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Reading the scale

75–100Strongly Aligned
This reflects Scripture well. Still, read with the same discernment you bring to everything — take it back to the Word.
50–74Worth Watching
Largely sound, with things worth weighing. Notice where it leans and test it against Scripture.
25–49Caution Advised
There's real distortion here worth naming — often a matter of emphasis or a partial truth. Read carefully.
0–24Scripturally Misaligned
This pulls away from what Scripture teaches. We'll show you where and why, so you can see it for yourself.
Below 15 with a doctrinal trigger becomes a Heresy Highlight, a pastoral warning rather than a condemnation.

What is a blindspot

The angle a story's coverage missed. Sometimes the secular press skips the theology. Sometimes the Christian press skips the story. The blindspot names what Scripture would not have skipped.

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○ Christian outlets

'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power

Tens of thousands of people in Indiana are entering a second week without power after a deadly storm toppled trees and power lines. Schools remain closed and businesses have been unable to reopen.

BBC · AUG 23 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

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Psalm 46:1 (BSB)

The blindspotwhat the coverage leaves out

Suffering without a horizon beyond survival

The report frames the outage purely in terms of endurance and inconvenience, with no larger hope offered to those suffering. Scripture speaks to real hardship with both comfort and purpose, not just grit.

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Psalm 46:1 (BSB)

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James 1:2-4 (BSB)

Read the full weighing

Politics

Sharpton compares Ocasio-Cortez to Chisholm at voting rights march

Political legacy versus lasting justice

THE HILL · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

Politics

Trump announces creation of US Space Academy

Creation without the Creator

FOX NEWS · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

sermon

Two Ways of Knowing

Certainty by the Spirit, not senses alone

RENEWING YOUR MIND (LIGONIER) · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 5 passages examined

Science & Tech

Nasa space telescope set to launch after surviving Trump budget cuts

Wonder without worship

NPR · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

World

Democratic senators demand Israeli government halt West Bank settlement expansion plans

Land, politics, and prayer

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

Entertainment

Charli xcx, Reading Festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it

Mortality without hope

BBC · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 3 passages examined

Politics

Milo Yiannopoulos held in ICE custody

The stranger in custody

THE GUARDIAN · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

Politics

‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’

Who names the world

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

Culture

The moment I knew: I’d never had romantic feelings for a man – then he touched my hand and it felt electric

Comfort sought apart from the Comforter

THE NEW YORK TIMES · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 3 passages examined

World

Venezuelan opposition up in arms over reports US wants big stake in oil and gas

Justice toward the vulnerable nation

THE HILL · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 4 passages examined

Science & Tech

Trump administration proposes changes to Biden-era climate report

Stewardship above politics

FOX NEWS · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

Politics

Judge blocks Trump administration plan to restructure housing grants

Justice for the vulnerable

THE HILL · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

Faith

Britain’s largest Christian music festival shuts down after 1 killed, 6 injured

Grief needs a biblical frame

THE CHRISTIAN POST · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

Sports

England v Pakistan: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live updates

Sport enjoyed without a wider frame

THE GUARDIAN · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

Sports

Filip Hrgovic stuns Britain’s Moses Itauma to claim IBF world heavyweight title

A testimony treated as color commentary

BBC · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 4 passages examined

World

Close race as Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU

Trust placed in treaties and markets

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 3 passages examined

Politics

Trump to attend Sept. 11 ceremony at Pentagon, not NYC

Remembrance without eternity in view

THE NEW YORK TIMES · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

White House Construction May Have Contributed to Close Call With Trump’s Helicopter

Providence Behind the Procedures

FOX NEWS · AUG 30 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

World

Fishing in a larger pond: Icelanders are divided on EU vote

Security beyond alliances

NPR · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 2 passages examined

Politics

Michigan Dem AG turns on El-Sayed over terror attack response, warns of mentality that 'bothers me a lot'

