The World and Everything in It: October 24, 2025

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MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Good morning!

Slowing superintelligent AI, supporting persecuted Christians, and finding cobelligerents in unexpected places.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: That’s ahead on Culture Friday with John Stonestreet.

And a new faith-based comedy TV show takes Moses and the Israelites into mockumentary territory.

MOSES: Just once it would be great if there was a line of people taking turns to say: “Hey Moses, thank you for getting us out of Egypt.

Joseph Holmes has a review of The Promised Land.

And a visit to a museum with a unique collection of Bibles.

BROWN: It’s Friday, October 24th. This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Myrna Brown.

MAST: And I’m Lindsay Mast. Good morning!

BROWN: Up next, Kent Covington with today’s news.

KENT COVINGTON, NEWS ANCHOR: Rubio in Israel » Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel today where he’ll meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

That comes as the Trump administration pushes forward toward phase two of the US-authored peace plan in Gaza.

Rubio said the administration is clear-eyed about the challenge ahead.

RUBIO: No one's under any illusions. This is...we've already done the impossible once. We feel confident and positive about the progress that's being made.

Netanyahu said he looked forward to meeting with Rubio, noting that some big security challenges remain.

NETANYAHU:  But I think that we can, uh, work together and by working together both, uh, address the challenges and seize the opportunities.

Vance, Trump react to Israeli West Bank vote » Rubio arrived as Vice President JD Vance departed, capping a three-day trip to the Jewish state, a trip that may have ended on a bit of sour note.

Vance on Thursday blasted a vote by the Israeli parliament to annex the West Bank. He dismissed it as a largely symbolic vote, but one he said wasn’t helpful amid efforts to ensure a lasting peace in the region.

VANCE: I mean, look, if it was a political stunt, it was a very stupid political stunt, and I personally take some insult to it.

President Trump also reacted to news of that vote in Israel’s Knesset, telling White House reporters:

TRUMP:  Israel's not gonna do anything with the West Bank. Okay? Don't worry about it. Is that your question? They're not gonna do anything with the West Bank.

Gaza aid » Meantime, more humanitarian aid is flowing into Gaza, but there is still some debate over how much aid is being allowed into the war-ravaged territory.

Andrew Saberton with the United Nations Population Fund says his agency has been able to deliver much-needed medical equipment:

SABERTON:  We have been able to distribute them to hospitals now that we have more freedom of movement.  But the trickle of aid being allowed in to enter Gaza after the ceasefire is nowhere near enough. UNFPA has much more assistance at border crossings ready to enter.

But Israeli government spokeswoman Shosh Bedrosian pushed back on Thursday, telling reporters:

BEDROSIAN: Hundreds of trucks are flowing into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom Crossing and Crossing 147 every single day.

She also blasted a ruling this week by the UN’s International Court of Justice —or ICJ for short, demanding that Israel allow the UN Palestinian relief agency known as UNRWA to deliver aid within Gaza.

But the Israeli government says UNRWA was infiltrated by Hamas and that some of its staff actively participated in the Hamas terror attack against Israel two years ago.

BEDROSIAN:  The United Nations has never investigated the full extent of this infiltration that took place specifically on the morning of October 7th and after it for the last two years.

Neither Israel nor the United States recognize the authority of the ICJ to impose or enforce binding rulings.

Senate shoots down legislation to pay federal workers amid shutdown » The Senate failed to pass legislation on Thursday aimed at paying essential federal workers amid the government shutdown. WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher reports:

BENJAMIN EICHER: Senate Republicans tried turning up the heat on Democrats with a test vote on paying those federal workers who are required to work without a paycheck for now.

The GOP was effectively daring Democrats to vote against paying air traffic controllers, TSA workers, Border Patrol agents and others amid the shutdown.

The administration has moved around money to pay the military in the short-term.

Democrats shot down the GOP bill and countered with their own legislation that called for paychecks for all federal workers during the shutdown, including those now furloughed. It also included a poison pill provision limiting President Trump’s ability to fire federal workers. Republicans rejected that bill.

The shutdown is now in its third week with no end in sight.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

Another U.S. drug boat strike » The Pentagon says the US military has launched a ninth strike against a boat trafficking drugs in international waters. The latest strike occurred Wednesday in the eastern Pacific Ocean. That followed a strike against another boat in the same region on Tuesday night.

