.

Jelly Roll Hosted ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Last Week and Set the Record Straight About His Faith and Politics

‘Time’ Says There Isn’t a Gen Z Revival. The Data Backs Them Up — But They Looked in the Wrong Rooms.

Russell Wilson Retired from the NFL and Went to Christ the Redeemer: “Christ Is More Than Enough”

Phil Wickham Has Sung About Grace for 20 Years. He Still Catches Himself Trying to Earn It.

What Dr. Caroline Leaf Thinks Christians Get Wrong About Mental Health

The Surprisingly Christian Origin of Friday the 13th

4 Ways to Push Back Against the Winter Blues

The Burglars Are Not the Villains of ‘Home Alone’ and We Can Prove It

What If God Isn’t Taking Away Your Anxiety on Purpose?

RELEVANT Issue 118

Aaron is the editorial director of RELEVANT. Follow him on Twitter at @achanbury.

Jesse Carey is a mainstay on the weekly RELEVANT Podcast and member of RELEVANT's executive board. He lives in Virginia Beach with his wife and two kids.