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Christianity Today is the source for those eager to engage the world for Christ and curious about the people, events, and trends shaping the church and culture.
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In the May-June 2025 issue of Christianity Today, we acknowledge panic and point to Christian ways through it. With writing from @MindyBelz, @bonniekristian, @swamidass, @danielsilliman, @ryanburge, @MichaelHorton_, @KPowellFYI, and others.
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From @markgalli:. To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record. Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior
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Charles Stanley, longtime pastor and oft-praised preacher, died on Tuesday at age 90. He lived by the motto “Obey God and leave all the consequences to him.”.
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In the event that the President's tweets sent you here
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This is how Christianity Today responded to President Clinton in 1998
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This is how Christianity Today responded to President Nixon in 1974
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Following CT's editorial on Trump, our president @TimDalrymple_ answers some questions about our ministry and why we see this discussion as so important. We are planting a flag and setting a table. Fellow evangelicals, we invite you to join us.
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From CT’s editor-in-chief: . “Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?”
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If you’re just arriving here now, welcome. Here is the piece
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“Though it saddens me deeply, it must be clearly admitted: yesterday’s atrocity was in large part brought to us by the white, evangelical church in America.” @Tish_H_Warren writes:
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“The gospel is this,” Keller said time and again: . “We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” .
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Believe it or not, it’s only been a bit over 24 hours since this went up
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“Refusing to give in to bitterness and anger constitutes true resistance.”. On “I’m Still Here” and Fernanda Torres’s powerful performance: .
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"God is not caught off guard. There is a plan in the midst of this. It’s a reminder that we were never in control in the first place, that we were never writing the story" -@lecrae
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The rest of the country knows George Floyd from several minutes of cell phone footage captured during his final hours. But Houston’s Third Ward knew him as a mentor to a generation of young men and a “person of peace” ushering ministries into the area
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Welcoming so many new and diverse subscribers has truly blessed us this week. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
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Worth reading again: Nabeel Qureshi's personal testimony of how he found Jesus
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The Christian gynecologist who has dedicated his career to caring for victims of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo received his 2018 Nobel Peace Prize today
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We believed the women who told us about the Resurrection. Are our ears still open to truth shared by women today?.
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J. I. Packer has died at age 93. When asked what final words for the church would be, he said, “I think I can boil it down to four words: Glorify Christ every way.” .
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The Bible doesn’t say Jesus was nailed to a cross. One evangelical Bible scholar thinks the crucifixion may have been done with ropes.
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Thank you to all our longtime *and* firstime Christianity Today subscribers! If you want to join this community, more info here:
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The storming of the Capitol cannot be understood outside the heresy of Christian nationalism peddled by the likes of Josh Hawley, Franklin Graham, Robert Jeffress, Eric Metaxas, and the blasphemies of the Jericho March, writes @Tish_H_Warren
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Thanks for sharing Shane. Also, we're back up!.
This is massive. @CTmagazine, the flagship publication for Trump's base (white evangelicals) has called for him to be removed from office. And it appears that the buzz is so big that it has crashed their website.
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"One cannot carry Good News to people you might, if things get bad enough, have to beat up or kill. One cannot bring about good by doing evil. One cannot “stand for truth” by employing lies.". From @drmoore:
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“As dark a view as I had of the SBC Executive Committee, the investigation uncovers a reality far more evil and systemic than I imagined it could be.”. @drmoore on a just-released report on sexual abuse in the SBC: .
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A former Grace Community Church elder and former members who sought help from their abusive marriages are calling out “awful patterns of counseling” at John MacArthur’s church.
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BREAKING: American pastor Andrew Brunson has been released after being detained for two years in Turkey
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Christian singer @michaelwsmith is now singing "Friends" at the funeral of his longtime friend, President George H. W. Bush #GeorgeHWBushFuneral.
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“Every moment in this man’s presence is sacred.” - Eugene Peterson's son on the beloved author's hospitalization.
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Billy Graham (1918-2018) was the country's best-known evangelist and the founder of @CTmagazine. We'll have coverage throughout the day to honor his life and legacy.
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Rachael Denhollander: The gospel of Jesus does not need your protection. Sexual abuse victims do
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From @markgalli: . To the many evangelicals who continue to support Trump in spite of his blackened moral record: If we don’t reverse course, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come?