Combined, five people were killed aboard those two boats.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio today pushed back against Democrats who have criticized the strikes.

RUBIO:   I'm not gonna get into the details of the intelligence that we gather, but I can assure you that every one of these strikes involves boats and shipments that were tracked from the very beginning, from the moment these things were put together, the moment they were coordinated. We know where they're headed.

Critics have called the lethal strikes illegal. President Trump authorized the use of deadly force after declaring the cartels foreign terrorist organizations.

The first seven military strikes against vessels identified as cartel trafficking vessels were all in the Caribbean, largely near Venezuela.

Illegal gambling arrests » The FBI has announced criminal charges against dozens of people, including an NBA head coach and a player in connection with alleged illegal gambling schemes.

FBI Director Kash Patel:

PATEL: The FBI led a coordinated take down across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing.

Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups is charged in an indictment alleging a wide-ranging scheme to rig underground poker games backed by mafia crime families.

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is accused in a separate case of participating in an illegal sports betting scheme using private insider NBA information.

Both men face money laundering and wire fraud conspiracy charges.

I'm Kent Covington. 

Straight ahead: Culture Friday with John Stonestreet. Plus, Bible stories and the story of the Bible.

This is The World and Everything in It.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: It’s Friday, October 24th. Glad to have you along for today’s edition of The World and Everything in It. Good morning, I’m Lindsay Mast.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown. It’s Culture Friday! Joining us is John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center and host of the Breakpoint podcast. Good morning John!

JOHN STONESTREET: Good morning.

BROWN: John, in one of your recent Breakpoint articles you reiterated to some, and perhaps introduced to others, the distinction between Mormons and Christians. It seems increasingly necessary for a refresher on the differences… especially, as you pointed out in your article, when Pew Research lists Latter-day Saints among all Christians.

In the entertainment industry, where much of the culture war is fought, we have Angel Studios…most people would consider the films they produce and distribute, Christian-based. But the company was founded by Mormons.

And then there were the remarks made by President Trump after a gunman drove his truck into a building where Latter-day Saints were gathering in northern Michigan last month. The president posted on social media, “This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America.”

So, confusion is expected.

We do find ourselves appreciating and sharing many of the same cultural values as Mormons… so my question is, how do we then embrace Mormons as cultural allies without compromising our Christian beliefs?

STONESTREET: Well, I think clarity is just absolutely essential when it comes to doctrine, and we're at a cultural moment in which doctrine is often downplayed, where that kind of precision is frowned upon, because it gets in the way of unity. And I get the desire to want to have unity, particularly when we find ourselves with common enemies, which we often do, with various groups with whom we would disagree.

Years ago, I really benefited from being given a framework from a ministry colleague about kind of, you know, checking when groups become what he called, at the time, pseudo Christian. He basically encouraged students, and I always found this framework really helpful to do the math, add, subtract, multiply, divide.

Because if a group adds to Holy Scripture, you know, big red flag. Obviously, the Latter-day Saints do that. They put the Book of Mormon on par with Scripture as the interpretive framework through which to understand Scripture, despite it dealing with, you know, really unusual. Let's just put it this way, pretty unusual things. And then subtract. This is a key thing, if it subtracts from either the deity or the exclusivity of Jesus Christ. And that, of course, is something that the Latter-day Saints do as well.

If the requirements of salvation are multiplied. That's also a red flag. Salvation by grace through faith is a pretty clear statement, and the very clear understanding throughout the history of the church that it is God who brings salvation to man through Christ and the idea of working our way to God's approval or to Heaven is anathema.

And then finally, if it divides the body of Christ. Now, of course, to some degree, all of those things can be found even within Christian denominations. But when you have a group like the Latter-day Saints, where they fail all of those tests, you know, in pretty dramatic ways. Then that is a helpful framework.

I do think that we can find ourselves in a position of co-belligerence with a lot of groups and with a lot of different religious bodies, and we can agree on what we can agree on. Christians, because we believe that truth is fundamentally revealed, we orient ourselves to truth. And if another group finds itself oriented to a particular aspect of truth, then we thank God for that, and we hope that from that perspective, they can reach the extent of truth in Christ, in Holy Scripture, and in salvation.

BROWN: Do the math?

STONESTREET: Do the math.

