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

Richard Mouw

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

Duane Litfin

From Powerlifter to Powerless

Kathleen Anderson

Throwing Christ Over the Cliff

Review

Brave New Web: Navigating the Conflict Between Pluralism and Freedom

Joseph Knippenberg

Teach Us to Pray: Learning from Prayer Partners in History

Interview by Elesha Coffman

News

Quebec: Canada's Prodigal Province

Ann-Margret Hovsepian in Montreal

News

Black Church Barrios: African American Churches Adapt to Latino Neighbors

C. L. Lopez

Touched by Jesus: Healing Body and Soul

Timothy Morgan

Miracles in Mozambique: How Mama Heidi Reaches the Abandoned

Tim Stafford

News

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

Ken Walker

Helping Urbana Find Its Voice

Elissa Cooper

News

Should Churches Halt Missions Trips to Mexico?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

The Choir's Steve Hindalong: Celebrating Sobriety

Dave Urbanski

News

Sensation Before Scholarship: Gospel Fragment Tantalizes Experts

Gordon Govier

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?

Paul Shrier, Lynne Marie Kohm, and Ryan T. Anderson

Review

Dollars and Moral Sense: What Money Can't Buy

Todd C. Ream

News

Quotation Marks

Excerpt

Subversive Kingdom

Ed Stetzer

Review

Journeys of Faith

Michael McGowan

News

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

Review

Rhetorical Darwinism

John Mark Reynolds

Review

How God Became King

Bill Walker

News

Migrant Ministries: European Churches Revitalized by Asian Diaspora

Ruth Moon

News

Go Figure

Review

Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

Andrew Greer

Editorial

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

A Christianity Today Editorial

Why We Need 'Community'

Todd Hertz

Q & A: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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The gospel of your family vs. the gospel of Jesus

The Russell Moore Show

Am I Sinning by Feeling Anxious?

Russell answers a listener question about trusting God when your anxiety won’t go away.

News

The Anglican Priest Preaching in Kenya’s Nightclubs

Pius Sawa

As hard-partying culture steals youth from the church, one pastor seeks to bring them back.

The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone

Richard Mouw

From Jesus to angels to the apostles, Resurrection Day instructs us on earthly and heavenly authority.

The Bulletin

Therapists’ Free Speech, Grads’ Careers, and Hegseth’s Imprecatory Prayer

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Supreme Court ruling on conversion therapy ban, high unemployment rates of college grads, and the theology of praying judgment on enemies.

Review

Manifest Destiny Was an Act of Volition

John Fea

Three books on early American history.

Review

‘The Christ’ Audio Drama Testifies to Easter

You can’t ‘come and see’ this depiction of Jesus, but you can definitely come and hear.

The Cross that Saves and Heals

Jeremy Treat

Good Friday’s message to a wounded world.

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