Church Life

What’s the Difference Between Privilege and Blessing?

Karen Swallow Prior, Kevin Antlitz, and Kiara John-Charles

CT advice columnists also weigh in enjoying unnecessary luxuries and the nature of fun.

For Pastors

Preaching Today

Preaching Today, a resource of Christianity Today, provides pastors and preachers sermon prep help with sermon illustrations, sermons, sermon ideas, and preaching articles.

The Sweet Seriousness of Lent

Stephen Witmer

How shall we express this paradoxical gladness and sadness of Lent?

Worship, Bible Studies, and Restoration in South Korea’s Nonprofit Prison

Jennifer Park in Yeoju, South Korea

Somang Prison, the only private and Christian-run penitentiary in Asia, seeks to treat inmates with dignity—and it sees results.

Feasts Amid Fasting

Steve Bezner

Even in our deepest sadness, we experience deep breaths of grace.

Late to a 1,400-Year-Old Church Tradition? Me Too.

My nondenominational church is having its first Ash Wednesday service today. But why start now?

How the Lord’s Supper Heals Church Hurt

Communion makes us face our relational conflicts.

We’ve Still Got Heaven Wrong

Claude Atcho

N.T. Wright’s Homecoming hits familiar notes, but they’re still needed.

For the Forgiveness of Sins

Jared Kennedy

Through the blood of the new covenant, our slate has been wiped clean.

Confronting Christ

Rusty McKie

Repent, seek forgiveness, and walk with a limp—knowing it is the mark of God’s resurrecting grace.

Sometimes We Just Do the Next Thing

Dan Steel

Faith does not insist on a map. Faith asks only that we do the next thing.

Brokenness Does Not Have the Final Say

Cory Wilson

The Resurrection is the declaration that death did not hold Jesus because it could not hold Jesus.

Introduction: Ever Approaching Dawn

Ronnie Martin

This Lenten season, we wait with hope.

Let There Be Light!

Gretchen Ronnevik

Palm Sunday reminds us that the light of the world does not worry about the dark.

Why We Call Death ‘Good’

Joe Thorn

The corruption of creation is not merely humanity’s burden but a grievous affront to the one who made the world and called it “good.”

The Ache of Silence

Courtney Ellis

We trust that the light will dawn because God promises that it will be so, even if all is still darkness here.

Supposing Him to Be the Gardener

Andrea Burke

Where Eden was broken and couldn’t save us, Christ has returned as the gardener to make all things new.

Embracing a Sacred Tension

Brian Croft

Resurrection is not an escape from the world’s pain but a transformation of how we endure it.

The Call Back to Gospel Sanity

Eric Schumacher

In the dark days of political upheaval, conspiracy theories, and financial uncertainty, Spy Wednesday offers resurrection hope.

Laetare!

Jonathan Pennington

The theme of finding joy even in grief is at the core of the Christian vision of life.

Safety in Our Weakness

Rachel Joy Welcher

In this fast, Christ is my lifeline.

The Glory of Resurrection

Rechab Gray

The Resurrection not only transforms individuals but also redeems cultures with new meaning and purpose in Christ.

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