Christianity Today

June, 2019

Volume 63, Number 5

July/August, 2019

This issue takes new look at our stewardship of fossil fuels (oil, in particular) through the lens of blessing. Climate writer Ken Baake explores principles that apply not only to carbon-based fuels but to technologies and clean energy sources of the future.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

Oil Is a Gift from God. Are We Squandering It?

What the church can do when the world’s had too much of a good thing.

Features

Monomaniacs for God

What it looks like when people remember their greatest love.

God Loves Protected Species. And the Poachers Who Kill Them.

A theocentric conservation effort looks out for both man and nature.

From Tiananmen’s Most-Wanted to Followers of Jesus

Thirty years after the deadly massacre, two dissidents reflect on hope for China.

10 Women Who Are Changing the Southern Baptist Response to Abuse

Meet the survivors and advocates whose voices spurred “holy rumblings” in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.

Real Raisings from the Dead or Fake News?

Falsified resurrection stories should not cause us to discount credible miracle accounts.

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Responses to our April issue.

Testimony

Jesus Gave Me What Boozing and Brawling Couldn’t

My journey from the criminal underworld to the foot of the cross.

News

News

Gleanings: June 2019

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

News

Should Christians Praise Partial Religious Freedom?

Does good press lead to greater gains in the Muslim world? Or merely cover a multitude of sins?

News

Bible Translation Projects Are Preserving Endangered Languages

While the world loses a language every 40 days, translation efforts bring new life to threatened tongues.

Reviews

New & Noteworthy Fiction

Chosen by Shawn Smucker, author of ‘The Day the Angels Fell’ (Revell).

Review

We Want Straightforward Answers. God Gives Us Mysteries.

Jen Pollock Michel traces the paradoxical shape of Christian truth.

Review

Waging a Smarter War on Porn

It’s a serious problem among evangelicals. But fixating on it might be missing the bigger picture.

How J. P. Moreland Presented His Anxious Mind to God

The apologist opens up about his battles with mental illness.

5 Books on How to Give (and Receive) Blessings

Chosen by Tina Boesch, author of ‘Given: The Forgotten Meaning and Practice of Blessing’ (NavPress).

Views

Editorial

The Risk of Inviting Jesus into Your Summer

Can this season be one where I grow with God and with my neighbor?

Meekness Is Not Weakness

It seems like foolishness to us, but it was one of Jesus’ greatest strengths.

Can We Finally Break the Silence Around Tamar?

Telling the uncomfortable story of “desolate” Tamar positions us to show a kind of compassion King David didn’t.

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