Truth In These Days

Words, Tone, and Mood: Four Biblical Categories for Contemporary Christian Communication Heath Lambert The Christian Communication Continuum   For quite some time now, Christians have been arguing over the issue of ministry language, tone, and mood. Those words do not all stand for the same thing, and much has been said about each by many different people. I cannot engage every person or issue in...

Changing the Name of the Southern Baptist Convention by Heath Lambert Time for A Name Change? In June, the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) will gather in Orlando, Florida, for their annual meeting. They will approve budgets, make resolutions, send missionaries, and choose their next president. I wonder if the convention should also consider changing its name. Perhaps I will mak...

The Line between Keller and Kirk   The heartbreaking violence in Minnesota is expanding with little evidence that it will soon decrease. It is only one example of the explosive political divisions happening right now in the United States. Such intense division leads to tension among Christians about how to address political issues.    Many believers look at the desperation in our culture and deman...

Truth in Tumultuous Times Christians are alive in tumultuous and confusing times. One of the enduring marks of every season of tumult is the presence of disagreements about truth. When you pay attention to almost any debated matter these days, you will discover that most every problem is not only defined by disagreements over how to analyze and solve problems, but also by basic disagreements about...

The renewed attention on Jeffrey Epstein shows our God-given hunger for truth, the destructive lies of sexual immorality, and the tragic misuse of wealth and power. As Congress demands full disclosure of Epstein’s network, we’re reminded that innocent people long for the light while the guilty fear it. His story exposes a culture that celebrates sinful desire and the devastation that follows, stan...

This week, the longest shutdown in American history finally broke when Democrats were the first to give way. After weeks of hardship on both sides and despite their recent election wins, eight Democratic Senators crossed the aisle to reopen the government. What this moment really reveals is the deep dysfunction of a system that hasn’t passed a true budget since 1997 and has racked up a staggering...

On November 4, 2025, Democrats saw major wins, but the biggest story was New York City electing socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor. His victory highlights the failure of socialism, which tries to fix scarcity by controlling prices rather than letting free exchange determine value. This always leads to shortages because governments can’t know the real costs producers face. While socialists dream of...

This week on The Biggest Story of the Week, we’re talking about one of the most astonishing crimes in recent memory, the Paris Jewel Heist. In less than ten minutes, four men disguised as construction workers broke into the Louvre, overpowered security, and escaped with more than $100 million in jewels. As French leaders call it a national disgrace, this story reminds us of something far bigger th...

This week, we thank God for the long-awaited return of the final Israeli hostages who were held by Hamas for more than two years. Their release marks a moment of both relief and sorrow. As Christians, we must pray for their healing, for peace in the Middle East, and for wisdom among leaders navigating the fragile road ahead. Most of all, this moment reminds us of the reality of evil in our world a...

This week's biggest story is the growing bipartisan concern over the misuse of power within the U.S. Department of Justice. With revelations that the Biden administration investigated Republican senators’ phone records and the Trump administration indicted former FBI Director James Comey, both sides now face accusations of weaponizing the law against political opponents.

This week's biggest story is the tragedy in Michigan. On Sunday, September 28, a man drove his truck into a Mormon congregation in Grand Blanc Township, opened fire on worshippers, and set the building ablaze. Four innocent people were murdered, eight were seriously injured, and the assailant was killed by police. We know what happened. We know who did it. But the question everyone is asking is: w...

This week’s biggest story is the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the fierce debate it has sparked about the power of words. Some argue Kirk’s rhetoric provoked his killer, while others have disturbingly celebrated his death, exposing a culture at war over speech itself. Scripture teaches that words matter, carry consequences, and must be measured against God’s standard. Evaluating Kirk’s own com...

This week’s biggest story is the shocking and tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk, a young husband, father, and influential Christian leader whose bold voice was silenced by hatred and violence. His death reminds us of the deep brokenness of our culture, the urgency of justice, and the fleeting nature of life. Even in grief, we take comfort in God’s nearness to the brokenhearted and in the hope o...

This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted world leaders—including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, and, most notably, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi—to showcase China’s vision of a new world order, one that diverges from U.S. leadership. Modi’s presence signals a strain in U.S. and India relationship, worsened by tariffs under the Trump administration, and raises ques...

Cracker Barrel has been in the news for all the wrong reasons after an attempted rebrand stripped away its old-fashioned logo and country-style interiors, only to face swift backlash from loyal customers. The controversy reignited questions about the company’s flirtation with cultural trends at odds with its core values, including public celebrations of Pride. In the end, the chain reversed course...

It is Friday, August 22, 2025, and the biggest story of the week is the Washington, D.C., crime crackdown. Two weeks after President Trump took the extraordinary step of federalizing law enforcement in the capital, the nation is divided over questions of authority, honesty, and order. The good news is that crime in the capital is already declining, but the greater lesson is that true righteousness...

This week, Presidents Trump and Putin meet in Alaska after years of conflict. For Christians, this points to a greater truth: Jesus purchased peace through His death and calls us to pursue it with one another through humility, confession, and forgiveness. If world leaders can meet after a war, surely we can take the first step to reconcile broken relationships.

This week, the headlines are once again filled with Jeffrey Epstein. The public is demanding the truth while accusations of “conspiracy theory” fly. But conspiracy theories don’t appear out of thin air; they grow where truth exists, where extraordinary events strain belief, where distrust of leaders is rampant, and where alternative sources of information promise answers. In a world like ours, abs...

This week on The Biggest Story, we’re witnessing a rare moment of calm in the Middle East following a sudden and sweeping turn of events—President Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, and now a ceasefire has settled over the region. But that ceasefire comes with clashing declarations of victory: Israel claims it removed an existential threat, Iran insists it remains unshaken, and th...

This week, the biggest story is the conflict erupting between Israel and Iran. After years of tension, Israel launched a decisive strike—Operation Rising Lion—targeting Iran’s nuclear capabilities and eliminating key military leaders. The world now waits in anxious uncertainty as missiles fly and nations posture. The Bible tells us that righteousness must sometimes confront wickedness, not out of...

At this year’s Southern Baptist Convention, we witnessed the beauty and the burden of being a convictional people. On the one hand, we celebrated missionary commissioning to unreached nations, record church planting, and the strength of our seminaries. On the other hand, we faced hard debates about the ERLC and female pastors' role that exposed real fractures in our fellowship. Forty percent calle...

This week, we witnessed a heartbreaking act of hatred in Boulder, Colorado, where a peaceful gathering of Jewish men and women assembled to pray and advocate for Israeli hostages was violently attacked. This wicked assault reminds us of the deep depravity that surfaces when sinful people reject the holy authority of God, abandon the blessing of good and just law, and allow human wrath to replace d...

Heath Lambert analyzes the biggest story of the week: revelations about former President Biden's health decline and the systematic coverup by his inner circle. Discover what this scandal reveals about our culture's relationship with truth and why only Christ can restore our commitment to reality. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction and this week's biggest story 0:50 Context: Biden's prostate cancer diag...

On April 21, 2025, Pope Francis died at age 88, ending a 12-year papacy marked by liberal reforms and a reluctance to defend traditional Catholic teachings. Just over two weeks later, on May 8, Cardinal Robert Prevost—an American and close ally of Francis—was elected as his successor, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. His election was historic: the first American pope, and a continuation of Francis’s...

The biggest story of this week is the death of Pope Francis, a man who led the Roman Catholic Church for 12 years and left behind a legacy marked more by silence than doctrinal change. As Protestants, we do not share Catholic theology, but we recognize the weight of this moment for our Catholic friends and mourn with them in their grief, as Scripture calls us to in Romans 12:15. Yet we must also h...