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The self-censoring public square keeps Scotland’s Christian minority from sharing their faith.
Imagine the Book of Acts. But happening right now, in a world with swimming pools. That’s what Testament does, and it kind of works.
What people want to see when they want to see the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Many evangelicals in Brazil backed Jair Bolsonaro. That doesn’t mean they want a theocracy.
How editor Sara Kyoungah White learned the value of birthright citizenship.
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From news editor Daniel Silliman: One day last week, I took off work early to help a man buy some groceries for his family. Then I transferred funds for a DoorDash gift certificate for an elderly couple. On Sunday, my church had a congregational meeting and voted I should keep doing this, reelecting me to serve another term as deacon, where I chair the two-person Benevolence Committee.
This makes me like lots of CT readers. A few years back, a survey of subscribers found more than 80 percent of you regularly volunteer at church.
Which isn’t surprising, if you talk to CT readers. (I like to ask, “What do you love about your church?” Sometimes the answers ... go on for a bit.) But more than 80 percent is still a lot!
I find this orients all my work at CT—I mean my service to my church, but also yours to your church. Whatever else is going on, I’m encouraged to remember that God is in charge, grace is still real, and CT readers are passing out bulletins, teaching Sunday school, prepping Bible studies, helping the homeless, and finding ways to be the church with practical, tangible, everyday acts of service. |
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Today in Christian History |
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July 17, 180: Seven men and five women who had been captured carrying "the sacred books, and the letters of Paul"are tried before Roman proconsul Saturninus. Since none would renounce their Christian faith, all 12 were beheaded (see issue 27: Persecution in the Early Church). |
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When Eric Foley heard that police had detained six Americans in late June for doing a “rice-bottle launch” in South Korea, he felt a dull wave of dread pass through…
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Pastor Jared Longshore isn’t exactly a holy roller preacher. Bearded and bespectacled, his sermon before the Washington, DC, plant of Christ Kirk church on Sunday was delivered in the subdued,…
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On Colin Bloom’s first day as head of Barnabas Aid International in April 2024, he gathered his team together and gave them a simple message. “We as an organization have…
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Author Nicholas Carr joined The Russell Moore Show to talk about how technologies that promise to connect us are instead damaging our relationships and our ability to make sense of…
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As developments in artificial intelligence change daily, we’re increasingly asking what makes humanity different from the machines we use. In this issue, Emily Belz introduces us to tech workers on the frontlines of AI development, Harvest Prude explains how algorithms affect Christian courtship, and Miroslav Volf writes on the transhumanist question. Several writers call our attention to the gifts of being human: Haejin and Makoto Fujimura point us to beauty and justice, Kelly Kapic reminds us God’s highest purpose isn’t efficiency, and Jen Pollock Michel writes on the effects of Alzheimer’s . We bring together futurists, theologians, artists, practitioners, and professors to consider how technology shapes us even as we use it. |
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