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Discovering talents for God’s kingdom

5Talents Magazine — discovering talents for God’s kingdom

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The Chosen wraps Season 7 filming after eight years and 528 days

Filming ended on Thursday 24 September near Dallas. Jonathan Roumie quoted Paul, Dallas Jenkins cried at the wrap party, and the crucifixion reaches Prime Video on 15 November. In India, churches have been screening Episode 1 since September.

Premasis Satman · 4 min read

Films, series and streaming, with a faith lens and a where-to-watch guide for every country we can confirm.

Short daily posts - research worth knowing, faith showing up in public, and the archive checked against now.

Bible teaching, formation and theology made readable — including apologetics written for readers in their twenties rather than for a seminary common room.

Film, music, books and television, Christian and mainstream both. The core magazine function.

Career, calling, personal finance and entrepreneurship — including the parts nobody writes about for Christian readers: family expectation, the first job, joint-family finances.

Indian and Global South church history — the Thomas Christian tradition, missions history, indigenous worship, festivals and regional traditions.

Why we built a devotional app in three languages

Know who you are in Christ. That is the tagline of Daily Devo, a five-minute devotional in English, Hindi and Odia. Its maker talks about mother tongues, screen time, and why an app should never be mistaken for a Bible.

5Talents · 7 min read

How technology is changing the way people read Scripture, gather and serve — and what it costs as well as what it gives.

When Serpent Suicide Slithers in

It was 10.45 at night when a stranger rang Ingrid Albuquerque-Solomon to say she was going to die. She had walked that road herself, which is the only reason the call kept going.

Ingrid Albuquerque-Solomon · 2 min read · July 2013 archive

Mental health, burnout, singleness and relationships, written where the stigma is different from the one American publications assume.

Bible college and seminary voices. Student essays, and theses turned into articles people will actually read.

One good read, every Saturday

The cover story, two essays worth your time, and nothing else. No noise, no daily pings.

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