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Apologist @RaviZacharias shares a tribute to Nabeel Qureshi, the young evangelist who followed in his footsteps #RIP
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Given our long history of white supremacy, we as Christians should ask:. Why aren’t there videos of white people forgiving their black assailants trending on social media?. Why aren’t black accusers hugged by judges and or comforted by the victim’s family?.
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From @edstetzer: "We look to Scripture to change lives, not to score political points. Our nation is in crisis and the last thing we need is a closed Bible"
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If Christianity Today’s editor in chief’s remarks resonated with you, consider subscribing:
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Consider either of these our Soundcloud equivalent 😎. And thanks for reading and engaging all! .
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Nabeel Qureshi, who once sought Allah, has now found Jesus face to face
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“We stumbled accidentally, woundedly, wearily onto the Via Media,” writes @BethMooreLPM. “A middle road. It would take us a while to recognize the scenery.”.
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Breaking: Ravi Zacharias investigation finds the late apologist hid over a decade of abuse, and “witnesses described encounters including sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape.”
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Russell Moore will become CT’s editor in chief Sept. 1. “Talent alone isn’t the reason for our excitement,” writes CEO @TimDalrymple_. “@drmoore has demonstrated, time and again, the courage to express his convictions and the integrity to live by them.” .
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Donald Trump’s presidency accelerated the decline of church attendance in America. Per data from @ryanburge, politically moderate and left-leaning evangelicals appear to have been most impacted by Trump-era controversies.
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“Tim Keller shared the gospel boldly in the idioms of his day, without demeaning or demanding anything but faith and trust in our faithful, trustworthy Savior.” . From @collinhansen: .
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Major evangelical leaders @MaxLucado @BethMooreLPM @MattChandler74 @BillHybels @JenHatmaker & more are all asking the government to protect Dreamers and welcome more refugees
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We as American evangelicals cannot justify what happened at the Capitol a year ago. We can’t ignore it either. If Jesus is the one who saves, then we must go his direction—and that’s toward mission, not resentment, toward gospel and not rage. -@drmoore:.
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“When I read the back-and-forth between some of these presidents, high-ranking staff, and their lawyers, I cannot help but wonder what else this can be called but a criminal conspiracy.”. From @drmoore: .
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"We hold fast to our view that the wholehearted evangelical embrace of Trump has been enormously costly—but we are committed to irenic conversation with men and women of good faith who believe otherwise" -Christianity Today's CEO/ president @TimDalrymple_
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From @edstetzer: I fear an enduring damage to our witness as evangelicals have been so closely aligned with this president.
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A school shooting survivor: "If you know and love Jesus and are going to spend eternity in Heaven with him, why does the idea of not having guns anymore scare you so much?" . @taylorsschumann writes on @WheatonHDI's "The Better Samaritan" blog:
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Breaking: Asia Bibi is free!. Pakistan acquits Christian mother on death row for eight years over false charges of blasphemy.
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Beloved Bible teacher Beth Moore is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention. “I love so many Southern Baptist people, so many Southern Baptist churches, but I don’t identify with some of the things in our heritage that haven’t remained in the past.”.
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“Ensuring continuity with the past fostered Christianity’s rapid spread in Korea and engendered a unique, indigenized form of the faith.”.
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My father died of starvation. My sister was sold into bride slavery in China. My mom fled the country. With my whole family gone, I lived on the streets. Here is the story of my escape from North Korea and how I came to know Christ.
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Welcome to Christianity Today, @AmIshoBaraka!. Amisho “Sho” Baraka will serve as editorial director of the Big Tent Initiative, helping CT tell stories that represent the diversity of the church.
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I sense a profound frustration among non- white Christian friends that their white brethren keep silent as the president aims ugly statements at people of color. These friends don’t like what the silence of the white church is saying. Neither do we.
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The bold Christian faith of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist who has dedicated his career to caring for victims of rape
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How Kay and Rick Warren's marriage has survived pornography, church expectations, sex abuse, and a son's suicide
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“I wanted to speak up for millions of Southern Baptist women … I believe their spiritual gifts, their leadership gifts and talents, are being wasted,” said Rick Warren.