BROWN: I think there’s a bit of math involved… where we’re going next. Seven-thousand Christians in Nigeria…murdered for their beliefs just this year. This week, the heads of 33 organizations, you being one of them, signed a letter to President Trump asking him to give Nigeria the “country of particular concern” designation. A country gets slapped with that designation when it is found to be tolerating or carrying out serious violations of religious freedom.

When I looked at the signatures behind that letter, I thought, an impressive group…many Christian organizations represented here. My second thought….just 33 signatures. And if you do the math…that’s an average of 35 killings a day. So John, shouldn't that warrant more signatures and support? And if so, why aren't there more?

STONESTREET: Well, you know, listen, it certainly merits much greater concern than has been given this unbelievably awful situation that has been developing in Nigeria for years. Basically every Christmas and every Easter and many other holy days, like Palm Sunday, there would be a massacre of Christians in a church, and then you would see the incredible faithfulness of those Christians going back to church the next Sunday. And this was the story that would sneak out, and it didn't gain much attention. This year we haven't waited for holy days. The massacres have been in church and out of church. It has been on Holy Days and outside of Holy Days, at a rate that's just absolutely astonishing.

The real shame is that this is even a debate. Designate this country a “country of particular concern.” I know that is a legal title that doesn't sound too intimidating, you know, from this side of the government, but it enables all kinds of sanctions and financial pressures.

Now, why this particular letter has the signatures it does? I wasn't, you know, privy to that. I don't know that. You know, a whole bunch of people said no to being on it. I think there was a real push and a timing factor that led it to want to get the right signatures on and get it in front of the president. And I do think we have good reason to suspect that this decision will be made and this designation, you know, will be given, and that's the political pressure that the government can put on.

But look, there's been real hesitation. Because the hesitation, I think, under previous administrations requires that you not accept the kind of the dominant narrative of what's causing this now, which people are calling it a land dispute. And even, I think under the Biden administration, somebody said it was the fault of climate care, climate change or something absolutely absurd. This has been a targeted attack to exterminate Christians, that is coming at the hands of radical Muslims. And what we have had is as after 911 radical Islamic groups did their best to attack Western nations, that was largely turned around and pushed back on. And now we have, you know, Islam going back and attacking within these developing nations, and you've got three groups in Nigeria that have been guilty of this for a long time, the Boko Haram group, the various versions of ISIS that took took root there and then, of course, the Fulani herdsmen. And it's absolutely horrific. It's spreading across Nigeria. It's spreading out of Nigeria into other African countries, and it's spreading in churches, out of churches and also beyond just Holy Day.

So look, something has to be done, and the rest of us should, should not wait to sign a letter. We should all be in prayer. We should all be calling our representatives and saying, hey, please make this designation a reality.

MAST: Well, John, this week, another group of people banded together to sign a different statement. This one about AI super intelligence. Now, I know, I know AI comes up frequently on Culture Friday, but as quickly as the technology is developing, perhaps that's understandable. This statement has been signed by thousands of people across the globe, and includes notable people with a wide range of interests in this, faith leaders, policymakers, artists, business people and beyond.

The statement expresses concern over the development of superintelligence that could significantly outperform humans on on cognitive tasks. That raises concerns about threats to freedom, civil liberties, dignity, even it says the chance of human extinction.

So they want the development banned until there is scientific evidence that it will be done safely and controllably, and perhaps notably, until there is public buy-in.

So, here’s my question…this feels like a bigger alarm bell than what we’ve seen in the past. So, will statements like this help slow the train at this point?

STONESTREET: Maybe slow the train. I don't see a way to stop it, although let me just immediately express my great appreciation as someone who is asked to sign statements on somewhat frequent occasions. For the brevity of this one, I mean, this is just straightforward. It is really simple, and it's really simple because the request is really simple, like, Let's not do this until we figure out how to do it ethically. Let's not do this and wish we hadn't later. And there's a really good reason to suppose that we will have buyer's remorse, and that's because almost all technology proceeds ahead of ethics.

The complication here, of course, is the international development of it and so many other cases, when we're talking about new technologies, that's really arising in a central location, most of the time the U.S. may be spreading to Europe and other countries around the world are catching on. When it comes to AI and computer technology and the speed that we're on right now. The problem is, I think there is almost a mutually assured destruction, that if we don't do this, China will. And, you know, we, I'm like anyone here. And by here, I mean everywhere other than China thinks that China will, you know, sign this pledge and mean it.

