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When Does Biblical Contextualization Become Syncretism?
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (920+ words) L: Ryan making poles for tee-pees with a Piikani tribe member in Alberta. Top R: Ryan with Native bible students at an NAE conference in DC. Bottom R: Ryan praying for senator Mark Wayne Mullen. Ministry anywhere can be challenging, but Christians ministering to…...
US Megachurches Grow Bigger as Smaller Churches Decline
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1150+ words) Worshippers attend a service at City Church California. On a recent Sunday worship service at 12Stone, one of Georgia’s largest churches, attendees packed the sanctuary to sing energetic worship music, and pastors celebrated the end of a weeklong camp hosting more…...
The Hidden Roots of Homeschooling
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (408+ words) This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Currently, more than 5 percent of kids in the United States are homeschooled, including some of historian Dixie Dillon Lane’s own children. In Skipping School, Lane traces the homeschooling movement from…...
Political Faithfulness in a Polarized Age
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (549+ words) While this example is fictional, it illustrates a real problem in Western culture. American political polarization has reached a thirty-year high. Major headlines tend to deepen the chasm between opposing political tribes. This broader societal division has even splintered the…...
A Compelling Witness
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (562+ words) How Ben and Heather Grizzle found a voice in Christianity Today that leads with integrity and loyalty to Jesus first. For Ben and his wife Heather, CT has been exactly this kind of community—a place where they find guidance,…...
What to Do with a Thousand Unemployed Mosquitos
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1326+ words) Emily Belz in Choma, Zambia A premiere malaria research center at a mission hospital helped erase the disease in part of rural Zambia. Now it struggles after US cuts. Scientist Ben Katowa researches mosquitos at Macha Research Trust in rural…...
Evangelical Views Toward Israel Slip to New Low
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (1254+ words) Evangelical Christians are not immune to growing negative sentiment toward Israel among Americans, a new Pew Research Center survey found. While white evangelicals are still more likely to back Israel’s government than other religious groups, their support has plunged since…...
Why Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Haunts Us Right Now
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (643+ words) One of the biggest cultural events this summer isn’t a superhero sequel or a streaming series. It’s a 3,000-year-old Greek poem. That The Odyssey would be a box office powerhouse is not all that unexpected—after all, filmmaker Christopher Nolan…...
Where Do Mission Hospitals Fit in the 21st Century?
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (246+ words) In some ways, mission hospitals have been too successful, replacing the work of whole indigenous denominations. As a result, mission agencies have (quite understandably) shifted their focus to unreached peoples around the world who have no witness in their cultures…...
From an Old Addiction Baseline to a New Epidemic
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (827+ words) Addiction is nothing new in our country. Sometimes it’s hidden away and people with abnormal habits can still lead mostly normal lives. But numerous studies over the years have linked substance abuse and homelessness. One oft-cited study showed that more…...