“ In Christ, we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. ” — Ephesians 1:7 (NIV) In recent years, redemptive  has become a fashionable adjective, affixed to nearly any noble cause or socially conscious venture: redemptive startups launching “good” businesses to serve and bless the community, redemptive AI that promises to humanize technology, redemptive workplaces that prize empathy, redemptive storytelling to

You are the light of the world…let your light shine before others. It is Christ who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (Matthew 5:14-16, 1 Peter 2:9) In a large Christian gathering, a small-framed woman voiced what many felt: ‘Why does church life feel thinner even as our calendars feel fuller?’ Heads nodded across the room. The data echo that frustration: in the U.S., weekly or near-weekly attendance has slipped to about 30% (down from roughly 42% two decad

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