We have a real issue, I think, as Christians missing or misunderstanding AI in two ways. Number one is just dismissing concerns as a new form of being a Luddite. I think that's where a lot of Christians are. It's like, Oh, we've heard these concerns before, and they're nothing.

The other is to give it too much credit. You know, there is something called human exceptionalism. We believe humans are made in the image of God. We aren't just like animals with a conscience, nor are we just computers made of meat. So there is an ability I think to put brakes on this. I do think there's an ability to use some of this amazing computing power for good. But the question is, when you're talking about the national players that are involved, whether that's even a realistic possibility.

So I think you know the answer is, I'm glad the statements out there. I'm glad people signed it. I was really blown away by the diversity of the crowd. But even, for example, in the faith leaders, you have people who not, who would not normally sign a statement together, signing, you know, a statement. And I think you would have the same thing when it comes to policymakers.

There's real reason to be concerned that the technology cat is out of the bag here. This is a strong statement. Again, big fan that it's so brief, like, let's just have scientific consensus and buy in before we, you know, move forward. But you know, whether those two things are even possible is certainly with this kind of Mutually Assured Destruction model that we have with China, it's going to be hard to see that become a possibility, really.

MAST: John, do you even see a way for there to be scientific consensus when you have such a broad range of interests? Because I would imagine people who are artists might have somewhat different concerns than people who are business leaders or faith leaders. So is that even possible?

STONESTREET: Well, look, as we have seen, on all kinds of other areas of science, there's not scientific consensus on anything when you're talking about worldview consensus, and when you're thinking about the scientific enterprise is. A, is the world designed. And B, are humans unique and distinct, made in the image of God? Because, there's an incredible difference within the scientific community. I mean within the scientific enterprise, between transhumanists, those who actually think their job is to harness the evolutionary process and drive it forward, as if nothing could go wrong with that plan, you know, and others who actually think ethics and science should go together.

There is a whole camp that thinks that the limit of scientific ethics is, if we can do it, we should do it, and if we aren't doing it, then we're robbing humankind of something, because there is this fundamental belief that salvation ultimately comes through technology. A lot of people don't believe that. They have, a much greater appreciation for the fallenness of man, including, the “experts.” That's a real division. You know, this is not just a theoretical division. The philosophy that drives our science, really matters. I think about that wonderful quote by G. K. Chesterton, who says,there are some of us, who think that someone's philosophy is the most important thing that you can know. He said, for someone who is hosting a border, it's really important to know that person's income, but even more important to know his life philosophy. And for a general going to war, it's really important to know how many numbers the enemy has, but even more important to know their philosophy. The question is not whether someone's philosophy, and what he means by this is their worldview, which includes their frame of reference of reality and their ethics, is whether it matters some but whether anything else matters.

BROWN: John Stonestreet is president of the Colson Center and host of the Breakpoint podcast. Thank you, John.

STONESTREET: Thank you, both.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, October 24th.

Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day.

Good morning. I’m Myrna Brown.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And I’m Lindsay Mast.

Coming next on The World and Everything in It: a new faith-based comedy TV show that capitalizes on the popularity of The Office, trading Michael Scott for Moses.

Reviewer Joseph Holmes now on The Promised Land.

JOSEPH HOLMES: Most Christians who grew up in the 90s are familiar with the “Christian version” of some kind of media. Like rock music? There’s Christian rock. Like superheroes? There’s Bibleman. So I was a little skeptical when I heard someone was making a TV show described as “The Bible meets The Office.” But while the series never becomes more than its logline premise in its first season, it does mostly live up to it, with plenty of potential to grow.

AARON: “Hear me leader, for I have many complaints…”

MOSES: Every day I sit down and the people from the twelve tribes come to me with their problems. There is no water. This water’s too bitter. Make it sweet. My son’s 14 and he won’t move out. Just once it would be great if there was a line of people taking turns to say: “Hey Moses, thank you for getting us out of Egypt. Can’t wait to go to the promised land with you. You have a great day.

In The Promised Land, Moses and the Hebrews are fresh out of Egypt and adjusting to their new freedom—with all the chaos of a fledgling start-up. With Red Sea miracles behind them and 40 years of wandering ahead, the people grapple with doubt, bickering and bizarre wilderness problems—from complaints about manna to doing laundry in a dirty river. Moses, helped by his siblings Aaron and Miriam, tries to keep the group moving forward even while questioning his own ability to lead.