Political framing without the deeper moral ground

FOX NEWS · AUG 30 · 2 min read · 3 passages examined

Politics

Leavitt is leaving the White House. Don't expect her to go far

Power changes hands, but who governs history

THE HILL · AUG 29 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

World

Norway’s King Harald dies leaving stormy succession over crown princess’s Epstein links

Scandal without moral weight

AL JAZEERA ENGLISH · AUG 29 · 1 min read · 4 passages examined

Business

Walmart settles DOJ opioid crisis lawsuit for $50 million

Justice without the deeper need

THE HILL · AUG 29 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

Sports

Kolisi fires up ferocious Springboks to hit back against All Blacks and level series

Competition without eternal frame

THE GUARDIAN · AUG 29 · 2 min read · 3 passages examined

Politics

Seneca Nation requests reversal on 'Lake America' executive order

Covenant faithfulness and justice for the vulnerable

BBC · SEP 1 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

World

Russian drone strike on Kyiv warehouse storing weapons kills at least 37

War reporting without lament or hope

BBC · SEP 1 · 1 min read · 4 passages examined

Sports

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live

Sport and lasting hope

THE GUARDIAN · AUG 31 · 2 min read · 1 passage examined

Ex-White House teleprompter operator fined $172,000 for Trump speech bets

Trust betrayed in secret

THE HILL · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

Accused WWII Memorial vandal: 'I made a big mess to get the nation’s attention'

Justice sought outside lawful means

THE HILL · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 2 passages examined

Sports

Liverpool strike deal to sign PSG’s Barcola for up to $166m: Reports

Treasure Measured in Millions

BBC · AUG 31 · 1 min read · 3 passages examined

The verse

“When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.”
Ecclesiastes 12:13 (BSB)

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Today’s stories, viewed through Scripture

'Survival mode': Indiana residents endure a ninth day without power

Sharpton compares Ocasio-Cortez to Chisholm at voting rights march

Trump announces creation of US Space Academy

Two Ways of Knowing

Nasa space telescope set to launch after surviving Trump budget cuts

Democratic senators demand Israeli government halt West Bank settlement expansion plans

Charli xcx, Reading Festival review – Pretentious? Just a bit. But Nietzsche would have loved it

Milo Yiannopoulos held in ICE custody

‘Lake America’? These Upstate New Yorkers Aren’t Letting Go of ‘Ontario.’

The moment I knew: I’d never had romantic feelings for a man – then he touched my hand and it felt electric

Venezuelan opposition up in arms over reports US wants big stake in oil and gas

Trump administration proposes changes to Biden-era climate report

Judge blocks Trump administration plan to restructure housing grants

Britain’s largest Christian music festival shuts down after 1 killed, 6 injured

England v Pakistan: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live updates

Filip Hrgovic stuns Britain’s Moses Itauma to claim IBF world heavyweight title

Close race as Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU

Trump to attend Sept. 11 ceremony at Pentagon, not NYC

White House Construction May Have Contributed to Close Call With Trump’s Helicopter

Fishing in a larger pond: Icelanders are divided on EU vote

Michigan Dem AG turns on El-Sayed over terror attack response, warns of mentality that 'bothers me a lot'

Leavitt is leaving the White House. Don't expect her to go far

Norway’s King Harald dies leaving stormy succession over crown princess’s Epstein links

Walmart settles DOJ opioid crisis lawsuit for $50 million

Kolisi fires up ferocious Springboks to hit back against All Blacks and level series

Seneca Nation requests reversal on 'Lake America' executive order

Russian drone strike on Kyiv warehouse storing weapons kills at least 37

Liverpool v Nottingham Forest: Premier League – live

Ex-White House teleprompter operator fined $172,000 for Trump speech bets

Accused WWII Memorial vandal: 'I made a big mess to get the nation’s attention'

Liverpool strike deal to sign PSG’s Barcola for up to $166m: Reports