An increase in personal Bible use in the U.S. in 2025 was short-lived, the American Bible Society said in its latest State of the Bible release, with newest engagement numbers receding to 2024 levels. But ABS isn’t ready to call it a loss. Instead, “it’s complicated,” ABS researchers said in summarizing the data from Chapter 1 of the 2026 report. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreFor us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain. (Whang, The New York Times)
Read MorePatriarch Kirill, 79, confused his congregation as he preached a Christmas message at Easter. But other Russians are being punished mercilessly in the name of religion. (Bennetts, The Times)
Read MorePresident Trump’s decision to post an AI-generated image depicting himself as a Christ-like figure sparked outrage on the religious right, triggering the most significant pushback from his Catholic and evangelical Christian supporters since he returned to the White House. (Wegmann, Zitner & LeVine, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreIt’s been five years since Moore, bestselling author and Bible teacher, left the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a church that had been her refuge while growing up in a troubled home and that gave her a life she loved. Since then, Moore has found a new church home as an Anglican, rebuilt her ministry, written a memoir, recovered from spinal surgery and kept doing what she’s always done — helping women learn how to dig deep in the Bible. (Smietana, Religion News Service)
Read MorePhil Collins, Iron Maiden, Billy Idol, Queen Latifah, Oasis, Sade and Joy Division/New Order will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with first-time nominees Wu-Tang Clan and the late Luther Vandross. The list was revealed on Monday night’s airing of “American Idol.” (Kennedy, AP News)
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