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The Star of Bethlehem Is a Zodiac Killer

How Christmas upends everything that draws our culture to astrology.

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After Assad: Jihad or Liberty?

A coalition of rebel fighters promises to respect Syria’s religious minorities.

Have Yourself an Enchanted Little Advent

Angels are everywhere in the Bible. The Christmas season reminds us to take them seriously.

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What to Salvage from Fundamentalism

Like Richard Mouw, I’m reluctant to discard everything about this flawed heritage.

Egypt’s Redemption—and Ours

The flight of the holy family is more than a historical curiosity. It points us toward the breadth and beauty of God’s redemption.

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Biblical Archaeology Gets Subatomic Help

New tool finds use where digging is practically or politically impossible in Jerusalem.

The Rabbit Room’s ‘Christmas Carol’ Draws on Dickens’s Pure Religion

Artistic director Pete Peterson adapts the famous work with an eye to faith and a look back at Scrooge’s past.

Pilgrim at Plaster Creek

Christ comes to make all things new—even West Michigan’s most polluted watershed.

The Russell Moore Show

My Favorite Books of 2024

Ashley Hales, CT’s editorial director for print, and Russell discuss this year’s reads.

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Jesus in the Old Testament and the Reliability of Scripture

Nancy Guthrie says the Scriptures hold up to our scrutiny.

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Anxiety Is on the Runway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’

Steve Cuss and his daughter, Kaylee, talk about the film’s relationships, patterns, and systems.

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A Conversation with Peggy Noonan

The Pulitzer Prize winner ponders who we are and what we may become.

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As this issue hits your mailboxes after the US election and as you prepare for the holidays, it can be easy to feel lost in darkness. In this issue, you’ll read of the piercing light of Christ that illuminates the darkness of drug addiction at home and abroad, as Angela Fulton in Vietnam and Maria Baer in Portland report about Christian rehab centers. Also, Carrie McKean explores the complicated path of estrangement and Brad East explains the doctrine of providence. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt shows us how art surprises, delights, and retools our imagination for the Incarnation, while Jeremy Treat reminds us of an ancient African bishop's teachings about Immanuel. Finally, may you be surprised by the nearness of the “Winter Child,” whom poet Malcolm Guite guides us enticingly toward. Happy Advent and Merry Christmas.

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Mid-life Crisis? Bah, Humbug!

It is easy to look at the future in a rearview mirror, but that always leads to a collision.

Elisabeth Elliot on the Christian Father

Examining the male parent’s role.

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Bill and Vonette Bright’s Wonderful Plan for the World

Evangelicalism’s power couple closes in on their radical mission.

CT Classic: Madeleine L’Engle on Allegory and Prayer

“It seemed ironic and unfair that just as I was turning closer to God, I couldn’t sell anything I wrote.”

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