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This edition is sponsored by The After Party |
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A new book chronicling the religious history of Roe v. Wade could help position Christians for more productive dialogue around abortion. |
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In her new album, Taylor Swift plays the showgirl and has us thinking about the allure of identity construction through public performance. |
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Just as Paul commanded church leaders to be "sober-minded," we must remember that we are the grownups in what feels like such an unserious, trivializing age. |
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At CT we cover artists like Wendell Berry, but we’ve also covered Taylor Swift over the eras. |
- Earlier this year a Bible professor analyzed the Christian imagery in Swift songs.
- Last year a staff Swiftie analyzed the pop star’s extravagant freedom on The Tortured Poet’s Department, a freedom that our staffer wrote could use some limits and wisdom from others.
- In 2023, our music correspondent considered the parallels between the Eras tour and a church service.
- And then going back to 2013 we wrote a story that has a headline that seems to still resonate: Why Do We Love to Hate Taylor Swift? The writer concluded: "If, as Jesus tells us in Matthew 12:36, we will be held accountable for even our most careless words, we ought to think twice before we use those words in a hurtful or unkind way. They may never reach the ears of Taylor Swift—but for the young daughter or niece or neighbor listening to us speak, they may make all the difference in the world."
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Today in Christian History |
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October 9, 1000: Leif "the Lucky" Eriksson, who later evangelized Greenland, is reported to have been the first European to reach North America on this date. But while he was certainly a member of an early Viking voyage to "Vinland" (probably Nova Scotia), it's doubtful he led the initial expedition (see issue 63: Conversion of the Vikings). |
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In its first major case this term, the US Supreme Court seemed skeptical of arguments that Colorado could restrict counseling for minors regarding gender identity and sexual orientation without violating…
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Each morning, as M. John Kuruvilla unlocks the wooden gates of Christ Church in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, the sweet smells of wild citrus greet him as he steps into the shade…
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Jesus said people would know we are his disciples if we love one another (John 13:35), but increasingly they know evangelical factions by our speech. There are many Christians in…
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When Timothée Chalamet accepted an award at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild ceremony for his performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, the crowd expected the usual humility: an…
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The Christian story shows us that grace often comes from where we least expect. In this issue, we look at the corners of God’s kingdom and chronicle in often-overlooked people, places, and things the possibility of God’s redemptive work. We introduce the Compassion Awards, which report on seven nonprofits doing good work in their communities. We look at the spirituality underneath gambling, the ways contemporary Christian music was instrumental in one historian’s conversion, and the steady witness of what may be Wendell Berry’s last novel. All these pieces remind us that there is no person or place too small for God’s gracious and cataclysmic reversal. |
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