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This edition is sponsored by Hodder Faith |
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The State of Theology among American evangelicals is confused, conflicted, and still tinged with hope. |
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From editorial director of news Kate Shellnutt: I’m not a fall or Halloween person, but once it hits October, it seems there’s no avoiding it. Kids’ snacks come in wrappings printed with spiders and ghosts. Giant skeletons and webs go up in neighbors’ yards. |
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I’ve appreciated CT’s commentary on “spooky season” over the years, including this essay on how we distort a Christian understanding of spiritual darkness when we turn it into holiday fun. |
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As I read Russell Moore’s reflections on horror this week—how horror stories “tell us the world is both more terrifying and more meaningful than our everyday lives allow us to see”—I thought of another archival piece on Halloween, one of my favorites. In it, Chris Pappalardo looks at the history of the holiday and the darker spirits that still lurk today. |
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He writes, “There are still spirits of darkness at work in this world. And they do not limit their activity to one evening in late October. But God has armed us with a stronger Spirit, and it is not a spirit of fear (2 Tim. 1:7).” |
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Blaise Pascal’s name has echoed through history for many reasons—his innovation in mathematics and geometry, his thoughts on probability theory, his groundbreaking “the wager” argument, and one of the most effective pieces on Christian apologetics ever written. This man contained multitudes, and his life provides valuable insight to our modern world still today. |
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In Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World, a new biography by Graham Tomlin, you can take a closer look into the life and mind of Pascal than ever seen before. Learn more about the man, his mind, and how his work can inform many of the modern debates we face. Impeccably researched and richly illustrated to enhance the reading experience, lovers of history, apologetics, and innovative thinkers will enjoy this book from cover to cover. Get your copy of Blaise Pascal: The Man Who Made the Modern World today. |
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Today in Christian History |
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October 2, 1187: Muslim general Saladin captures Jerusalem from the crusaders (see issue 40: The Crusades). |
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Since its first album in 2019, Maverick City Music has been both praised and censured for its fusion of contemporary worship music and gospel. The group took off with songs…
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If Ruth and Boaz were to meet today and fall in love, what would it look like? In Tyler Perry’s retelling, up-and-coming singer Ruth relocates to a small town in…
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My good friend Emma is a deeply committed Christian who lives with cerebral palsy. Recently she went to a church she had not visited before. As she was leaving, an…
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After winning the gold medal for the 100m in the 2024 Summer Olympics, Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles did a Kamehameha. Over the summer, when Elon Musk introduced chatbots as a new feature…
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The Christian story shows us that grace often comes from where we least expect. In this issue, we look at the corners of God’s kingdom and chronicle in often-overlooked people, places, and things the possibility of God’s redemptive work. We introduce the Compassion Awards, which report on seven nonprofits doing good work in their communities. We look at the spirituality underneath gambling, the ways contemporary Christian music was instrumental in one historian’s conversion, and the steady witness of what may be Wendell Berry’s last novel. All these pieces remind us that there is no person or place too small for God’s gracious and cataclysmic reversal. |
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