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One Christian didn’t know how to please God aside from going to church. Then she felt his pleasure while rock climbing. |
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Russell Moore on America’s need for a better gospel than Christian nationalism, which asks too little of both faith and the nation. |
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It’s easy to celebrate when the Holy Spirit says yes, but heeding a "no" is also essential for Christian formation. |
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From copy editor Elise Brandon: When a story comes to me, I read it slowly. As I go, I fix obvious errors—misplaced commas, typos, capitalized words that should be lowercase—and fact-check everything that’s Googleable, including spellings of names and cities, dates of events, and statistics. |
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I comment with a question mark anywhere I want to do more research, tabling hard questions so I can keep reading and get a feel for overall cohesion and clarity. During my first read, I’ve never seen the piece, so I can put myself in your shoes and catch confusions. (Our writers hold a wealth of context in their brains for which plebeians like me need explanation.) |
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After that comb-through, I go back to my bookmarks. I’ll consult a handful of style guides, ask a clarifying question to a coworker, or throw some search terms into Google. If I still come up short, I’ll leave a comment for the editor. Then, I read the whole piece again, more quickly, to catch anything I missed. To wrap it up, I reread all my comments, tweak my own wording as needed, and send the piece back to its editor with a ribbon on top. |
- Alan Chambers, the former leader of Exodus International, was charged with soliciting someone he thought was a teenage boy in a sheriff’s department sting operation. CT covered the demise of the evangelical ex-gay ministry in 2013 and the calls to ban conversion therapy in recent years.
- A California pastor is coordinating a mass baptism event this Sunday on Pentecost. The spot, Pirate’s Cove, was also used for mass baptisms by founders of the Jesus Movement in the 1970s.
- In a lawsuit, employees at the US Department of Agriculture alleged Secretary Brooke Rollins sent religiously "coercive" emails in a violation of the First Amendment.
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Today in Christian History |
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May 21, 1382: The "Earthquake Synod" in London (so named because a temblor interrupted the proceedings), led by Archbishop Courtenay, condemns as heretical 24 theses from the writings of John Wycliffe. Wycliffe later claimed that God sent the earthquake "because the friars had put heresy upon Christ. |
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Growing up, Grace Jin Drexel did not want to be known as "Ezra Jin’s daughter." Jin "Ezra" Mingri is the founding pastor of Zion Church in Beijing, one of China’s…
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Linda Larson swayed as live worship music floated across the lawn of the National Mall. On a nearby picnic blanket, her husband dozed under his straw hat. Soon, it was…
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The day my fourth child was born was the first time I came face to face with the reality that my ability to bear children is temporary. For one full…
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An American missionary doctor working at a Christian hospital near the center of the new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has contracted the deadly disease. Dr.…
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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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