CT Pastors 12-03-25

December 3, 2025
CT Pastors

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A peculiar hospitality can awaken faith in our secular contexts.

The church today faces a profound interpretive challenge. Nearly every denomination is shrinking, and in the past 25 years about 40 million American adults have left the church. The impulse is to react—to panic, to fix, to do something—but first we must understand the nature of the problem. Everyone knows we live in a secular age; far fewer understand what that actually means.

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Fresh ideas on preaching the Christmas story.

Scripture’s take on human nature helps us cope with evil. It also gives us reason to believe.

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.

Anna and Simeon remind us of what it looks like to wait on Jesus amid personal and political upheaval.


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