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Plein Air Prayer

An artist wrestles with anxieties and faith in young adulthood.

Three post-it notes with illustrations on them
Art by Jocelyn O'Leary
Post-it note with a shadowy figure on itArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it notes of a car and pill bottleArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it note artArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it note artArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it note artArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it note artArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it note artArt by Jocelyn O’Leary
Post-it note artArt by Jocelyn O’Leary

Jocelyn O’Leary is a writer and artist working in Michigan.

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It's easy to live in a state of panic, anxiety, and fear, from the pinging of our phones to politics and the state of the church. In this issue, we acknowledge panic and point to Christian ways through it. Russell Moore brings us to the place of panic in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus and Peter. Laura M. Fabrycky writes about American inclinations toward hero-making. Mindy Belz reports on the restorative work of Dr. Denis Mukwege for rape victims in Congo. We’re also thrilled to give you a first look at the Global Flourishing Study, a multiyear research project about what makes a flourishing life across the globe. While panic may be profitable or natural, we have a sure and steady anchor for our souls in Jesus.

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Inside the Crowded Hospital Full of Congo’s Rape Victims

Mindy Belz

Right-Size Your Fear

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Pentecostal Woman Presides at The Hague

Hear Our Prayer Amid Violence

Kimberly Deckel

What Do We Want from Dietrich Bonhoeffer?

Laura M. Fabrycky

Stories from the ‘Sandwich Generation’

Former VP Mike Pence’s Conversation with Russell Moore

The Christian Schools That Cried Wolf

Setting Our Scopes on Things Above

S. Joshua Swamidass

How the Nicene Creed Became Cool Again

A Splintered Generation

Skyler R. Flowers and Michael Graham

Qualms & Proverbs

Should I Talk to My Kids’ School About the Pledge of Allegiance?

Beth Moore, Kevin Antlitz, and Kiara John-Charles

Love Bids Our Anxious Fears Subside

Public Theology Project

The Problem of Panic

Testimony

The Gospel Comes for a Neo-Nazi

Caleb Campbell

Review

Has Faith Gone Out of Fashion?

CT Editors

Review

The What and the Why of Religious Decline

Ryan P. Burge

Review

Young Nones Might Not Hate Religion. But They Don’t Like the Vibes.

Michael Horton

Review

The Upside to Religious Obsolescence

Kara Powell

The Key Lesson of My Book: Don’t Underestimate ‘Deep Culture’

Christian Smith

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Measuring the Good Life

Brendan Case, Katelyn N. G. Long, Tyler J. VanderWeele, and Byron R. Johnson

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Elizabeth Woodson

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Rafah Crossing, Trump’s IRS Lawsuit, Don Lemon’s Arrest, and MAGA Jesus

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Palestinians cross into Egypt, Trump’s leaked tax documents, former CNN anchor arrested, and MAGA Jesus vs. the real Jesus.

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European Evangelicals Tailor Anti-Trafficking Ministries

As laws and attitudes on prostitution differ from country to country, so do the focuses of local nonprofits.

Review

Women Considering Abortion Need to Hear the Truth

Becoming Pro-Grace rightly challenges churches to greater compassion but fails to equally uphold the rights of unborn children.

How ChatGPT Revealed a False Diagnosis

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

Tearing Apart ‘The Old Thread-bare Lie’

Black journalist Ida B. Wells exposed Southern lynching.

Saying ‘Welcome the Stranger’ Is Easy. Hosting a Toddler Is Not.

A conservative pastor I know opened his home to children whose parents were deported. His witness has me examining my comfortable life.

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Died: Claudette Colvin, Unsung Civil Rights Pioneer

As a teenager, Colvin challenged Montgomery’s segregation law and prevailed.

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