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A Private and Public Person

Pastors must maintain boundaries.

Greg E. Asimakoupoulos

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Discipleship
Is ‘Leadership’ Biblical? (The Rebuttal)
A few reasons to say yes.

Bob Hyatt
Discipleship
Is ‘Leadership’ Biblical?
Five reasons to say no.

David Fitch
Leadership
6 Surprises in My New Pastorate
My entire life had been leading up to this. So why was my senior pastorate such a blindside?

Dave Bertolini
Preaching
A Team Approach to Sermon Preparation
It is not good that preachers should prepare their messages alone.

Christopher S. Stephens

Women

Why Apocalypse Is Essential to Advent

This season demands a clear view of darkness. Here’s how scholars reckon with it.

Fleming Rutledge

News

Harvest Bible Chapel Disputes World Investigation of James MacDonald

Former staff and elders criticize shuffling of funds and 50-mile noncompete clauses for former pastors.

Kate Shellnutt

News | CT Magazine

Reading The Jesus Storybook Bible in Iceland

In the world’s most bookish country, evangelicals are taking up the ministry of translation.

Kate Shellnutt

Women

4 Reasons to Believe in the Christmas Miracle

Why the supernatural events of this season are both credible and incredible.

Rebecca McLaughlin

News

Max Lucado Reveals Past Sexual Abuse at Evangelical #MeToo Summit

(UPDATED) Beth Moore and other leading Christian survivors don’t just want to take the church to task. They also believe it plays a key role in helping victims heal.

Morgan Lee

Science

We Were Women Comforted by Shared Pain

I never imagined my fibromyalgia would help me serve refugees. But chronic pain is something we both understand.

Tabitha McDuffee

Book Awards | CT Magazine

Karen Swallow Prior: Good Books Make Better People

Why history's wisest figures have seen a connection between reading well and living well.

Karen Swallow Prior

News

Hundreds Accuse Independent Baptist Pastors of Abuse

Investigation by Fort Worth Star-Telegram finds 400 allegations against 168 leaders spanning almost 200 churches and institutions.

Kate Shellnutt

Under Discussion

Will John Chau Help or Harm Missions in India?

Two Indian missions experts weigh in on how the young American’s failed attempt will impact local efforts to reach Andaman tribes.

Atul Y. Aghamkar and Finny Philip

Women

Bonhoeffer: Advent Is Like a Prison Cell

In the midst of Nazi resistance, this Christian martyr offered three models for the season of waiting.

Elisabeth Rain Kincaid

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