News

Passages

Deaths, retirements, and other changes in the church and the world.

Nominated • Jason Meyer, as successor to pastor John Piper at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Meyer, 36, is a New Testament professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary.

Selected • Matt Chandler, as president of the Acts 29 church planting network. He replaces co-founder Mark Driscoll, who also withdrew from the Gospel Coalition.

Died • Robert J. Lamont, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh and founding board member of Christianity Today, on March 26 in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 92.

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

My Top 5 Books On Fatherhood

Getting to the Crux of Calvary

Works and Words: Why You Can't Preach the Gospel with Deeds

From Powerlifter to Powerless

Throwing Christ Over the Cliff

Review

Brave New Web: Navigating the Conflict Between Pluralism and Freedom

Teach Us to Pray: Learning from Prayer Partners in History

News

Quebec: Canada's Prodigal Province

News

Black Church Barrios: African American Churches Adapt to Latino Neighbors

Touched by Jesus: Healing Body and Soul

Miracles in Mozambique: How Mama Heidi Reaches the Abandoned

News

Marketing Martyrs: Does Iranian Pastor's Theology Impact Advocacy on His Behalf?

Helping Urbana Find Its Voice

News

Should Churches Halt Missions Trips to Mexico?

Wilson's Bookmarks

The Choir's Steve Hindalong: Celebrating Sobriety

News

Sensation Before Scholarship: Gospel Fragment Tantalizes Experts

Private Faith and Public Policy: Where Obama and Santorum Agree

Letters to the Editor

Forced Out: Pastors' Fight and Flight

Should We Stop Child Placement Programs if We're Required to Work with Same-Sex Couples?

Review

Dollars and Moral Sense: What Money Can't Buy

News

Quotation Marks

Excerpt

Subversive Kingdom

Review

Journeys of Faith

News

Foreign Aid Cut from Religious Charities, Authorities Target Official Churches, Religious Quota Creates Controversy, and More News

Review

Rhetorical Darwinism

Review

How God Became King

News

Migrant Ministries: European Churches Revitalized by Asian Diaspora

News

Go Figure

Review

Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

Editorial

The ‘Monsters’ Among Us: Child Sex Abusers in Our Midst

Why We Need 'Community'

Q & A: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion

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