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This edition is sponsored by Cru |
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After spending a year writing a book on hobbies, Brianna Lambert’s camper van caught fire with much of her family’s hobby gear inside. It allowed her instead to simply play. |
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Meanwhile, Brian Zahnd’s Unseen Existences argues that the answer to our existential discontent is a re-enchantment via divine mystery. |
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From executive assistant Ronda Patton: On Mondays, our editorial team at CT meets for prayer. When the previous leader of this, Kara Bettis Carvalho, asked me to lead, I felt very inadequate. My colleagues are strong communicators, and I often feel like they know Scripture far better than I do. In my own prayer time, I was reminded of what God says to Jeremiah—that he is the one who gives us the words and equips us for what he calls us to do. |
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Leading prayer, or stepping out when God leads, isn’t about being impressive or getting everything right. It’s about being willing and having a heart to serve. |
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Our prayer time gives us space to slow down, share burdens and gratitude, and refocus. The work can get busy and stressful quickly, so it matters that we pause and remember why we do what we do. |
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Since we work remotely, editorial prayer brings us together. For a few minutes, we remember we’re not doing this alone, and we can encourage one another and depend on God as we serve our readers. |
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What if you could turn the world's most-watched sporting event into a moment that matters? |
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- A Christian infertility specialist in Knoxville, Tennessee, limits the number of embryos his clinic creates, refusing to discard viable embryos or genetically test them.
- Assailants shot and killed three Baptist pastors in India’s northeastern state of Manipur as they traveled home from a peace conference.
- Country singer Eric Church’s commencement speech at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill went viral as he used the six guitar strings to illustrate different aspects of life that need to be in tune. The foundation, represented by the low E string, was faith, "your belief about what this life is for, what you owe, what holds the universe together when science reaches the edge of its own explanation and shrugs."
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Today in Christian History |
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May 19, 804: Alcuin of York, an English scholar who became an adviser to Charlemagne and the most prominent figure in the Carolingian Renaissance (the rebirth of classical learning under Charlemagne), dies. He also devised a handwriting system using both small and capital letters for easier reading. |
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The "People of the Book" is the Quran’s term for Jews and Christians, and both communities largely embraced it as a badge of honor. Christians are members of the body…
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Vaccination rates across the US continue to drop, along with other basic interventions like Vitamin K injections for newborns. What’s worse is that debates about vaccines are becoming less a…
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Pro-lifers experienced a massive legal whiplash this month. On May 1, the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals gave the pro-life movement what some legal experts called their most "consequential" legal victory…
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On the day of my daughter’s birth, I felt abandoned by God. My wife had been induced the night before and had endured contractions throughout the morning. It was the…
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Throughout Scripture, God calls his people to be faithful and steadfast as we abide in him. Isaiah reminds us our faithfulness is fleeting "like the flowers of the field," yet our hope is secure when we place it in God, so our strength is renewed (Isa. 40:6, 31). In this issue, we consider stories of resilience. Historian Thomas S. Kidd shares missionary Adoniram Judson’s hardship and fortitude in Burma (now Myanmar). Emily Belz reports on Minnesota churches today that are supporting persecuted Karen Christians, also from Myanmar. Haleluya Hadero reports on groups who are determined to help Gary, Indiana, achieve a more resilient future. We also consider Tish Harrison Warren’s new book and feature an interview with her. Rooted in the person of Jesus Christ, Christian resilience is about more than having grit or bouncing back. |
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