Editor’s Note from December 09, 1977

This is our Christmas issue—our twenty-second; the 1977th year of the Saviour’s birth. Christina Rossetti wrote: “Born in a stable, / Cradled in a manger, / In the world His hands had made, / Born a stranger.” Two millennia later, he is still a stranger to the almost three billion people who have never heard of him or his salvation. Will we tell them of him?

To our loyal readers to whom Jesus is both Saviour and friend we say: a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Also in this issue

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.

Our Latest

Jesus Did Not Serve Grape Juice

Why reopen debate about what we serve for Communion? Because it matters that we follow God’s commands.

We Are Obsessed with Gender

With incoherent language trickled down from academic theorists, we think and talk about gender incessantly—and to our detriment.

The Russell Moore Show

 Charles Marsh on Bonhoeffer’s 120th Birthday

What does it mean to follow Jesus when the state is demanding your loyalty—and the church is tempted to comply?

How A Pastor’s Book Inspired a New Rom-Com

Haleluya Hadero

Mike Todd’s book, Relationship Goals, gets a spotlight in a film aimed at both Christian and secular audiences.

I Failed to Mature as an Artist—Until I Learned to See

Drawing is a way of entrusting what I can see to the care and attention of God.

Bracing for ICE Raids, Haitians Get Temporary Reprieve

A federal judge on Monday extended deportation protections for Haitian immigrants. While they waited for the ruling, pastors in Springfield, Ohio, gathered and prayed.

How ChatGPT Revealed a False Diagnosis

Luke Simon

A devastating cancer diagnosis wrecked a young couple. But after five years of uncertainty, a chatbot changed everything.

Excerpt

We Can’t Manifest the Good Life

Elizabeth Woodson

An excerpt from Habits of Resistance: 7 Ways You’re Being Formed by Culture and Gospel Practices to Help You Push Back.

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