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This edition is sponsored by My Jewish Learning |
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From Chris Butler: When culture rewards the sharpest take, these two spiritual practices can help Christians show up kinder in the public sphere. |
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From Black church editor Haleluya Hadero: When there’s so much going on around us, it can be easy to stay glued to our phones, constantly reading and meditating on the latest headlines. It’s good to be informed, but excessive news consumption may eat up time we could be spending with the Lord in prayer or in Bible study, leaving us anxious and spiritually depleted. |
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As I was thinking about how believers can better steward their attention spans, CT contributor Chris Butler pitched a story idea on this same topic. In his latest piece, Butler argues that Christians should prioritize certain spiritual disciplines in order to show up as faithful witnesses on the public stage. "I’m not saying silence and solitude show us what to think," he writes. "But they do shape how we think and, perhaps more importantly, how to speak with words ordered toward truth and love." |
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The Book of Psalms contains 150 Hebrew poems that have been central to Jewish and Christian worship for thousands of years. |
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In My Jewish Learning’s Email Series, Psalms for Every Day of the Week, we will focus on seven of these psalms — one for every day of the week, each linked thematically to a day of creation. At the time of the Jerusalem Temple, the Levites (an ancient Israelite tribe) recited these daily psalms during worship. Today, the lyrical selections are read at morning synagogue services the world over. |
- ACNA leader Steve Wood has been indicted on several charges, including violating ordination vows and sexual immorality, and will be tried before the denomination’s court. CT reported on allegations against Wood in October.
- A church founded by R. C. Sproul has voted to leave the Presbyterian Church of America after its current pastor, a Ligonier Ministries leader, had been suspended by a denominational committee.
- A new study suggests that the causes of "deaths of despair" may predate the opioid crisis, and were related to a decline in churchgoing.
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Because Christ Reigns, The Church Can Flourish |
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Isaiah tells us of the coming Messiah, "Of the greatness of His government and peace there will be no end." At Christianity Today, we believe that because Christ reigns, the Church can flourish—even in a world that still aches for His peace. |
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Through in-depth journalism, redemptive storytelling, and resources that disciple believers, CT helps the global Church live faithfully in this "already and not yet" Kingdom—seeing the world through the lens of Christ’s truth and hope. |
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Today in Christian History |
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December 23, 1193: Thorlac Thorhallsson, Iceland’s prominent bishop who insisted on clerical discipline and celibacy, abolished lay patronage, and fought simony, dies (see issue 63: Conversion of the Vikings). |
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At Christmas, the Hephzibah House on the Upper West Side looks like something out of a movie. The first level of the historic brownstone has a cozy parlor with a…
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Twenty-five 12 and 13-year-old boys and their fathers huddled around a bonfire on a 64-degree November night in Nairobi, Kenya. They warmed themselves, ate goat meat, talked, and laughed. Their…
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My New Testament professor Gordon Fee said something in class that sticks with me to this day. "Let me hear you sing. Let me hear you pray," he said, "and…
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When I think about the night of Jesus’ birth, the first picture that comes to mind is straight from my childhood. It’s like I’m peering into a snow globe manger…
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As we enter the holiday season, we consider how the places to which we belong shape us—and how we can be the face of welcome in a broken world. In this issue, you’ll read about how a monastery on Patmos offers quiet in a world of noise and, from Ann Voskamp, how God’s will is a place to find home. Read about modern missions terminology in our roundtable feature and about an astrophysicist’s thoughts on the Incarnation. Be sure to linger over Andy Olsen’s reported feature "An American Deportation" as we consider Christian responses to immigration policies. May we practice hospitality wherever we find ourselves. |
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