MOSES: Do not murder! Do not commit–

AARON: There are a lot of new rules. I remember the first ten pretty well. But some of those laws about crops and property are pretty hazy.

The series is written and directed by Mitch Hudson, the assistant director of The Chosen, and it does a solid job of translating the Biblical story the “mocumentary sitcom” format. Biblical figures like Moses, Miriam, and Joshua are reimagined to emphasize their very lovable and silly human foibles. These characters feel recognizably like the people we know, yet work as sitcom characters we affectionately laugh with. And, like the characters in The Office and Parks and Recreation, they’ll take time to talk to or make eye contact with the camera.

ZIPPORAH: But you are wise. And passionate. And you care about what God wants for his people, even when it’s not what they want for themselves. It is easy to be popular. It is hard to lead.

MOSES: You always say the right things. But just for once, I would love to see what popular is like.

ZIPPORAH: Well, in this part of the camp, you are very popular.

What makes The Promised Land work as a faith-based comedy is that it’s always the people being made fun of, not God. And the people aren’t made fun of in a cruel way, but in a way that says “I can see myself in that.” It feels like the show is designed to make you love people and love God more. Episodes often start off with characters doing something silly in an effort to avoid God’s commands. Then end with them getting good advice and doing the right thing.

MOSES: Nobody’s perfect. Everybody makes mistakes. God knows that. He chose Abraham’s wife Sarah even though she doubted Him. He chose our ancestor Jacob even though he was a liar. And he has chosen you. Even though you made a mistake.

BEZALEL: But how can I be worthy after I’ve already betrayed him?

MOSES: It’s not about being worthy. It’s about being faithful to Him.

If there’s a flaw in the series it’s that it could be even funnier if it weren’t playing it so safe. The laughs are largely half-smiles, punctuated by some chuckles, interrupted by a few laugh-out-loud moments. Many of the jokes are pretty basic “looks at the camera like Jim from ‘The Office,’” that you expect from the genre.

Likewise, most of the characters begin as recognizable types and only slowly develop layers as the series goes on. Moses is a lovably awkward leader (basically exactly like Michael Scott). Korah is a self-righteous and prideful rule follower. Joshua is desperate to please Moses. Miriam is the most immediately well-rounded. She’s a genuinely smart leader who is underestimated due to sexism. But she’s not as smart or talented as she thinks she is. So she’s both sympathetic and relatably silly.

MIRIAM: My name is Miriam. I’m Moses and Aaron’s sister. I’m one of the few women in the camp who can read and write. I’m also what you might call a musical protege.

The Promised Land only has six episodes. And it’s often said that The Office didn’t gel until its second season. So there’s every possibility that The Promised Land will develop more depth, and the laughs will get bigger as it goes on. And hey, for free on YouTube, it’s hardly a bad deal.

I’m Joseph Holmes.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Today is Friday, October 24th. Good morning! This is The World and Everything in It from listener-supported WORLD Radio. I’m Myrna Brown.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: And I’m Lindsay Mast.

Before we end today, a quick correction from Wednesday’s program…we misspoke in our story about George Santos. We should have said that President Trump had commuted his sentence. That means Santos doesn't have to serve the rest of his jail time, but it doesn't erase his record or time already served.

BROWN: Finally this week, a story in our occasional “destinations” series. This time, a museum in Houston that tells the story of the English Bible. WORLD’s Todd Vician recently visited and is here now with what he found.

TODD VICIAN: How many Bibles do you have in your home? I have 16 printed editions. One of them is my great, great grandmother's Bible.

It’s about five inches by three inches with a gold-embossed cover, yellowing pages, and a metal clasp on the side. It was printed in 1849. The title page says:

“The Holy Bible...translated out of the original tongues by His Majesty's Special Command...printed by...printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.”

Many of us have similar family heirlooms.

Recently I visited a unique collection of Bibles at Houston Christian University. Dunham Bible Museum director Diana Severance was my guide…

DIANA SEVERANCE: Well, we … first bought the … American collection from Jonathan Byrd, who had spent a lifetime collecting rare American Bibles...

That initial collection has grown to now more than 8,000 volumes. Visitors come from around the world. The day I visited, a group of about 8 women from a nearby assisted living facility admired the displays.

