Culture Takes & Faith Insights

Amy Grant Showing Up in Disney’s Country Bears Is a Reminder That Christian Influence Often Lasts Longer Than the Trend Cycle

CCM Magazine’s wonderfully odd headline about Amy Grant and Disney reveals something important: Christian pop culture’s influence often outlives the moment people think it belongs to.

Can Virality Create Revival? Bryce Crawford’s Rise Reveals the New Economics of Evangelical Influence

Religion News Service asks the sharpest Christian pop-culture question of the month: can virality create revival? Bryce Crawford’s rise makes the answer uncomfortable.

Christian EDM Is Growing Because Some Believers Want Worship Energy Without Worship Predictability

RELEVANT spotlights Christian EDM artists pushing worship into new sonic territory — and asking whether holiness must always arrive in familiar packaging.

There Are So Many Bible Shows Right Now Because Hollywood Finally Realized the Sacred Still Has an Audience

RELEVANT rounds up the Bible show boom and asks the question the church should be asking too: what version of God is Hollywood making imaginable?

Stephen Colbert’s Quiet Faith on Late Night May Be Harder to Replace Than People Think

RELEVANT’s look back at Colbert’s best faith moments reveals what public Christianity looks like when it is neither defensive nor performative.

Marty Wants to Be Christian Hip-Hop’s Great Disruptor — Which Means He’s Really Challenging Christian Cool

RELEVANT profiles Marty as a disruptive voice in Christian hip-hop — but the real disruption is whether Christian art still has room for honesty sharp enough to cut through performance.

Christian Unity Is Easy to Praise Until It Costs You Something Real

A new docudrama featuring Francis Chan asks what happens when unity moves from slogan to practice — and whether modern Christianity is willing to pay the price.

Western Christians Love to “Speak Up.” Suffering Churches Sometimes Need Something Harder.

Christianity Today interviews the daughter of an imprisoned Chinese pastor — and challenges Western advocacy to become more humble, more patient, and more teachable.

“Daily Bread” Sounds Different When the Grocery Budget Is $33

Christianity Today gives voice to a prayer most churches avoid — what trust in God looks like when the numbers simply do not stretch far enough.

You Can’t Love the Church in Theory and Keep Avoiding It in Real Life

Christianity Today exposes one of modern faith’s most respectable evasions — praising the body of Christ while treating local congregations as optional.

Ritual Is Trending Again. The Church Should Be Glad — and a Little Careful.

People are hungry for sacred form — even without religion. Christianity Today asks whether the church will answer that hunger or keep flattening the very rituals people are searching for.

On Pentecost, Thousands Want to Be Baptized at Once. The Real Question Is What Happens the Day After.

A synchronized global baptism could be a beautiful sign of unity. But the church must ask whether it is ready to form the people it welcomes into the water.

People of the Chatbot: Why Christian AI Might Give Us More Access to Truth — and Less Transformation

Christianity Today warns that frictionless faith may be the deepest risk of the AI age — not bad theology, but effortless understanding that never becomes real transformation.

A Church Can Survive a Schism and Still Need a Soul

The United Methodist Church's post-split road map raises a question every fractured community must face: surviving conflict isn't the same as healing from it.

The Churches Actually Growing in America Share One Hard-to-Fake Trait

RELEVANT reveals the common thread among growing churches: they know what they are, what they believe, and what they're asking people to join. Vagueness is not hospitality.

Gen Z's Lack of Rites of Passage May Be a Bigger Spiritual Problem Than We Realize

Christianity Today's conversation with Douglas McKelvey reveals a void most churches haven't addressed: young adults crossing into adulthood without spiritual markers, communal witness, or meaningful thresholds.

Gen Z's Spiritual Hunger May Be Less About Trend and More About Exhaustion

RELEVANT's interview reveals a crucial distinction: younger adults aren't chasing Christian identity — they're looking for Jesus. The church should listen carefully.

The Algorithm Is Changing How We Speak — and Maybe What We Desire

Christianity Today's essay reveals how digital platforms don't just show us content — they train our ambitions, speech, and spiritual formation in ways most believers haven't reckoned with.

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Gen Z Women Are Not Commodities — and Christianity Should Be Able to Say That Better Than the Culture Can

When a Church Hosts Controversial Art, It Reveals What It Thinks the Gospel Is For

More Gen Z Adults Think Life Can Be Fulfilling Without Marriage — and the Church Needs a Better Response Than Panic

Will the UFO Files Shatter Christian Belief? Probably Not — But They Might Expose a Very Modern Weakness

Lecrae's Tiny Desk Moment Means Christian Hip-Hop Finally Entered a Different Room

This was not just a music milestone. It was a legitimacy milestone — and modern Christianity should pay attention.

Justin Bieber Leading Worship at Coachella Says Something Bigger Than Celebrity Faith

When one of pop culture’s biggest stages makes room for worship, the real question is not whether it was viral. It is whether it was true.

Gen Z Thinks Revival Is Coming — But What Kind of Revival Do They Actually Mean?

When a generation starts expecting spiritual renewal, the real question is whether they mean repentance, belonging, beauty, or simply relief from exhaustion.

Why More Young Adults Are Joining the Church This Easter — and Why That Still Doesn't Automatically Mean Revival

The recent rise in adult baptisms and initiations matters. But the real story is not hype. It is hunger.

AI Might Be Helping You — But It Could Also Be Quietly Disrupting Your Spiritual Life

The question is not whether AI is useful. The question is what it is replacing.

American Idol Just Turned Prime-Time TV Into a Worship Moment

When a mainstream stage makes room for worship, it says something bigger than entertainment.

1K Phew Showing Up in Fortnite Is a Bigger Culture Signal Than It Looks

Christian creativity is not just making content anymore — it is entering the platforms people already live on.

Ben Kingsley Playing Moses Tells Us Bible Stories Still Have Cultural Weight

The real question is no longer whether Bible stories can return — it is whether they can return with beauty and seriousness.

Lauren Daigle's SiriusXM Launch Shows Christian Voices Are Still Expanding Into Bigger Spaces

Platform expansion matters because it reveals what kind of faith-based voices people still want to carry with them.

Indie Tribe's Real Mission Is Bigger Than Christian Music

This is not just about songs. It is about reaching people who feel shut out of church language.