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Animated children’s musical film David is short on violence and romance but big on heroism and obscure Bible details.
In an interview for The Bulletin, bishop Robert Stearns and rabbi Josh Stanton model how Christians can show their Jewish neighbors they are not alone.
Joni Eareckson Tada knows what it’s like to traverse impossible darkness into God’s brilliant light, just like in the Advent season.
Christians and Muslims gather in one room to consider competing accounts of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war.
Editorial director for features Ashley Hales on navigating love and loss at Christmas as her 18-year-old son heads off to college. |
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From CT’s senior features editor Kate Lucky: This was a big year for faith-based movie and TV coverage at CT. We covered the new Wonder Project streaming channel and delved into the biblical details of its flagship show House of David. We reviewed a biblical drama based on the Book of Acts, an Exodus mockumentary, a Jesus horror movie, the romance Ruth and Boaz, a few animated kids’ offerings, and season 5 of beloved smash hit The Chosen. (I particularly love this piece about the show’s non-Christian fans.)
We also published plenty of articles about new releases that aren’t explicitly Christian, including staff-written pieces on Knives Out, Sinners, The Phoenician Scheme, Severance, and KPop Demon Hunters. I value CT’s culture coverage for its breadth and its depth. We don’t just cover "faith-based" art (though it’s always fun to see a new Bible story brought to the screen). But we do always bring our faith-based perspective to bear on whatever we watch. |
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- The Department of Education granted Grand Canyon University nonprofit status after the school faced an audit. Earlier this year the Trump administration rescinded a $37.7 million fine against the college, the largest Christian university in the US.
- Three Christians will sit on Pakistan’s newly approved National Commission for Minorities Rights, and they will help investigate violations and provide advice on welfare for minority groups.
- Emma Thompson made a Samson joke about Timothée Chalamet’s haircut, and he said, "I have no clue what you’re talking about."
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Today in Christian History |
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December 18, 1608: Slavery is abolished in the United States as the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified. Many of the abolitionists who pushed for its passage were Christians seeking to make America more like the Kingdom of God. |
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On October 20, rumors spread among victims held captive in a massive 520-acre scam center in Myawaddy Township, Myanmar, across the border from Thailand. "The gates are open," people whispered,…
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Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and soaring vocal and orchestral arrangements, Messiah takes listeners through the story…
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It was just after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday when pastor Martin Morgan and about 20 volunteers returned to Bondi Beach Church, a block away from Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach. They…
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This piece was adapted from the Mosaic newsletter. Subscribe here. Many years later, facing the machines, I remember that distant afternoon when I picked up the novel One Hundred Years of…
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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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