CT Daily Briefing – 12-02-2024 – NONMembers

November 27, 2024
CT Daily Briefing

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Today’s Briefing

Mozambique has dropped its case against a missionary pilot and concluded his suspicious cargo was intended for “vulnerable people” and not terrorists.

Hal Lindsey has died at 95. The Late Great Planet Earth author argued the Bible had the answer to the question, “What happens next?”

This Advent, bring back Boethius, the medieval philosopher and author who C. S. Lewis’s Screwtape feared the most. 

Art enfolds us into the wonder of the Incarnation.

A testimony of returning to faith after demolishing it: The “high” in leaving Christianity for a world of polyamory and drugs faded fast.

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Behind the Story

From editorial director of news Kate Shellnutt: I never expect to see Christianity Today in the wild, so it’s always exciting when I spot a copy in a pastor’s office, a church lobby, or someone’s house. 

At our small group meeting last week, the leader had the CT Advent devotional—A Time of Wonder—on her side table. I thumbed through it because I hadn’t seen it in person yet. (The printed format is an upgrade from years’ past, with higher-quality paper and perfect binding to match the style of our redesigned magazine.) 

A few years ago, I had ordered a CT subscription for my best friend so she could read what I was writing and editing. I was visiting her house, and she started to apologize. “I’ve been receiving the magazine,” she said, “but are you offended that we keep all the issues in the bathroom?” I told her not at all! I was happy they were getting read, no matter where.


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In Other News


Today in Christian History

December 2, 1697: St Paul’s Cathedral in London, designed by Christopher Wren, is dedicated. It replaced a medieval cathedral at the site that had burned in the Great Fire of 1666.


in case you missed it

Have you ever heard a medley of “Feliz Navidad” and “O Holy Night”? I hadn’t either, until this year (thank you, CeCe Winans). This batch of new Christmas releases was…

The world has been profoundly broken for some time—really since the beginning of time—but doesn’t it feel particularly broken right now?  Social media and 24-hour news ensure our amygdalae and…

Draped in a beautiful sari and smiling warmly, Martha Das stands out in any setting. As general secretary of the National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh (NCFB), she is the only…

Belief in wickedness both clarifies and complicates human relations. Accepting that an Adversary bent on our destruction actually exists, one who can’t be bargained with or appeased, places the sword…


in the magazine

As this issue hits your mailboxes after the US election and as you prepare for the holidays, it can be easy to feel lost in darkness. In this issue, you’ll read of the piercing light of Christ that illuminates the darkness of drug addiction at home and abroad, as Angela Fulton in Vietnam and Maria Baer in Portland report about Christian rehab centers. Also, Carrie McKean explores the complicated path of estrangement and Brad East explains the doctrine of providence. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt shows us how art surprises, delights, and retools our imagination for the Incarnation, while Jeremy Treat reminds us of an ancient African bishop’s teachings about Immanuel. Finally, may you be surprised by the nearness of the “Winter Child,” whom poet Malcolm Guite guides us enticingly toward. Happy Advent and Merry Christmas.

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