Sermons belong in church, not our earbuds. Up until what seems like just yesterday, Christians had to show up in church to hear the sermon on Sunday morning. It happened in real time, once a week. If you missed it, you might get the highlights from someone else, but if not, you had to wait …
“It’s possible for a church with deep resources for doing good to get co-opted by nationalism. I don’t want that to happen now.” Tim Keller’s national reputation doesn’t come from his political positions. As the founder and newly retired senior pastor of New York City’s Redeemer Presbyterian, his claims to fame come from his thoughtful …
Enlightenment-era pastors didn’t oppose modern science. They helped advance it. This essay was the first place winner of the 2017 CT Science Writing Contest. The scientific revolution hit Western Christendom hard. Nicolaus Copernicus hypothesized that Earth was not at the center of the universe and, with the emergence of his 1543 publication De Revolutionibus Orbium …
How theology sheds new light on the purposes of architecture. It’s easy to go about our lives without appreciating the finer details of buildings where we live, work, and worship. The structures themselves, we might say, aren’t as important as the activities taking place inside. That would be a grave mistake, says Murray Rae, who …
Labor of love brings the Reformation’s seminal work into the Middle East. Most of the theological writings that shaped Western society over the last 500 years cannot be found on Middle Eastern bookshelves. Few Arabs have ever read anything from John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, or Karl Barth. The reason is simple: Almost none of the …
The problems are real—but exaggerated. As a supplement to the ongoing series on evangelical distinctives, we’re including other voices in the conversation on what it means to be an evangelical Christian today. This contribution comes from Richard Mouw, former president of Fuller Theological Seminary. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has written recently about what …
The theology beneath the Trump-Comey conflict, BSF rewrites the rulebook, and Benny Hinn’s nephew shares his testimony. Did you catch all of the most-read CT articles from 2017? Here's a look back at what readers kept clicking this past year. Continue reading… Source: Christianity Today Most Read
The so-called “dismal science” is a powerful tool for wealth creation, but also for healing broken communities. I open my car door, sit down, and turn the key. Carefully balancing my coffee, I put my foot on the brake, shift into reverse, and gently press the gas pedal as I pull out of my driveway …
Isaac Wardell’s latest collaborative project, The Porter’s Gate, marks a change from Bifrost Arts. Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for he is going to say, “I came as a guest, and you received me.” And to all let due honor be shown, especially to the domestics of the faith and to …
Then a strange dream, an old friend, and a disturbing psalm woke me up to reality. I met God in a dream. He arranged the encounter; I was not looking for him. At the time, I was 41, and I considered myself wildly progressive. As a college professor, I had been teaching critical theory, radical …