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Launching today: the inaugural episode of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Host @MikeCosper begins at the end, investigating the rubble of Mars Hill’s fall for answers. Listen in to "Who Killed Mars Hill?" @CTPodcasts:
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Earlier this summer, our CEO and president wrote this in light of President Trump's then-latest demeaning remarks about immigrants and minorities
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Anne van der Bijl—a Dutch evangelical known to Christians worldwide as Brother Andrew—has died at age 94. He became known as “God’s smuggler” for slipping past border guards with Bibles hidden in his blue Volkswagen Beetle.
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Update: This article has been removed at the request of the author.
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America’s largest Protestant denomination encouraged the US government to "bring an end to the genocide of the Uyghur People" and admit them as refugees into the US:
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The Evangelical Theological Society has instated its first female president. Wheaton professor Karen Jobes will lead the society in 2024.
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In the biggest religious liberty case of the year, the Supreme Court sided 7-2 with a Christian cake decorator who declined to make a cake for a gay wedding
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Happening in Sweden as we speak:. “The largest revival in the last 100 years is going on right now, and it’s primarily Muslims becoming Christians”
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Biden remarks, "As the Bible says, 'We may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning,'" shortly before leading the crowd in a silent prayer for lives lost to COVID-19.
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.@Bethany, the largest Christian adoption agency in the US, will now place children with LGBT parents for foster care and adoption
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We apologize for publishing a piece that created anger and exasperated grief over Rachel Held Evans’s untimely death
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Breaking: The last 12 kidnapped missionaries in Haiti have been released. “We glorify God for answered prayer—the remaining twelve hostages are FREE!” .
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.@MaxLucado on the border crisis:. This is a mess. A humanitarian, heart-breaking mess. As we are wondering what can be done, let’s do what we are called to do. Let’s pray. Let’s lament. Let’s groan.
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To everyone new to the Christianity Today community this week, welcome. The full @CTmagazine archives are now unlocked and free (for a limited time over the holidays). With the help of @Logos, we were able to digitize nearly 20,000 articles. Enjoy!.
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As Ethiopia’s Tigray region slowly resumes telephone service after three months of conflict, witnesses gave a detailed account of what might be its deadliest massacre:
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Throughout the course of her unprecedented reign, Queen Elizabeth II spoke frequently about her personal Christian faith.
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The adoption tax credit is back in both the House and Senate's tax plan
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Joe Biden gave a victory speech in Delaware tonight, referencing Scripture (Eccl. 3), quoting his favorite hymn ("On Eagles Wings"), and concluding "God bless you, may God bless America, and may God protect our troops." CT reports on faith in his campaign:
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"We hold fast to our view that the wholehearted evangelical embrace of Trump has been enormously costly—but we are committed to irenic conversation with men and women of good faith who believe otherwise" -Christianity Today president & CEO @TimDalrymple_ .
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Feeling convicted over last year's failures?. "The vinedresser does a curious thing with the rotten fruit. He turns it back into the soil and there, underground, by some spectacular organic miracle of nature, it fertilizes a future harvest." @BethMooreLPM
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“For Jimmy Carter, following Jesus in public office did not mean imposing Christian standards through law but rather acting with integrity and concern for all people,” writes @DanielKWilliam4.
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When @drmoore saw the image—a pair of underwear with a hammer captioned “Paul Pelosi Halloween costume”—he was almost shaking with rage. Why? “It was posted by someone who claims to be a follower of Jesus Christ.” .
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.@michaelwsmith will perform "Friends" at the President Bush's funeral. “He loved the song. The last time I saw him, when we said goodbye, he gave me a hug, pointed his finger in the air, and with a twinkle in his eye, said, ‘Friends are friends forever’”
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“It’s biblical that we owe the poor as much of our money as we can possibly give away.”. Tim Keller in our archives, 2010:.
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Joni Eareckson Tada has contracted COVID-19 and is receiving antibodies treatment
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Some of you have asked about how to give to @CTmagazine. Our donation page was down earlier in the evening but is back now: Thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting our work.
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Martin Luther King Jr. spoke plainly about the racism he saw. That truth telling earned him a 75% disapproval rating in the year he died. Now, his approval rating is nearly 90%. But have Americans really wrestled with the concrete reforms he advocated for?
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QAnon uses the language & style of evangelical Christianity, misuses the Bible to disguise its deception, and increasingly functions as a syncretic cult of semi-Christian heresy. American Christians have a responsibility to learn to identify it—and flee.
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