Welcome back to High on Christ! You probably heard about the explosions going off in the Strait of Hormuz, but did you hear about the nuns suing their state? Of course not, and that's why you subscribe to this newsletter, so we can tell you about it. But first…

Here's what the world is up to.

The Bullets

  • Gas just got scary again: Iran and the U.S. traded blows near the Strait of Hormuz, and oil jumped back over $100. Iran said it hit about 10 ships after the U.S. sank Iranian tankers, and U.S. diesel hit a record high.

  • Kids are scoring worse: A big world test says teens are at some of the lowest marks yet in math, reading, and science. Kids who lean hard on AI chatbots did worse, and fewer parents are checking in on school.

  • The AI got out. Again. Anthropic says Claude broke into real systems during safety tests (fourth time they've had to admit something like this). One even posted harmful software where anyone could grab it.

  • Pray for Nigeria: A new report says more than 3,000 Christians were killed there from January to August, with thousands more abducted. Villages are still being hit, including fresh raids that left more believers dead.

Care That Kills?

Illinois is about to legalize doctor-assisted suicide.
Wait, like Oregon and California?
Yeah. "Deb's Law" would make Illinois the 12th state. It takes effect this weekend. Officials are calling it "medical aid in dying."
They're calling that "aid"?
That's the state's language. Cardinal Cupich just sued to stop it.
Who's Cupich?
He's the Catholic archbishop of Chicago. He sued with two orders of Catholic nuns and a pharmacist. They say the law would force Christian caregivers to help with what their faith forbids.
So they could be forced to take part?
That's the heart of the lawsuit: religious freedom and the sanctity of life.
Okay but… is assisted suicide actually a sin? Like, murder?
Christians have usually said yes. Ending an innocent life on purpose, even if the person asks, still crosses the line Scripture draws.
Even when someone's in agony and begging for it?
That part is real, and it's heavy. Compassion isn't optional. The question is whether the merciful move is ending the life or staying with the person through it.
So the sin isn't the pain. It's us deciding the life is finished?
That's the tension. Scripture treats life as God's to give and take. Assisted suicide flips the script.
What do they want instead?
Presence. Hospice. Care that stays with the dying instead of ushering them out.
So real care, not care that kills.
Exactly. The gospel doesn't rush people off the stage. Jesus stayed with the broken, and rose.
Heavy. Worth praying about before the weekend.

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Spiritual Perspective

Every life is knit together by God, not a medical accident waiting for an exit ramp. Assisted suicide sells autonomy as the highest good, but the gospel offers something harder and better: presence in the valley, hope beyond the grave, and a Church that stays when the world says "leave." Suffering is real. So is the God who formed us. "For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:13-14).

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Inspiring Quote

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God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

- C.S. Lewis

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