The first Bible on my tour was a manuscript from the 12th or 13th century. It’s known as a “Paris Bible.” Scribes at the University of Paris established the standard order of books, introductory remarks, and chapter breaks we take for granted in today’s text. It marks another unique milestone in Bible publishing.

SEVERANCE: And they are the first time that you could have a Bible that's small enough that a person could carry around. It’s the paper was thinner. And the format is much like ours we know with the two columns…hand written, very small, so that you could put all the Bible in one, easy to carry book.

With the format set and the arrival of better bookmaking technology, the scribes fed the growing appetite of itinerant priests and teachers to carry pocket Bibles to the ends of the earth.

Around the corner and past a display featuring the Gutenberg press, another Bible publishing milestone. Translations in common languages for common people. The Dunham Bible Museum has an original leaf on display from the 14th Century Wycliffe Bible.

SEVERANCE: He translated from the Latin Vulgate, and one of the reasons he did that is because the church was beginning to preach some things that were not in the Bible. But how could anybody know if they didn't have a Bible?

Eventually in 1408, Church authorities declared it illegal for anyone to produce or read any portion of the Bible in English.

SEVERANCE: There were even people executed for having, teaching their children the Lord's Prayer in English.

That law was still on the books in the 16th century when William Tyndale began secretly translating the Bible in Germany. He then smuggled copies into England.

Church authorities bought up as many copies as they could before burning them in front of St Paul's Cathedral. But they couldn’t keep up.

SEVERANCE: Tyndale used the money to encourage and print more Bibles, which he did, and smuggled them back into England…

I was surprised to discover a similar story closer to home.

SEVERANCE: In colonial America, it was against the law to print a Bible in English.

Historians estimate there were 50 printing presses in the colonies by the 1770s. They could print the Bible in German and even the language of native Americans in New England, but not in English.

Only printers licensed by the king could print the Bible in the common vernacular. The restriction was defended as a way to ensure accurate translations…but it was more likely retained to guarantee revenue for the Crown.

SEVERANCE: So not until independence do you have an English Bible printed in America.

In 1782, a Philadelphian petitioned Congress to print the first American English Bible.

SEVERANCE: And Congress sent over their chaplains and inspectors to see what he was doing, make sure he was doing a good job….So Congress approved the first English Bible printed in America.

One of the most unique Bibles on display at the Dunham Museum is smaller than the Paris pocket Bibles…much, much smaller.

SEVERANCE: This microfilm, in that frame, the one inch square of microfilm, has the entire Bible on it. You have to magnify it 200 times in order to read it with a microfilm reader.

Astronaut Ed White planned to take a printed Bible to the Moon on the Apollo 1 mission. Tragically, he and fellow astronauts Roger Chaffee and Gus Grissom were killed when a flash fire engulfed their capsule during a launch rehearsal in 1967. But four years later, astronaut Edgar Mitchell took over 100 microfilm editions of the Bible into space. He left one on the lunar surface in White’s memory and another copy is in the museum.

The Dunham Bible Museum has 250 Bibles—or pages from Bibles—on permanent display. It is a vivid testimony to how the Bible has been burnt, banned, and blasphemed, but never destroyed. It has been read by more people, and its words have changed more lives, than any other book in—and out of—this world…

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Todd Vician in Houston, Texas.

LINDSAY MAST, HOST: It’s time to name the crew who put the week’s programs together:

David Bahnsen, Hunter Baker, Lauren Canterberry, Daniel Darling, Emma Eicher, Joseph Holmes, Travis Kircher, Carolina Lumetta, Bekah McCallum, Mary Muncy, Mary Reichard,  Onize Oduah, Addie Offereins, Arsenio Orteza, Jenny Rough, John Stonestreet, Daniel Suhr, Cal Thomas, Todd Vician.

Thanks also to our breaking news crew: Kent Covington, Daniel Devine, Christina Grube, and Steve Kloosterman.

And thanks to the Moonlight Maestros, working in the dark of night so the program’s ready bright and early: Benj Eicher and Carl Peetz …

Harrison Watters is Washington producer, Kristen Flavin is features editor, Paul Butler is executive producer, Les Sillars is editor-in-chief, and Nick Eicher is Chief Content Officer. I’m Lindsay Mast.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: And I’m Myrna Brown.

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The Bible says, “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” —Romans 5:6-8.

A reminder to worship at a Bible-believing church this weekend. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances. And Lord willing, we’ll be right back here on Monday.

Go now in grace and peace.

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