Today’s Briefing

Pro-life pregnancy centers adjust their offerings as abortion pills become more accessible.

An animated spinoff of the hit series, The Chosen Adventures immerses kids in the biblical world.

A philosopher’s exploration of theodicy through Scripture finds the Bible is more often the story of suffering turned to some good than suffering avoided.

Journey with us through the best of CT’s historic archives as we celebrate our 70th year as a magazine.

This week’s episode of The Bulletin discusses the effects of the government shutdown on rural hospitals and the lingering effects of purity culture on wedding traditions.

Behind the Story

Editor in chief Marvin Olasky introduces a new weekly series from CT: With evangelicalism in disarray, I can summon my inner James Earl Jones / Field of Dreams voice so as to say, “The constant for 70 years has been Christianity Today. The evangelical movement has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. But CT has marked the time. It reminds us of what was once good (and sometimes bad) and could be good again.”

CT’s first issue came out on October 15, 1956. This week begins our 70th year. Each Friday we’ll present excerpts from CT, year by year, warts and all. Today’s episode brings us back to when most evangelicals looked at the White House and said, “I like Ike.”

In Other News

Two years after approving services on a trial basis, Church of England bishops say they can’t move forward with plans for standalone blessings for same-sex couples.
A US federal court rejected a death row inmate’s lawsuit arguing that his daughters must be present at his execution as his spiritual advisers.
The president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary announced plans to retire after over 20 years at the helm of the North Carolina school.

PAID CONTENT FOR HODDER FAITH

Bear Grylls Is on His Greatest Adventure Yet—and You’re Invited

There’s nothing quite like a story well-told. A curiosity-stoking beginning, a conflicted middle, a compelling conclusion—these elements, woven together with rich characters and relatable dilemmas, go beyond delivering information to…

Today in Christian History

October 17, 108: According to tradition, Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, was martyred on this date. The Apostolic Father closest in thought to the New Testament writers, Ignatius wrote seven letters under armed guard on his way to Rome—some asking that the church not interfere with his “true sacrifice” (see issue 27: Persecution in the Early Church).

Shrinking Palestinian Christian Population Wary of Cease-Fire

To get from her home in Bethlehem to her college and workplace in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, Christine Awad had to pass through the only Israeli checkpoint connecting the…

Gaza Has More to Do with Your Life Than You Think

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. After two years of bloodshed since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, the war in Gaza seems to be over. The…

‘Is That the Same Charlie?’

President Donald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk in a ceremony on what would have been his 32nd birthday Tuesday. The medal, bestowed at the…

Naomi Raine Isn’t Playing Games

Naomi Raine started to understand worship as a ten-year-old, listening to her parents’ church choir rehearse the song “Breathe” in their living room. “I remember sneaking downstairs and hiding in…

in the magazine

The Christian story shows us that grace often comes from where we least expect. In this issue, we look at the corners of God’s kingdom and chronicle in often-overlooked people, places, and things the possibility of God’s redemptive work. We introduce the Compassion Awards, which report on seven nonprofits doing good work in their communities. We look at the spirituality underneath gambling, the ways contemporary Christian music was instrumental in one historian’s conversion, and the steady witness of what may be Wendell Berry’s last novel. All these pieces remind us that there is no person or place too small for God’s gracious and cataclysmic reversal.

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