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America isn’t done with Jesus — and the bestseller list just proved it
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America isn’t done with Jesus — and the bestseller list just proved it

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Here is what you are supposed to believe about America in 2026: we are a post-Christian country. The faith of our grandparents is fading. The rising generation has moved on. The artifacts in the museums and the manuscripts under glass belong to a world that no longer speaks to ours. Then explain what just happened.A book arguing the opposite — that the historical evidence for Jesus of Nazareth is stronger today than at any point in 2,000 years — just climbed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Not a celebrity memoir. Not a political tell-all. A book about ten discoveries — ossuaries, papyri, inscriptions, a linen cloth, coins pulled from Judean dirt — arguing that the man at the center of Western civilization is exactly who the Gospels said he was.I wrote that book. I am not surprised it found readers. I am surprised by how many — and by what that number is telling us.NEW BOOK ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR JESUS ROCKETS TO TOP OF BESTSELLER LISTThe story America keeps getting told is that faith retreats as evidence advances. The data say otherwise. Every shovel in the

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Truth was clearly expressed
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Truth was clearly expressed

Over 17 years ago, a new neighbor moved into my building. He was always kind, calm, and thoughtful. Our initial interactions were neighborly, but for some time they did not go much beyond that.Later, though, I would sometimes encounter this neighbor when I came home from work earlier than usual suffering from a severe migraine. On these occasions, he would often say, “You rest, and I will be thinking of you.” I did not fully understand what he meant by that, but I always felt his loving care for me, and after a few hours I would be relieved of the pain.After one of these occurrences, I told my neighbor about the migraine going away, and he commented, “What’s needed is for thought to be spiritualized.” This caused me to ponder how one spiritualizes thought. I had been seeking spirituality for many years, and now I found the neighbor’s reference to spiritualizing thought so intriguing that I asked him about it, wanting to better understand what was involved.When he mentioned Christian Science, I was a little apprehensive, as I had not heard of it before and confused the term “Christian Science” with other schools of thought. My neighbor, sensing my

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Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking
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Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither side really wants to hear what I say,” says Frazer, a professor of history and political studies at The Master’s University, a Christian school in Santa Clarita, California. The founders, Frazer says, did not create a Christian republic. Several key founders either rejected core Christian doctrines or were vague enough to keep historians debating. For Frazer, that often disappoints audiences of his fellow Christians. But, he says, nor were the founders a cluster of rationalist deists - believers in a God who set the universe in motion like a clockmaker and then left it alone - and anti-religious skeptics, as they are sometimes portrayed. That disappoints audiences who favor a high firewall between church and state. Most of the founders were religious in one form or another. The long-running debate over the founders’ intentions about religion has been turbocharged with the approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. Amid the America 250 celebrations, some Christian activists and authors are redoubling claims that the U.S. had a Christian founding. They have an ally

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America isn’t done with Jesus — and the bestseller list just proved it
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America isn’t done with Jesus — and the bestseller list just proved it

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Here is what you are supposed to believe about America in 2026: we are a post-Christian country. The faith of our grandparents is fading. The rising generation has moved on. The artifacts in the museums and the manuscripts under glass belong to a world that no longer speaks to ours. Then explain what just happened.A book arguing the opposite — that the historical evidence for Jesus of Nazareth is stronger today than at any point in 2,000 years — just climbed to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Not a celebrity memoir. Not a political tell-all. A book about ten discoveries — ossuaries, papyri, inscriptions, a linen cloth, coins pulled from Judean dirt — arguing that the man at the center of Western civilization is exactly who the Gospels said he was.I wrote that book. I am not surprised it found readers. I am surprised by how many — and by what that number is telling us.NEW BOOK ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR JESUS ROCKETS TO TOP OF BESTSELLER LISTThe story America keeps getting told is that faith retreats as evidence advances. The data say otherwise. Every shovel in the

17 hr ago
Truth was clearly expressed
religion/Christian Science Monitor

Truth was clearly expressed

Over 17 years ago, a new neighbor moved into my building. He was always kind, calm, and thoughtful. Our initial interactions were neighborly, but for some time they did not go much beyond that.Later, though, I would sometimes encounter this neighbor when I came home from work earlier than usual suffering from a severe migraine. On these occasions, he would often say, “You rest, and I will be thinking of you.” I did not fully understand what he meant by that, but I always felt his loving care for me, and after a few hours I would be relieved of the pain.After one of these occurrences, I told my neighbor about the migraine going away, and he commented, “What’s needed is for thought to be spiritualized.” This caused me to ponder how one spiritualizes thought. I had been seeking spirituality for many years, and now I found the neighbor’s reference to spiritualizing thought so intriguing that I asked him about it, wanting to better understand what was involved.When he mentioned Christian Science, I was a little apprehensive, as I had not heard of it before and confused the term “Christian Science” with other schools of thought. My neighbor, sensing my

