News

Go Figure

Recent stats on prayer, family life, and the country’s moral values.

Prayer

49% Americans who prayed for their health in 2007.

43% Americans who did so in 2002.

Source:

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

via

Washington Post

Giving

Where donors give charitable contributions, by income

Source: Congressional Budget Office

Ethics

23% Americans who say the state of moral values in the country is “excellent” or “good.”

15% Americans who said this a year ago. Similarly, the percentage of Americans who said the state of moral values is “poor” dropped from 45% in 2010 to 38%.

Source: Gallup

Family

38 States (including Washington, D.C.) in which married couples make up fewer than 50 percent of all households.

6 States in which this was true in 2000.

Source: U.S. Census via

New York Times

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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.

Cover Story

Refocusing on the Family

My Top 5 Books On Heaven

Jesus: Democratic King

Joy in the Midst of Terror

Back to the Garden

City Parish: An Australian Builds NYC Networks

The Power and the Glamour

The Paul We Think We Know

News

Youth Movement: Finns Seek Renewal

Review

Picturing Paradise: A Review of 'Heaven in the American Imagination'

Dying Decisions: Should Relatives Intervene?

A Second-Coming Christian

Harry Potter Is Here to Stay

News

A Liberating Woman: A Reflection on the Founder of Christians for Biblical Equality

Review

Common Grace and Amazing Grace: A Review of David Brooks's 'The Social Animal'

Books to Note

India's Grassroots Revival

News

Syria's Christians Back Assad

Readers Write

Excerpt

God Behaving Badly

Q & A: Bishop Kallistos Ware on the Fullness and the Center

News

Ministerial Murkiness: Biggest Religion Case in 20 Years?

A Change of Focus

Family Talk, Family Business

News

Christian President Retains Office, Pastor Kidnapped in Mexico, & Other News

News

Passages

News

Quotation Marks

YouVersion's Volunteer Army

News

Should Marital Infidelity Disqualify a Candidate from Office?

News

Multi-Site Churches Go Interstate

News

Renewal Groups Strategize after the PC(USA) Drops Celibacy Clause for Gay Clergy

Editorial

Harold Camping Is (Sort of) Right

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Latino Churches’ Vibrant Testimony

Hispanic American congregations tend to be young, vibrant, and intergenerational. The wider church has much to learn with and from them.

Review

Modern ‘Technoculture’ Makes the World Feel Unnaturally Godless

By changing our experience of reality, it tempts those who don’t perceive God to conclude that he doesn’t exist.

The Bulletin

A Brief Word from Our Sponsor

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News

Evangelicals Struggle to Preach Life in the Top Country for Assisted Death

Canadian pastors are lagging behind a national push to expand MAID to those with disabilities and mental health conditions.

Excerpt

The Chinese Christian Who Helped Overcome Illiteracy in Asia

Yan Yangchu taught thousands of peasants to read and write in the early 20th century.

What Would Lecrae Do?

Why Kendrick Lamar’s question matters.

No More Sundays on the Couch

COVID got us used to staying home. But it’s the work of God’s people to lift up the name of Christ and receive God’s Word—together.

Review

Safety Shouldn’t Come First

A theologian questions our habit of elevating this goal above all others.

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