Christianity Today

June, 2018

Volume 62, Number 5

July/August, 2018

This issue assesses the state of men's ministry at a cultural moment when manhood seems increasingly difficult to define and male leaders are dominating headlines for the wrong reasons. CT is no newcomer to this subject, and each time we broach it we find new challenges for churches trying to reach men—challenges even more pressing today in the face of an epidemic of male loneliness. The good news: Many experts see this as an opportunity to rediscover overlooked ways the Bible speaks uniquely to men and male relationships.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

What’s Behind the Sudden Rise of Jordan Peterson?

Why Peterson’s message of morals, manners and masculinity resonates with evangelicals.

Cover Story

Mending Men’s Ministry

How to disciple in an era of male floundering.

Cover Story

The Man-Friendly Church

These three congregations don’t have a men’s ministry. Why men—and their families—still love them.

Features

Dorothy Sayers Did Not Want to Be a Prophet

Nevertheless, the saucy British writer made the pious vociferously angry.

Re-thinking My Savior Complex

My hardest lesson as a social worker? God wants me to be close to the brokenhearted as much as he wants me to save them.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Is Not a Ministry Guide

The infamous pyramid was never an accurate description of how people act, let alone a guide to discipleship.

Excerpt

Why You Can’t Just ‘Give Them the Gospel’

Understanding the relationship between gospel and culture is vital for evangelism

J. D. Greear Transformed His Church Through Missions. Can He Do the Same for the Southern Baptist Convention?

The SBC presidential candidate wants to rejuvenate his denomination through missions.

More from this Issue

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Responses to our April issue.

Our June Issue: Modern Manhood

Navigating men’s ministry in uncertain times.

News

News

HQ Trivial?

Ministries find a central hub is less and less essential to taking the gospel global.

News

Spanning the Great Schism Between Evangelical and Orthodox Christians

Efforts to unite Christianity’s branches bear fruit.

News

Gleanings: June 2018

Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our June issue).

Reviews

Will the ‘First Testament’ Grab Your Attention?

Scholar John Goldingay wants readers to rediscover the original feel of the Old Testament in his new translation.

Review

The God Who Overpowers Childhood Trauma

A new book crawls into the lives of children at risk, enters their desperation, and accompanies them on their journey toward redemption.

Review

The Many Surprises of 20th-Century Christianity

Brian Stanley’s global history makes connections and draws lessons that others are apt to miss.

Wilson’s Bookmarks

From John Wilson, former longtime editor of ‘Books & Culture.”

My Top 5 Books on the Trinity

Augustine, T. F. Torrance, John Owen, and more.

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Editorial

God Hates Gun Violence

We American Christians have a biblical call to reduce firearm deaths in our land.

Sunday Church Services Are Not About You

Six tangible ways congregations can shift their gatherings from me to us.

Good News, Satan Wants to Destroy You!

It may sound weird, but knowing we have an enemy is encouraging.

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