SHARPER IRON - “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)

“John Newton, 18th-century slave ship captain turned pastor, experienced both a dramatic conversion and the frustration of slow maturation. In a series of three letters, Newton identifies three stages of a believer’s growth, labeled with the first three letters of the alphabet: young (A), growing (B), and maturing (C) believers.” - TGC

“Last year saw confidence in organized religion or the church rebound slightly, jumping from 32% in 2024 to 36% in 2025. This year, however, trust levels fell back down to 33%, only two points above the all-time low.” - Lifeway

“A U.S. District Court has dismissed “with prejudice” a lawsuit originally filed in 2019 that alleged defamation on the part of former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson.” - Baptist Press

“…has the strong alliance between Christians and Donald Trump actually pushed some people out of church? We now have data to answer this question with a great deal of specificity among those who would be the future of the church” - Ryan Burge

“Legally, though, embryos in the U.S. generally are not adopted, because states do not classify them as children under adoption law. Instead, they are often transferred by contract as personal property.” - The Conversation