13 hr ago
Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking
religion/The Washington Times

Did the founders create a Christian nation? No, but religion did shape their thinking

When he talks about the role of religion in the founding of the United States, historian Gregg Frazer does not attract eager audiences. “Neither side really wants to hear what I say,” says Frazer, a professor of history and political studies at The Master’s University, a Christian school in Santa Clarita, California. The founders, Frazer says, did not create a Christian republic. Several key founders either rejected core Christian doctrines or were vague enough to keep historians debating. For Frazer, that often disappoints audiences of his fellow Christians. But, he says, nor were the founders a cluster of rationalist deists - believers in a God who set the universe in motion like a clockmaker and then left it alone - and anti-religious skeptics, as they are sometimes portrayed. That disappoints audiences who favor a high firewall between church and state. Most of the founders were religious in one form or another. The long-running debate over the founders’ intentions about religion has been turbocharged with the approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. Amid the America 250 celebrations, some Christian activists and authors are redoubling claims that the U.S. had a Christian founding. They have an ally

11 hr ago
An American pope, a presidential clash and what it means in the pews
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An American pope, a presidential clash and what it means in the pews

Updated May 2, 2026, 9:09 p.m. ETVILLANOVA, PA – It's been nearly 1,000 years since King Henry IV stood barefoot in the Italian snow to beg forgiveness after clashes with Pope Gregory VII and over two centuries since Napoleon imprisoned Pope Pius VII in France. Now, a new battle is underway between a pope and a world leader, this time in America.It's the war of words between President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV. And for dozens of U.S. Catholics interviewed by the USA TODAY Network across the nation, it's Leo who has the upper hand in the crusade. A year into his historic papacy he has given them hope for the future of the Catholic Church.At Villanova, where Leo graduated in 1977, Catholic convert Jacob Adams, 25, said outside the campus' St. Thomas Church that young people don’t have much appetite for war. Hence, they appreciate Leo's strong words in defiance of Trump's recent comments about destroying “a whole civilization” in the Iran war.“Right or left, there are people calling for peace,” said Adams, a former evangelical who supported Trump in 2020 and 2024. “I like what (Leo) is doing to hold (Trump) accountable.”With the pontiff about to finish

9 hr ago
Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy U.S. Catholics to keep donating after Papal Foundation approves most grants in its history | Fortune
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Pope Leo XIV encourages wealthy U.S. Catholics to keep donating after Papal Foundation approves most grants in its history | Fortune

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged some of the wealthiest U.S. Catholics to keep on giving to support his charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U.S.-born pope has invigorated American Catholics and their donations.The Chicago-born Leo met with members of The Papal Foundation, a major funder of papal development projects in the developing world, in the Apostolic Palace at the end of their annual pilgrimage to Rome. In his remarks, Leo thanked the foundation stewards for their generosity, which he said had allowed "countless people to experience in a concrete fashion the goodness and kindness of God in their own communities.”He noted in particular the priests and nuns from poor countries who are able to study at Rome’s pontifical universities to earn advanced degrees thanks to scholarships funded by foundation’s grants, which combined over the past four decades have totaled more than $270 million.While The Papal Foundation contributions to the Vatican remained strong during Pope Francis’ 12-year pontificate, other donations to the Holy See tanked during the global financial crisis, COVID-19 and other strains. Some U.S. Catholics also soured on donating to the Holy See following years of unrelenting stories of

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Young Men Are Finding Their Way Back To Something The Culture Tried To Replace
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Young Men Are Finding Their Way Back To Something The Culture Tried To Replace

This article is part of Upstream, The Daily Wire’s new home for culture and lifestyle. Real human insight and human stories — from our featured writers to you.***Something seems to be changing in American culture. Some have described it as a “vibe shift,” like a tangible sensation of spiritual change in the air, perhaps not all that different from the way a sailor might sense when the winds are about to turn. But last month, new data came out that give a specific shape to one key dimension of this shift. The polls point to an unprecedented spiritual reversal happening with young men in America, and one that has turned very suddenly.Gallup released numbers in April showing that the share of American men ages 18 to 29 who say religion is “very important to them” jumped from 28% to 42% between 2023 and 2025. That’s a 14-point swing in two years — a 50% proportional increase, and the single largest shift in our lifetime on how young men relate to religion. This vibe shift erased a nearly 25-year decline in religious interest in just two years.While the change is statistically unprecedented, if you have been watching the culture rather than

9 hr ago