CT Daily Briefing – 09-13-2024

September 12, 2024

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Todayโ€™s Briefing

Perhaps the most countercultural thing Christians can do todayโ€”and that includes us at CTโ€”is to skip the outrage cycle and refuse to demonize one another.ย 

During the Industrial Revolution, Christians fought exploitative child labor. In the smartphone age, the church may be called to keep kids from the harms of a screen-based childhood.

African student ministry leader Daniel Bourdannรฉ, the former general secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, has died at age 64.ย 

Whatever is streaming: You can stop forcing Christian themes on everything you watch.

In Nothing Is Wasted, an Indiana pastor tells the true story of his wifeโ€™s horrific murder and his pathway through pain to restoration.ย 

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Behind the Story

From Kate Shellnutt: Several years ago, I was invited to speak to theology undergrads at Liberty University about Christian cultural engagement. I had been surrounded by thoughtful examples at Christianity Today: At the time Andy Crouchโ€”author of Culture Makingโ€”was executive editor, and Alissa Wilkinsonโ€”now a movie critic at The New York Timesโ€” was our movie reviewer.
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After the class, one of the professors commented on the pieces of entertainment I had referenced. He told me that Liberty students couldnโ€™t watch R-rated movies under their code of conduct. My talk had overestimated the benefits of engagement with pop culture and probably underestimated the reasons Christians restrict or avoid certain works.
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I appreciated my colleague Kate Luckyโ€™s take on the dilemma for Christian viewers around how to engage our faith as we engage cultureโ€”without requiring everything meet biblical standards or reflect something about our beliefs: โ€œOur job is not to justify our taste in culture but to explain what we see from a vantage point oriented to Christ.โ€

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Today in Christian History

September 13, 1541:ย John Calvin returns to Geneva, where he will spend the rest of his life trying to establish a theocratic society at the request of city authorities who banished him three years earlier (see issue 12: John Calvin).


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in the magazine

The secret is out: Weโ€™ve updated our look with a nod to our legacy and refreshed our contentโ€”while keeping longtime favorites like testimonies and books coverage. In this issue, we look to the past for wisdom to address a fractured evangelicalism in the present and future, with editor in chief Russell Moore issuing a call for moral clarity. Read an in-depth report on a consequential evangelical voting bloc; sit with an honest reflection on struggling to find community; and, as same-sex sexuality divides the church, be equipped and encouraged to stand on biblical fidelity. New features include an advice column (featuring Beth Moore), some curated podcast gold, and a brand-new pastoral column. Weโ€™re glad youโ€™re here with us and look forward to seeking the kingdom together in this new era at Christianity Today.

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