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Ministry in the #MeToo Moment
As abuse awareness grows, pastors are searching for ways to protect the vulnerable and care for survivors.
News & Reporting
Important Developments in the Church and the World
- Jan 15,
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The Top Reasons Young People Drop Out of Church
Even with 1 in 4 leaving over politics, college kids are more likely to return after a hiatus than leave for good. - Jan 10,
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Going Dutch: Netherlands Imports Nashville Statement Controversy
Latest translation of US evangelical document on LGBT issues divides Dutch Bible Belt and leads to criminal threats against a Christian politician. - Jan 8,
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Remembering Lamin Sanneh, the World’s Leading Expert on Christianity and Islam in Africa
Scholars explain how a convert “summoned from the margins” of The Gambia became a legend at Yale Divinity School for his curiosity, joy, and deep insights. - Jan 7,
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Harvest Bible Chapel Wants to Drop Defamation Suit Against Critics
James MacDonald’s church takes unfavorable ruling as “God’s direction” to abandon legal effort against Julie Roys and Elephant’s Debt blog.
Running from the Light—and the SnakesAn opera heroine’s conflict with her faith and family has dangerously high stakes.
Abortion, Black Lives Matter, and WheatonLet me shed a little light on the situation with Wheaton College and Ryan Bomberger.
Why I’m Optimistic Amidst a Cultural CrisisHope never emerges from easy answers to the questions of a broken world. Hope comes from a Person.
Spiritual Revolutionaries in an Age of DespairThese practices of Anna and Simeon kept them faithful in a time of seeming hopelessness.
I Escaped from Iran, but Not from GodAs a child of the Iranian Revolution, I wanted nothing to do with religion.
When Great Writers Wrestle with FaithWhy have so many modern novelists and poets chased after (and fled from) God?
Small Groups Can Be Safe Havens for Sexual Assault VictimsThree ways to encourage healthy sharing and listening in these settings.
Curiosity Propels My Toddler to Learn. Will Computers Ever Compare?How our relationship to God makes us unique from our robot imitators.
The Schism Dividing the Orthodox ChurchWhat to know about the controversy dividing 300 million Christians.
CT Women’s Top 10 Articles of 2018Why being ‘spiritual’ is never enough, how Kate Bowler experienced Christ in her cancer, and 10 lessons from same-sex abuse inside the church.
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Pastor Matt Chandler on Going Back to School at The Wheaton Grad SchoolAt 45, Matt Chandler enrolled in the graduate program at Wheaton College. I asked him why. -
The 7 People Christians Trust More Than Their PastorsGallup’s latest poll finds Americans now believe clergy (at a record low) are nearly as honest and ethical as journalists (at a record high). -
Going Dutch: Netherlands Imports Nashville Statement ControversyLatest translation of US evangelical document on LGBT issues divides Dutch Bible Belt and leads to criminal threats against a Christian politician. -
How to Defend the Gospels with ConfidenceQuestions about their reliability deserve better than sheepish mumbling.
Special Sections
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Why Song of Solomon Is Key to the Great CommissionWorking effectively for Christ requires intimacy with him. -
Preoccupied with Love: Lifting High Evangelism Again"In Christ, we are never alone in an ultimate and enduring sense, and that is great news to the lonely."(The Exchange) -
Ir a la universidad con AbuelitaLas escuelas cristianas están aprendiendo a pensar en términos de familias, y no tan sólo como estudiantes individuales.Read in English -
Why Putting Christ Back in Christmas Is Not EnoughThe history of American holiday cheer obscures the difficult details of the nativity narrative. -
Who Owns a Woman’s Body? Not Who You Think.
Why treating the female body like property misses the gospel and fails the unborn. -
The Pastor’s Pay in 2019 and BeyondEmerging trends for how the ministers of today and tomorrow will be compensated. -
A Voice in the CrowdWhat’s good and what’s bad about unpopular opinions. -
How to Defend the Gospels with ConfidenceQuestions about their reliability deserve better than sheepish mumbling.
