4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1258+ words) Karl and Debbie Dortzbach, who both turn 77 this week, spent 20 years in Africa fighting AIDS and building peace. Sitting alone in a tepee-like shelter made from sticks collected by a dry African riverbed in 1974, 24-year-old Debbie Dortzbach stitched the words…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (763+ words) SAVE 30% + GET ACCESS TO 9/9 LIVESTREAM: HOW 1976 CHANGED EVANGELICALISM 9/9 MEMBER LIVESTREAM: HOW 1976 CHANGED AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM An excerpt from To Set the World Aflame: How Artists Bear Witness to the Fullness of God’s Creation. W. David O. Taylor (Author), Sandra McCracken (Foreword)…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (223+ words) SAVE 30% + GET ACCESS TO 9/9 LIVESTREAM: HOW 1976 CHANGED EVANGELICALISM 9/9 MEMBER LIVESTREAM: HOW 1976 CHANGED AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM Three books on theology. This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Michael J. Gorman (Author) Few of us are this committed to theology,…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (165+ words) SAVE 30% + GET ACCESS TO 9/9 LIVESTREAM: HOW 1976 CHANGED EVANGELICALISM 9/9 MEMBER LIVESTREAM: HOW 1976 CHANGED AMERICAN EVANGELICALISM In an age of abstraction, these Christians heed God’s calling to feed, repair, build, and cultivate—just as he does. Kate Rodemann is associate editor at…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (288+ words) A bold vision became a movement of faithful generosity—and its impact will continue for years to come. When Christianity Today launched The One Kingdom Campaign, the Church was navigating deep division, cultural upheaval, political polarization, and spiritual uncertainty. We…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (787+ words) Theology is not just for ministers and academics. It’s for every believer—and it’s easy to start. “I’m not an intellectual—theology isn’t for me,” replied my friend from church when I invited her to join a theology reading group....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (607+ words) Freedom of worship is a foundational American right with sound scriptural support. Meddling with it is wrong—and shortsighted. The State Capitol in Austin, Texas. A proposal like this would raise some hackles under any circumstances, but in this case,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (572+ words) The church father encouraged Christians to grapple with the story of the witch of Endor. King Saul famously courts a medium in 1 Samuel 28, summoning the ghostly figure of the departed Samuel in a moment of distress and disconnection with God....

4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (395+ words) What is God like? Is he a harmless grandfatherly figure, comfortably reclining on a cloud? A bohemian shouting about love (or wrath) through a megaphone on a street corner? An enigmatic entity who wound up the universe like a clock…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (1714+ words) Brian Simmons’ popular Bible version has endured allegations of inaccuracy and plagiarism for years. The latest controversy may finally be too much. On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He…...