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No More Sundays on the Couch

COVID got us used to staying home. But it’s the work of God’s people to lift up the name of Christ and receive God’s Word—together.

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Repeat the Sounding Joy—Until it Becomes Habit

Both science and Scripture attest to the power of rejoicing, especially when we don’t feel like it.

The Blood Cries Out at Christmastime

The 12 days of Christmas tell of martyrdom, pain, and sacrifice as much as life, joy, and salvation. This is no accident.

A Messiah for a Messy World

Anna and Simeon remind us of what it looks like to wait on Jesus amid personal and political upheaval.

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Evangelicals Tap Power of the Sun—and Government Rebates

More churches embracing solar power to care for creation and cut energy costs.

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Tending and Keeping the Christian Past in an ‘Ahistoric Age’

Why the work of historical stewardship isn’t just for historians.

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Winning the Pro-Life Battles, Losing the Persuasion War

Americans support right to abortion more than any time in recent history.

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What to Salvage from Fundamentalism

Like Richard Mouw, I’m reluctant to discard everything about this flawed heritage.

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There Goes the Fear

The Bulletin talks about Russia, antisemitism in Canada, and UFOs over New Jersey.

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The Countercultural Sermon That Changed Everything

Rich Villodas considers Jesus’ words on anger, lust, and lament in the Sermon on the Mount.

This Great and Complicated Place

Chaos or Community: Where Do We Go From Here?

The pilot episode explores the intricate relationship between race, space, and community in American cities.

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Christians in Syria

The Bulletin welcomes Marlo Slayback and Robert Nicholson for a conversation on the state of Christians in Syria.

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As this issue hits your mailboxes after the US election and as you prepare for the holidays, it can be easy to feel lost in darkness. In this issue, you’ll read of the piercing light of Christ that illuminates the darkness of drug addiction at home and abroad, as Angela Fulton in Vietnam and Maria Baer in Portland report about Christian rehab centers. Also, Carrie McKean explores the complicated path of estrangement and Brad East explains the doctrine of providence. Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt shows us how art surprises, delights, and retools our imagination for the Incarnation, while Jeremy Treat reminds us of an ancient African bishop's teachings about Immanuel. Finally, may you be surprised by the nearness of the “Winter Child,” whom poet Malcolm Guite guides us enticingly toward. Happy Advent and Merry Christmas.

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Mid-life Crisis? Bah, Humbug!

It is easy to look at the future in a rearview mirror, but that always leads to a collision.

Elisabeth Elliot on the Christian Father

Examining the male parent’s role.

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Bill and Vonette Bright’s Wonderful Plan for the World

Evangelicalism’s power couple closes in on their radical mission.

CT Classic: Madeleine L’Engle on Allegory and Prayer

“It seemed ironic and unfair that just as I was turning closer to God, I couldn’t sell anything I wrote.”

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