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From deputy editor Bonnie Kristian: Authority is a responsibility, not an excuse. The Trump administration should be able to execute on its immigration mandate without executing people like Alex Pretti in the streets. |
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Pastors around the world are finding a ripe harvest in nursing homes. |
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O. Alan Noble on the sin of partiality when it comes to stay-at-home moms, blue-collar workers, and others the world devalues. |
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How God healed one chronic migraine sufferer, on the basis of not her faith but his.
A discussion with author Christine Emba about Grok’s policy on creating pornographic images. |
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From international editor Angela Lu Fulton: After CT’s Australia-based contributor Amy Lewis wrote a piece about the growing number of older Australians converting to Christianity, editorial director of features Ashley Hales thought it would be nice to have a broader piece on the subject that examined elderly ministry around the world for the January/February print magazine.
Amy ended up finding people in the US, Australia, Uganda, and the UK to speak to her about their ministries and experiences. Interviewing sources with dementia added an additional layer of complications to her reporting. One woman forgot about their scheduled interview. She messaged Amy with an apology and rescheduled it for the next day. To make sure she remembered her appointment, she wrote herself a giant reminder and put it on the floor near her door so she’d see it when she left the apartment. She also told her fellow residents about the meeting and added, "If you see me out of my flat after 3 o’clock, tell me to go back!" |
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Thankfully the interview went as planned, and she was able to tell Lewis incredible stories of how God is working as she ministers to fellow residents of her dementia care facility. |
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Is your church space furthering your mission—or hindering it? |
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- Is there a Christian resurgence in the UK? Looking at surveys using random samples, Pew says maybe not.
- In Cambodia, thousands of scam-center workers have fled or escaped their compounds in recent days. CT reported on crime syndicates trafficking people to forcibly work in cyberscamming and the Christian groups in Thailand trying to rescue and rehabilitate victims.
- Basketball star LeBron James shared a picture of himself holding a paper with Isaiah 41:10 printed on it. He later said a ball boy had given it to him. "I thought that was a great quote. When I read it, it just spoke to me."
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Today in Christian History |
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January 26, 1859: Millionaire inventor of the reaper, Cyrus McCormick, marries Nettie Fowler, a devoted Christian. Following Cyrus’s death in 1884, Nettie used her enormous wealth to establish Chicago’s McCormick Theological Seminary and to support the work of D.L. Moody, John R. Mott, and countless missionaries to Asia. |
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Thirty-five years ago, Berliners rejoiced over the destruction of the Berlin Wall. Yet Eija-Riitta Eklöf-Berliner-Mauer could not bear seeing it destroyed. That is because she had married the Berlin Wall.…
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Got a question? Email advice@christianitytoday.com to ask CT’s advice columnists. Queries may be edited for brevity and clarity. Q: What do you do about pastors whose preaching isn’t good? I…
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This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Donna Barber, Enough for Today: Forty Reflections for Surviving the Wilderness (InterVarsity Press, 2025) Wilderness seasons tend to expose the truth…
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For nearly 50 years, the annual route for the March for Life in Washington, DC, ended at the Supreme Court in a gesture of protest against Roe v. Wade. After…
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When Jesus taught, he used parables. The kingdom of God is like yeast, a net, a pearl. Then and today, to grasp wisdom and spiritual insight, we need the concrete. We need stories. In this issue of Christianity Today, we focus on testimony—the stories we tell, hear, and proclaim about God’s redemptive work in the world. Testimony is a personal application of the Good News. You’ll read Marvin Olasky’s testimony from Communism to Christ, Jen Wilkin’s call to biblical literacy, and a profile on the friendship between theologian Miroslav Volf and poet Christian Wiman. In an essay on pickleball, David Zahl reminds us that play is also a testament to God’s grace. As you read, we hope you’ll apply the truths of the gospel in your own life, church, and neighborhood. May your life be a testimony to the reality of God’s kingdom. |
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