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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

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

Christopher S. Stephens
The Obstacles of Advent
How is your church combating the busyness and materialism of the season?

Skye Jethani
Leadership
How I Got a Rhino Hide
Legally.

Mark Buchanan
The Pastor’s Pay in 2019 and Beyond
Emerging trends for how the ministers of today and tomorrow will be compensated.

Samuel Ogles

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

News

The Top Bible Verses of 2018 Don’t Come from Jesus or Paul

For the first time in recent years, YouVersion and Bible Gateway users searched for and shared verses from Old Testament prophets the most.

Griffin Paul Jackson

Christian Living

The Most Wonderfully Painful Time of the Year

Christmas reminds us that faith in the future does not erase our pain in the present.

Kelly Flanagan

Women

What Advent Waiting Means for Singles

In the midst of relational uncertainty, this season invites me to savor God’s goodness.

Brianna Dewitt

Under Discussion | CT Magazine

Should Hymns Keep the Theology of Their Writers?

Experts weighed in.

Compiled by Morgan Lee

Gleanings | CT Magazine

Gleanings: October 2018

Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our October issue).

CT Editors

From the President | CT Magazine

Why I'm Retiring Now

Extending CT’s reach for the next generation of Christian leaders.

Harold Smith

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