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Lured to Thailand by false job ads, victims of cybercrime centers were whisked away to compounds in Myanmar, where Chinese bosses forced them to work long hours scamming innocent people online. Some have said they worked more than 16 hours a day and their handlers would torture them if they didn’t meet a money quota or if they resisted instructions. |
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When an estimated 1,500 victims escaped, Christian groups including International Justice Mission and Global Alms Incorporated were there to help, explaining rights and conducting detailed forensic interviews. Local churches cooked meals. |
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"The only way out of this is divine intervention; [forced criminality] perpetuates itself," said one aid worker. "This is not something that will dry up. The numbers are overwhelming. We need coordinated global effort, but there’s so much corruption in the world, that will always stop it from being eradicated. I don’t think man is capable of it." |
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Russell Moore talks with pastor and author David Platt about his new book All You Want for Christmas, which is built around one sentence: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve" (Matt. 20:28; Mark 10:45). |
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"The God at the top of the mountain didn’t wait for us to find our way up to him; he actually came down the mountain to where we are." | Listen here. |
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Isabel Ong, Asia editor: I’ve been listening to Caroline Cobb’s song "Hallelujah, Christ is Born" on repeat; it’s part of her recently released EP The Advent Sessions. |
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Mia Staub, senior editorial project manager: My church sang "Still, Still, Still" the other week and it has become my favorite Christmas hymn. I am hoping to make a cranberry tart for Christmas! |
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Kara Bettis Carvalho, features editor: Last minute shopping ideas: Owala’s gold water bottle or these cozy bell candles. |
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Kristy Etheridge, editor: This is my go-to Christmas cookie recipe. Short list of ingredients, quick to make, and very festive. I roll the dough into balls, and my 4-year-old dunks them into the red and green sanding sugar. |
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Steven Félix-Jäger’s new volume on biblical, aesthetic, theological, and pastoral considerations in worship will serve many churches.
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The Grammy-nominated singer jumped from gospel to opera to spirituals to jazz; he considered it all sacred.
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Christmastime comes with its own losses and longings. God understands them.
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Artistically, it’s ambitious. Narratively, it works. But it’s no "The Prince of Egypt."
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As we enter the holiday season, we consider how the places to which we belong shape us—and how we can be the face of welcome in a broken world. In this issue, you’ll read about how a monastery on Patmos offers quiet in a world of noise and, from Ann Voskamp, how God’s will is a place to find home. Read about modern missions terminology in our roundtable feature and about an astrophysicist’s thoughts on the Incarnation. Be sure to linger over Andy Olsen’s reported feature "An American Deportation" as we consider Christian responses to immigration policies. May we practice hospitality wherever we find ourselves. |
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