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In an interview with CT, new NIH director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya says American public health needs repentance and research.
US military chaplains offer prayer and support to service members following the Iran attack.
A new book argues that church-camp evangelism “betrayed a generation.” But we can’t fix summer camp by throwing orthodoxy into the fire.
After centuries of proximity to Christians, Syria’s Alawite Muslims have adopted Christmas celebrations atop surprising biblical interpretations.
Christian podcaster Adira Polite dodged God when she was young and considered herself bisexual, but now she shares the testimony of how he shepherded her into his truth, his love, and a new identity. |
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From senior staff writer Emily Belz: Did you know you can reach out to a reporter on our team if you have an idea for a story? We are pretty accessible.
Did the last church in your small town close? Did the local Christian college add a weird new sport to its lineup to boost enrollment? Is there an unusually large number of Christian coffee shops in New Brunswick, Canada? (This is a question I asked myself on a road trip but haven’t yet investigated.)
Or is there just something you want to read a story about that we haven’t covered?
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Today in Christian History |
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June 25, 1115: St. Bernard founds a monastery at Clairvaux, France, that would soon become the center of the Cistercian religious order. The order had been established 17 years earlier to restore Benedictine monasticism to a more primitive and austere state, but it is Bernard who is most closely associated with it. He founded 70 Cistercian monasteries, which in turn founded another 100 in his lifetime (see issue 24: Bernard of Clairvaux). |
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While the US bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, Bishop Derek Jones was with a group of over 300 Anglican military chaplains at a weeklong symposium and training in Bluffton, South Carolina.…
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In 1977, the civil rights activist Jesse Jackson published an article in the National Right to Life News that denounced the injustice of abortion. Human life, Jackson said, begins at conception, and…
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These days it can be easy to forget that, through the heyday of the great awakenings and for a long while after, one hallmark of the evangelical stream of Christianity…
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Since the moment Israel attacked Iran on June 13, Shahrokh Afshar has been concerned about the members of his church who live in Iran. The former Muslim and founder of…
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It's easy to live in a state of panic, anxiety, and fear, from the pinging of our phones to politics and the state of the church. In this issue, we acknowledge panic and point to Christian ways through it. Russell Moore brings us to the place of panic in Caesarea Philippi with Jesus and Peter. Laura M. Fabrycky writes about American inclinations toward hero-making. Mindy Belz reports on the restorative work of Dr. Denis Mukwege for rape victims in Congo. We’re also thrilled to give you a first look at the Global Flourishing Study, a multiyear research project about what makes a flourishing life across the globe. While panic may be profitable or natural, we have a sure and steady anchor for our souls in Jesus. |
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