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In his latest piece for CT, Brad East examines a society "both defined and exhausted by alienation, substitution, and self-enhancement." AI-generated pornography, Botox, artificial wombs, and suicide pods—these technological advancements challenge what it means to be human. Is the church prepared to respond with authority and urgency? |
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"Open up the glossary in the back of your Bible, and you won’t find ChatGPT, CRISPR, or IVF. There are no chapter-and-verse citations for lip fillers, egg freezing, or practical questions like the ‘right’ age to get married or the ‘ideal’ number of children," writes East. |
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"In the absence of explicit answers, many believers and church leaders reach for vague talk about ‘discernment’ or ‘conscience’ or ‘the Spirit doing a new thing,’" he continues. "This is often well-intended, and has the ring of Christianese, but in practice, discernment is often little more than a permission slip (Prov. 29:18). It ends up making grave ethical matters into subjects for private judgments born of little more than instinct, however sincere or prayerful." |
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But God is not "ambivalent about the concrete particulars of our social, sexual, medical, and technological lives." And we must dismiss "ideas about the church that would strip ministers of authority, undermine pastoral duty, or leave believers without guidance for these challenges that no one person or couple can handle alone." |
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What if the most decisive battles in our time aren’t fought with ballots or bombs—but with the imagination? Russell Moore talks with historian and author Joseph Loconte about The War for Middle-earth, his book on how World War I and World War II forged the friendship, faith, and fiction of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. (We published an excerpt last year.) |
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"There’s gathering dark, there’s grief, there’s sorrow, but our choices for the good, our choices for the Lord … they really matter. They have this eternal significance. They’re not vain. They’re not for nothing. They ripple into eternity." | Listen here. |
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Caroline Fea, associate engagement editor: I really enjoyed this article in The Atlantic on reading as a vice, especially this quote: "You don’t cultivate a passion for the sake of democracy. You do it for the thrill of staying up late to read under the covers by flashlight, unable to stop and hoping no one finds out." |
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Ashley Hales, editorial director, features: My family is using this five-day reading plan for getting through the Bible in a year. I enjoy how it allows for some catch-up time. |
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Mia Staub, senior editorial project manager: I love paying attention to which fruits are in season. For January, that’s mandarins. |
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Controversial excavation in Jerusalem reveals new links to the biblical record.
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More believers from China and Taiwan are finding Eastern Christianity appealing. I sought to uncover why.
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A monastery on Patmos builds silence in a world of noise.
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The gaming platform poses both content concerns and safety risks that put minors in "the Devil’s crosshairs." The company says tighter restrictions are coming.
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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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