Of all the dangers of war, I didn’t think about speeding until I was in a car of evangelical chaplains departing the besieged city of Bakhmut, Ukraine. It makes sense. A slow car is an easier target. We were not a slow car.

But the speed is also a testament to the urgency these chaplains feel. There is so much to do. There aren’t enough hours in a day. And the need grows with the war.

There were no chaplains in the Ukrainian military before. Pastors and priests would sometimes embed in ...

Last week, pastor J. D. Greear, the former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, stirred up a social media storm when a 27-second clip from his Sunday sermon went viral on Twitter (now X).

In the clip, Greear reproaches his congregation at The Summit Church for arriving late, leaving early, and being generally unfriendly. “It’s one of the things, honestly, that irritates me,” he says, looking straight at the camera and taking a “real talk” tone. “You treat ...