• 4 Ways Not to Be a Jerk Online. Matt Smethurst shares four ways to be a faithful Christian online.
• Rest in God’s Faithfulness, Not Yours. Paul Tripp writes “He can be trusted even when you cannot. He will be faithful and good even when you’re not. He will do what is right and best even when you don’t. And he is faithful to forgive you when convicting grace reveals how unfaithful you have been.”
• Your Neighbor is Not a Virus. Daniel Darling writes “So as we venture back into what we think will be normalcy, as we slowly pull back our masks, as we move a little closer to our friends, as we once again engage in the healthy habits of human life, let’s try to see others, not as potential risks to our physical and spiritual health, but as people crafted in the image of the Almighty.”
• Every Other Hope Will Disappoint. Paul Tripp writes “From the smallest concerns to the grandest ones, our lives are shaped, directed, motivated, and frustrated by hope.”

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• Supreme-Court Case Could Undermine Roe’s Viability. Joe Carter writes “The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that might be the death knell of Roe v. Wade.”

• Of All the Activities Heaven Will Offer, What Are You Most Looking Forward to? Randy Alcorn writes “First and foremost, I look forward to being with Jesus, my Lord and Savior and best friend. To be in His presence, to listen to Him and walk with Him…nothing could be better than that.”

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• Facing the Demands of Secularism with Hope. On this episode of Focus on the Family, Albert Mohler and Jim Daly help believers meet the challenges and demands of secularism with hope, confidence, conviction and the gospel, even as our influence may appear to be waning.
• HHS Transgender ‘Interpretation’ May Threaten Conscience Rights. Joe Carter writes “A new discrimination policy adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services could pose a threat to the conscience rights of healthcare workers.”
  

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• 3 Reality Checks for Your Marriage. Paul Tripp shares essential wisdom perspectives that Scripture gives us that enable us to have realistic expectations for our marriage.

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• 4 More Reasons Planned Parenthood Should Apologize. Joe Carter writes “While there are dozens of issues and crimes that Planned Parenthood Federation of America should apologize for, here are four of the most significant.”
• Rachel Hollis’s Problem Isn’t Privilege, It’s An Anti-Christian Gospel. Kylee Zempel writes “Self-help author, self-described media mogul, and self-proclaimed Christian Rachel Hollis is in a bit of a PR mess this week after wading into some bad social media optics and then doubling down, but contrary to what the race-baiters and even Hollis herself think, racial insensitivity isn’t her biggest problem.”
• Survey: Half of U.S. ‘Christians’ Say Casual Sex Is Acceptable. Joe Carter writes “A new survey finds that a majority of self-identified Christians don’t care what God thinks about the issue of sex.”

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• How Does Chronic Pain Glorify God? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “My mother, a believer, struggles with debilitating — very debilitating — nerve pain and can get no medical relief from anything doctors have tried. She suffers endlessly. How does such unalleviated suffering glorify God when it seems that God refuses to answer any of our prayers for mercy?”
• What Makes Women the “Weaker Vessel”? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper answers the question “What does Peter mean in 1 Peter 3:7 when he writes that husbands should live with their wives in an understanding way, ‘as the weaker vessel’? Specifically, what is the weaker vessel? Is she physically weaker, emotionally weaker, spiritually weaker, or something altogether different?
• Does God Love the Wicked the Same Way He Loves the Elect? Does God love everyone in the same way—both His redeemed people and His enemies? From one of the Ligonier live events, C.Sproul helps us understand what it means that “God so loved the world” (John 3:16).

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• Many Out of One? Carl Trueman writes “By choosing to reject its ability to foster unity as an institution, with ceremonies rooted in notions of shared identity, Columbia is a microcosm for what is happening in the nation.”
• They’re Coming for Oral Roberts University, and that Means They Are Coming for You Too. Albert Mohler writes “The only question that remains is this: Will your school capitulate or stand firm in the truth of God and the promises of his Word? Whether you realize it or not, you are making that decision right now.”

• When It’s Time to Leave a Church. H.B. Charles Jr. writes “There is a proper time and way to leave a church.”

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• Why Are Young Adults Increasingly Identifying as Bisexual? Joe Carter writes “A new survey finds that one in six adults between the ages of 18 and 23 now identifies as LGBTQ.”
• Largest U.S. Evangelical Adoption Agency Waves the Rainbow Flag. Joe Carter writes “The country’s largest evangelical adoption and foster-care agency has abandoned its previous stance on biblical morality and says it will now place children with openly gay and transgender couples.”
• Pivoting to Surrender: A Warning for All Christians. Albert Mohler writes “Every Christian and every Christian ministry will come to a reckoning—we must all decide here and now where we stand. Will we pivot or will we hold fast to faithfulness and the hope of the gospel?”
• Larry Crabb, Christian Counselor Who Kept Exploring. Daniel Silliman writes “Larry Crabb, a popular Christian counselor who went looking for a deeper approach to spiritual care, died on February 28 at the age of 77.”

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