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This edition is sponsored by Aspen Group |
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In a Lebanese prison, a Muslim social worker and a Catholic priest turn jihadists from terrorism. |
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If there’s a cloud of sadness over Christmas, don’t curse it. |
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From Asia editor Isabel Ong: Christmas in Singapore isn’t cold or snowy at all, which is a disappointment for me. But believers in the Southeast Asian country, where our Christian book recommendations come from in today’s article, still celebrate the day of Jesus’ birth in meaningful ways. |
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As a child growing up in Singapore, I would head to my grandma’s home to spend time with extended family and also to partake of a yummy spread of dishes like roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and ayam buah keluak (a chicken stew with tamarind, lemongrass, and assorted herbs and spices). For several years, I sang carols with my school’s alumni choir in busy downtown spots. And one year, I put up an evangelistic Christmas musical with fellow youth at my church. The script was inspired by High School Musical, and the theme song went, "Give me one reason / To believe in this season / Show me what Christmas really means." We staged it to a packed house, and eight people committed their lives to Christ that night—even if the weather wasn’t "Christmasy." |
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Church spaces are more than just a place for people to gather. When they’re crafted functionally and beautifully, they drive discipleship, foster transformation, and build faith—which also means spaces that aren’t functional can be detrimental to your budget, time, and ministry. |
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For more than 30 years, Aspen Group has combined beauty and function to support the mission of local churches. Now, in partnership with Barna, they’re sharing key insights on the ways physical environments impact faith, highlighting how intentional, functional design can strengthen your ministry and elevate spiritual growth. |
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Download Aspen Group’s free resource: 10 Key Takeaways About Church Spaces from Barna Research—filled with practical steps you can take to help your building reflect the heart of your church. |
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Today in Christian History |
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December 3, 1846: Presbyterian widow Leslie Prentice leads a pro-life rally outside the home of New York City's foremost abortionist, Anna Lohman, a.k.a. Madame Restell. |
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One of the great pleasures of our work at Christianity Today is getting to spend so much time with books—with the scholarly discoveries, impassioned arguments, and pastoral encouragements shaping evangelical…
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Young adults "do have a desire for an unplugged life," said Luke Simon, a youth codirector at The Crossing in Colombia, Missouri, as we spoke about his own generation—Gen Z—and…
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Around 650 years ago, the grandfather of English poetry wrote a poem about the fall of Troy. Unlike Homer and Virgil, his ancient predecessors on the subject, Geoffrey Chaucer chose…
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Today CT celebrates great Christian books—and we can also learn from others. Here, two-by-two, are capsule comments on 20 books published by non-Christian houses in 2025 that educated me. Historic…
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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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