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In Nigeria, Christians living in fear of terror attacks cancel open Christmas Eve services and caroling to instead gather in secret. |
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Andrew Wilson reviews new theology books, including a heartwarming one about sin. |
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CT in 1965 marked a time of moral indignation, with conflicting views on the Civil Rights Movement and concern over America’s sexual ethics. |
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From features editor Kara Bettis Carvalho, reflecting on covering the Brown University shooting this week: Rhode Island is very small. As reports about the Brown University shooting trickled in, I began checking on friends and family in real time. I know law enforcement officers who worked on the case until 3 a.m. on Saturday and pastors who were showing up to care for traumatized students and families, and I have connections to medical professionals at local hospitals. |
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Once I found out that one of the students was a believer, I also started reporting for CT, reaching out to many of the pastors and campus ministry leaders I know to see how they were impacted or how they addressed the shooting in their Sunday services. |
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Reporting in real time about a traumatic situation is always difficult, especially when it feels close to home. But it was also an honor to have a front-row seat to those acting as the hands and feet of Jesus––so many people praying, ministering, and showing up. |
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If you want to join me in praying for our small state, I wrote a short prayer to help guide Rhode Islanders and Brown University families during this time of grief. |
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Today in Christian History |
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December 19, 1734: Count Nicholaus von Zinzendorf, founder of the modern Moravian church and a pioneer in ecumenism and missions, is recognized as a minister by the theology faculty of Tubigen, Germany (see issue 1: Nicholaus Zinzendorf). |
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Eight somber Muslims sat around white plastic tables on the gold-tinged red carpet of Sayyida Aisha Mosque in Sidon, Lebanon. Arabic sweets beckoned, but few partook. The seriousness of the…
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This has been quite the year for animated Bible stories, from The King of Kings and Light of the World on the big screen to The Chosen Adventures on Prime…
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On Sunday, two gunmen killed more than 15 people on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, where the local Jewish community had gathered for a Hanukkah celebration. As antisemitic violence rises…
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It is Advent. I ask my teenage sons to get the boxes full of Christmas decorations from the garage. I know what I’ll find inside: remnants of the past. Chubby-cheeked…
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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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