Halloween Reveals Our Culture’s Fascination with Death, but Christ Has Conquered It

Brian From starts the weekend hoarse after his daughter’s volleyball team came back from seven match points down to win a regional title, a reminder to persevere because of Christ’s victory. On Halloween weekend, he shares Jim Denison’s observation that a death-avoidant culture reveals its fascinat…

Grand Theft Auto 6 Is About to Become a Cultural Phenomenon, and Plugged In’s Adam Holz Says Parents Should Be Ready

Brian From and Adam Holz of Plugged In turn from movies to video games this week, looking ahead to the release of Grand Theft Auto 6. Adam puts the franchise’s scale in perspective: the previous installment sold 230 million copies and earned $10 billion, far more than the biggest albums and movies …

Focus on the Family’s Zach Mettler Makes the Case for Informed Christian Voting in the Midterms

With the midterm elections days away, Brian From talks with Zach Mettler, issues and policy analyst and writer for Focus on the Family’s Daily Citizen, about why Christians should vote. Zach points to Barna research estimating that 32 million churchgoing Christians didn’t plan to vote in 2024, whil…

Brenda Knight Shares How God Turned Her Weaknesses into a Story of Running by Faith

Brian From talks with author Brenda Knight about her memoir Faith Runner. Brenda, who was diagnosed with a visual impairment at age 12 and grew up with iron deficiency anemia, explains how God used those weaknesses to bring 2 Corinthians 12:9 to life: “My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Afte…

Evangelistically Effective Churches Start with Leaders Who Share Their Faith

Brian From congratulates the Milwaukee Brewers on their first World Series title after years of playoff heartbreak, and draws a lesson about how we respond to disappointment. He gets a laugh out of a Boston protest against the Liberty Mutual mascot, then turns serious as the midterms approach, repl…

Dr. Tanya Calendo Explains Why Emmanuel Lutheran School Is More Than a School

Brian From talks with Dr. Tanya Calendo, principal of Emmanuel Lutheran School in Palatine, who was recently named administrator of the year after a nomination from her own faculty and staff. Tanya traces the school’s roots to 1870, a year after its church was founded, reflecting the Lutheran convi…

The Well Resource Center Is Building Trust and Healing Among Chicago’s First Responders

Brian From talks with Matt Blair, CEO and co-founder of The Well Resource Center, a Chicago nonprofit he and his wife started nearly nine years ago to support the mental health of first responders and their families. Matt explains how listening to neighbors on the city’s Northwest Side, where about…

Nicole Jacobsmeyer Says Something Good Can Grow from the Soil of Suffering

Brian From talks with author Nicole Jacobsmeyer about her new book, Something Good Will Grow: Finding God’s Heart in the Soil of Suffering. Nicole shares how the book took root after her family moved to a North Carolina farm while she faced a possible recurrence of thyroid cancer. Walking the land,…

An Ohio Pastor Introduced His Second Wife From the Stage, and That’s Not What the Bible Teaches

Brian From opens with an Ohio pastor who called monogamy “unbiblical” while introducing his second wife to a cheering congregation. He then shares a Gospel Coalition argument that parachurch ministries aren’t a sign the church has failed but grow naturally out of God’s commands to serve. He has fun…

Evangelicals Are a Movement, Not a Voting Bloc, and Scripture Isn’t Something We Get to Edit

With the midterms a week away, Brian From responds to a Christianity Today report on Republican candidates courting evangelical voters, arguing that evangelicals are a movement of Christ followers, not a voting bloc. He reacts to Dictionary.com naming “maxing” its word of the year, and pushes back …