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Some Christian families in China sacrificed for years to try to send their children to Christians schools in the United States. Now new visa requirements in the US have cast uncertainty on those plans. |
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CT interviews the new head of the World Evangelical Alliance, Arab Christian Botrus Mansour. |
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Justin Giboney on how centering group identities like nationality, race, or gender can too easily flatter us and distance us from God and neighbor. |
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From Asia editor Angela Fulton: Last week, the World Evangelical Alliance appointed Botrus Mansour as its new secretary general and CEO, the first Arab Christian to take on this role. For those at CT, Botrus (which means “Peter” in Arabic) is a familiar name—he is often quoted in our coverage of Israel, as he has led various evangelical groups, been involved in Christian reconciliation efforts, and heads Nazareth Baptist School, the only recognized evangelical K-12 school in Israel. |
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He’s also written for CT a handful of times since 2006, most recently earlier this month, when he penned a piece on the challenges currently facing the city of Nazareth, Jesus’ hometown. And he has helped CT translate articles into Arabic. |
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Still, there were things I learned about him in our interview. I learned, for instance, that his interest in journalism was passed down from his father, who was the first Arab Palestinian to write for an Israeli Hebrew publication. Botrus also talked about how his unique life experiences have prepared him to head an organization that represents 600 million evangelicals around the world. |
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Today in Christian History |
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August 27, 1660: Charles II, newly restored to the throne, orders the works of poet John Milton (who supported the Parliament) to be burned by royal decree. Milton though imprisoned for a short while, continues work on his masterpiece, Paradise Lost. |
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As a missionary, I am often asked about short-term mission trips: Are they harmful? Can they be better? Were we wrong when we were trying to help? This kind of…
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It was fall semester 2024, and I’d managed to claim a table in the normally crowded student center at Taylor University. As I sat studying, a girl slid into the…
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Twenty years after Katrina’s landfall on August 29, 2005, the hurricane remains one of the biggest disasters in American history: 1,392 deaths, and damage of about $200 billion (in 2025…
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If the Bible is the most-published book in world history, books about the Bible sometimes feel like a close second. That’s not a bad thing. I’ve written a couple of…
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As developments in artificial intelligence change daily, we’re increasingly asking what makes humanity different from the machines we use. In this issue, Emily Belz introduces us to tech workers on the frontlines of AI development, Harvest Prude explains how algorithms affect Christian courtship, and Miroslav Volf writes on the transhumanist question. Several writers call our attention to the gifts of being human: Haejin and Makoto Fujimura point us to beauty and justice, Kelly Kapic reminds us God’s highest purpose isn’t efficiency, and Jen Pollock Michel writes on the effects of Alzheimer’s . We bring together futurists, theologians, artists, practitioners, and professors to consider how technology shapes us even as we use it. |
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