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Today’s Briefing
After the death of Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino last week, evangelicals reflect on how his liberation theology impacted Protestant ministry in Latin America.
From Russell Moore: The New Testament honors the legitimacy of government—but not as a source of our identity.
A family of Christian homeschoolers who fled to the US from Germany has been granted another year in the country.
Asian Christians need more theological voices from the grassroots.
A Christian media company apologized for a stolen election lie, plus other brief news from believers around the world.
Behind the Story
From news editor Daniel Silliman: Finding the news is not the hard part. To round up brief stories from believers around the world for every print issue of Christianity Today, I read a few dozen newspapers, plus wire services, magazines, denominations’ papers, ministry press releases, and, of course, social media. I swim in the news. But I enjoy that.
The hard part is keeping each item brief. I aim for about 100 words per story. In that 100 words, I want to tell you what happened, respect the complexity of it, give an account of different sides and extenuating circumstances, and also indicate any context that might be important to understand. That sometimes feels like an impossible feat of condensation. It’s a little like writing a news haiku.
I find it’s a good practice for all my writing, though. I want to be concise. I want to be clear. But I don’t want to oversimplify, leaving out important information. This balance is critical for good journalism—and essential to everything we try to do as the news team at CT.
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In Other News
- Church attendance correlates strongly with presidential preference, according to this poll (but is not nearly as significant as race).
- A Vineyard missionary from Michigan has been killed in Angola, but details are scarce.
- A church in Virginia found out the hard way that having people tithe via an app doesn’t protect you from possible embezzlement.
- Archaeologists have uncovered a trove of artifacts near ancient Babylon.
Today in Christian History
October 29, 1562: George Abbot, translator of the Gospels, Acts and Revelation for the King James Bible, is born. He became head of the Church of England in 1611, but his popularity (and his health) declined sharply after he killed a man in a hunting accident in 1621.
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in the magazine
Our September/October issue explores themes in spiritual formation and uncovers what’s really discipling us. Bonnie Kristian argues that the biblical vision for the institutions that form us is renewal, not replacement—even when they fail us. Mike Cosper examines what fuels political fervor around Donald Trump and assesses the ways people have understood and misunderstood the movement. Harvest Prude reports on how partisan distrust has turned the electoral process into a minefield and how those on the frontlines—election officials and volunteers—are motivated by their faith as they work. Read about Christian renewal in intellectual spaces and the “yearners”—those who find themselves in the borderlands between faith and disbelief. And find out how God is moving among his kingdom in Europe, as well as what our advice columnists say about budget-conscious fellowship meals, a kid in Sunday school who hits, and a dating app dilemma.
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