Behind prison bars and beneath the shadow of persecution, Christians around the world continue to pray, worship, and cling to Christ—proving that even in suffering, Jesus is worth it all. There is a kind of language we have grown comfortable with in the American church. Someone rolls their eyes at our beliefs, and we call it persecution. Someone mocks biblical morality online, and we call it suffering. Someone says Christians are narrow-minded, outdated, or intolerant, and we

If God is just a human illusion, why are humans universally haunted by purpose, truth, morality, hope, and eternity? Maybe those longings are not evidence of delusion—but evidence we were made for something more. One of the most common modern claims against Christianity is the idea that God is simply a human invention. A psychological crutch. A coping mechanism. An illusion humanity created to deal with fear, death, suffering, and the unknown. At first glance, that can sound