Recovering the Apostles’ Zeal

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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.

Christianity Today December 16, 1991

Strategy: Can the West Be Won?

George G. Hunter Iii

Buried in Data

Letters

A Friend of God’s, a Friend of Mine

If Mother Teresa Were a Baptist in Houston

Recovering the Apostles’ Zeal

Behold!: Behold the Lamb of God: Calligrapher Timothy Botts Points His Pens at Handel’s Messiah and Makes the Words Sing

Interview By David Neff And Carol Thiessen

A Little Religion at Christmas

John G. Stackhouse, Jr.

‘Go Fetch Baxter’

Timothy Beougher And J. I. Packer

Where Would We Be without Staupitz?: Behind the Great Leaders of the Church Stood Others Who, through Their Lives and Teaching, Provided Inspiration. Here Is a Look at Five Unsung Heroes Church History Could Not Have Done Without

Bruce L. Shelley

Evangelism in the ’90s: There’s a Wideness in Our Witness

CT Survey Report: Who’s Really Doing Evangelism?

James F. Engel

Bible Study: Saint John’s Four Laws

Christopher Hancock

Take It to the Streets

Big Nanny Is Watching You

Classic & Contemporary Excerpts from December 16, 1991

The Doctor as Executioner

1991 In Review: Enter the New World Order

In the News: 1991’s Top Ten Stories

News from the North American Scene: December 16, 1991

Church/State: Court Hears Prayer Case

Election Update: Prolifers Claim Gains in Midst of Voter Turmoil

World Scene: December 16, 1991

Episcopal Church: Traditionalists Form New Diocese

Church and Law: Zoned Out

Evangelical Wins Peaceful Election

Gypsy Church Thrives in Europe, Worldwide

Hostages Released

Why 1989 Happened

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An image of lilies in a field.

Public Theology Project

Stop Being Anxious About Your Anxiety

Jesus meets our worries with reassurance, not rebuke.

A young child on a phone.

Low-Tech Parenting Must Be a Big Tent

If we want to parent wisely in a digital age, we must pair courage with grace—not judgmentalism.

Bethel University in Minnesota.

Friction-Maxxing Higher Ed

Kristin VanEyk and Elisabeth E. Lefebvre

Christian colleges can offer complexity and real challenges instead of pat answers and easy degrees.

An image of Jimmy Carter and a magazine cover from the CT archives.

A Sign, Not a Weathervane

Daniel Silliman

CT sought to point people to the Bible through the personal and public crises of 1978.

Images of the Gidenko family and war-torn Ukraine.

News

War Drove Her Out. Now She’s Planting a Church.

Cody Benjamin

Displaced from Ukraine, a young immigrant found safety—and mission—in small-town Minnesota.

jon-meacham-more-perfect-union

The Russell Moore Show

Jon Meacham on the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

The American experiment has never been about achieving perfection.

Cutting-DNA-strands

Wonderology

Owner’s Manual Part Two: Find and Replace

Who do we become if our power outpaces our wisdom?

A swirling vortex of pills.

‘No Guardrails’ for Some Christian Wellness Influencers

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

Supplements and other wellness products do big business on social media, and even Scripture can be turned into marketing language.