Review
Friends Build Up. ‘Friendship’ Tears Down.
The new movie starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd blames individuals, not systems, for the failure.
Wire Story
Died: Jennifer Lyell, SBC Abuse Survivor and Former Lifeway Executive
Once one of the highest-ranking women at a Southern Baptist entity, she fought public perception and legal fallout after reporting alleged abuse by a seminary professor.
Pastoring in the Age of Deconstruction
Not all deconstruction is the same. A pastor offers three categories to help you listen better and shepherd well.
News
In Brazil, Evangelicals Rise to Record Levels, But Growth Is Slowing
For the first time, 1 in 4 people in the country are Protestants, but the prediction of outnumbering Catholics by 2032 is unlikely to materialize.
Preaching After the Poet
In the wake of Walter Brueggemann’s passing, we’re left with his challenge: Preach not to explain but to evoke. Not to tame but to testify.
Wire Story
Evangelical Consultant Johnnie Moore Appointed to Lead Gaza Aid Effort
The former religious freedom commissioner and Trump faith adviser steps in after the first weeks of food distributions.
News
Died: Walter Brueggemann, Scholar of Prophetic Imagination
The Old Testament professor was widely taught in seminaries and influenced many mainline and evangelical ministers.
News
Kenya Keeps Losing Nurses It Can’t Afford to Keep
A Christian nurse looks to God and emigration for a way out of debt and overwork.
News
Facing a Precarious Future in Hong Kong
While Beijing has not yet clamped down on religion in the city, three churches are preparing.
News
Evangelical Fault Lines Revealed in South Korean Election
Some Christians are troubled by politicians’ anti-Communist rhetoric. Others are preoccupied with it.
Review
What’s the Point of ‘The Life of Chuck’?
A new movie based on a Stephen King novella aims at profundity—and comes up short.
Review
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs in a Spotify Age
A new book says streaming platforms have “broken” how we make and hear music. Can the church model a better way?
The Real Problem with AI Prayers
A computer’s praise or petition sounds a lot like our human Christianese. That doesn’t make them equivalent.
Review
Mother Emanuel and the Witness of Black Christian Faith
News
Mexican Evangelicals Navigate Ministry in Cartel Strongholds
Rural churches face the threat of violence, extortion, kidnappings, and forced displacement.
Public Theology Project
PEPFAR and the Uneasy Conscience of American Christianity
It was Christianity that taught the world that every person ought to matter. Now is not the time to abandon or betray that truth.
Analysis
Who Are the ‘Court Evangelicals’?
These Christian leaders regularly visit the White House but rarely, if ever, criticize the president.
News
Crackdown on Refugees in India Shakes Christian Rohingya Community
Church members recall receiving calls from family members after India cast them into the sea, forcing them to swim to Myanmar’s shores.
Sermons with Benefits
Too many Christians, tired of ridicule and eager for social approval, have downplayed or abandoned the biblical sexual ethic.
News
A Palestinian Christian Saw Carnage at Gaza Aid Distribution
Israel claims it did not fire directly at civilians. Witnesses tell a different story.
News
Sean Feucht Accused of Mismanaging Millions in Ministry Revenue
On a new whistleblower site, former employees call for the evangelist to be “removed from positions of leadership and financial stewardship.”
Q&A: Stanley Hauerwas on Alasdair MacIntyre
A conversation about the late moral philosopher’s life, work, and wit.
The Author Who Pulled Me out of the Doomscroll
Fantasy novelist Guy Gavriel Kay, who helped compile Tolkien’s Silmarillion, grapples with the juxtaposition of love and suffering in Written on the Dark.
Wire Story
Despite Burnout, Just 1% of Pastors Leave Each Year
Most who step away from the pulpit end up in other ministry roles.
Review
Finally, a Tech Book That Doesn’t Pull Punches
Clare Morell’s The Tech Exit succeeds where so many volumes fail, never flinching at the digital crisis faced by families, schools, and churches today.
The Country We Could Have Had
An America without immigrants is a lesser America.
Inside the Ministry
CT’s Chinese Translations Are Filling A Gap
How CT’s Chinese coordinator, Yiting Tsai, is using translated articles to spark deeper discussions on theology, current events, and global missions in Taiwan and China.
We’re Asking the Wrong Tech Question
The consideration is not “How can we use this technology redemptively?” but rather “Should we use this technology at all?”
Come to Me, All You Networking Techies
Silicon Valley might be drawn to Jesus in the hopes of wealth and power. He can work with that.