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Why Apocalypse Is Essential to Advent
This season demands a clear view of darkness. Here’s how scholars reckon with it.
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Important Developments in the Church and the World
- Dec 17,
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China Closes Megachurches Before Christmas
Raids on major congregations led by pastors Wang Yi and the late Samuel Lamb represent “the most horrendous evil of Chinese society ... hindering [non-Christians] from coming to Jesus.” - Dec 17,
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Egypt Approves 168 More Churches
With around 500 out of 3,700 Christian applications approved since 2016 law, is government’s progress on legalizing worship sites slow or steady? - Dec 14,
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Harvest Bible Chapel Disputes World Investigation of James MacDonald
Former staff and elders criticize shuffling of funds and 50-mile noncompete clauses for former pastors. - Dec 13,
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Philippine Church Hasn’t Heard These Bells on Christmas Day for 117 Years
Catholics celebrate the return of religious artifacts taken by US soldiers as spoils of war.
Christianity Today's 2019 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Christianity Today’s 2019 Book of the YearThe release that best embodies our pursuit of Beautiful Orthodoxy.
Mary, Mary, Not Quite So ContraryFinding common ground so that the Virgin Mary becomes less of a battleground.
Reflecting on Heroes after the GC2 Summit Concludes: It's Only the BeginningWe have a long way to go, but many heroes are among us.
Paul Got a Personal Preview of the Judgment DayWhich is one reason “the day of the Lord” figured so prominently in his letters.
Why Putting Christ Back in Christmas Is Not EnoughThe history of American holiday cheer obscures the difficult details of the nativity narrative.
Why Our Spiritual Gifts Might Not Be All That SpiritualSpiritual gifts have little to do with innate personal strengths and far more to do with a yielded weakness.
The Best Books Are Companions, Teachers, and Hope-GiversA conversation on reading with an avid reader, “Book Girl” Sarah Clarkson.
4 Reasons to Believe in the Christmas MiracleWhy the supernatural events of this season are both credible and incredible.
Christmas Is Really Act 2Can’t get enough of Christmas? You’ll love the prequels and sequels.
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Why Apocalypse Is Essential to AdventThis season demands a clear view of darkness. Here’s how scholars reckon with it. -
5 Church Budgeting Lessons I Learned The Hard WayMoney isn’t the goal of ministry. But it is a tool – and an important one.(Pivot) -
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Mothers of the ReformationThese early Protestant women saw Luther’s priesthood of all believers as reason to write and teach the Reformation. -
Where We Got It WrongCT’s greatest essays of old still speak today. But on civil rights, we failed our readers. -
The Pastor’s Pay in 2019 and BeyondEmerging trends for how the ministers of today and tomorrow will be compensated. -
‘Kim’s Convenience’ Isn’t Just Another Family SitcomThe Netflix show offers a fresh way of looking at both Christians and immigrants. -
There’s Nothing Sketchy About Cross-Gender Friendships in the ChurchWhy we shouldn’t let the Billy Graham Rule—or the “Billy Crystal Rule”—define how men and women relate.
