Two Indian missions experts weigh in on how the young American’s failed attempt will impact local efforts to reach Andaman tribes. John Chau first heard of North Sentinel Island about 10 years ago, when the Washington state native made it his calling to evangelize the residents of the remote island on the other side of …
Meet the conservative Baptists who don’t like Billy Graham. On Sunday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published a four-part series on more than 400 allegations of sexual misconduct affiliated with the independent fundamental Baptist movement. The scope of their reporting spanned nearly 1,000 churches and organizations across 40 states and Canada. The report noted: One hundred …
He came to divide sons from their fathers and daughters from their mothers—not to promote “family values.” An excerpt from CT’s Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year. Here’s the full list of CT 2019 Book Award winners. When many people think of North American Christianity, one of the first words that come to mind would …
Christmas reminds us that faith in the future does not erase our pain in the present. Several years ago, when my son Quinn was in kindergarten, he opened a present on Christmas morning, and he was not happy with what he saw. He set it aside, looked up at me, and declared, “We’re gonna need …
The release that best embodies our pursuit of Beautiful Orthodoxy. The Storm-Tossed Family: How the Cross Reshapes the Home Russell Moore (B&H) “We live in strange times, when some Christians question the value of the family, and others think that devotion to family is the same as devotion to God. Moore refuses to let the …
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. There’s a funny graphic making the social media rounds that confirms a truth universally acknowledged, at least by bibliophiles. Under the heading “Do I need more books?” sits a pie chart partitioned into a big slice (in teal) and a much …
Why we shouldn’t let the Billy Graham Rule—or the “Billy Crystal Rule”—define how men and women relate. Men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.” Harry Burns, played by Billy Crystal, famously (or infamously) spoke those words in the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally. That line …
Scripture both comforted and haunted the German theologian. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a complex figure, someone who has been misunderstood and misrepresented time and again. And those misunderstandings have real implications. Maybe his most well-known act – his involvement in a failed attempt to kill Adolf Hitler – was the playing out of an ethical conundrum …
We’re familiar with the idea of culture shock, but we often overlook the impact of culture stress. We’re all familiar with the term culture shock. But when it comes to missionaries, we often neglect the impact of culture stress: the regular (and continual) stressors that consciously and unconsciously hit a person living in a different …
Why figuring out fair compensation for ministry leaders is difficult. We’re in the midst of what could be a significant transition for American pastoral salaries. A lawsuit challenging the longstanding clergy housing allowance is in the court of appeals. Last year’s tax reform bill made significant changes to the standard deduction, which could have dramatic …