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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.
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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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View archivesAs 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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Christianity Today’s Reader-Favorite Testimonies of 2024
The most widely read conversion stories of the year.
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I Demolished My Faith for ‘My Best Life.’ It Only Led to Despair.
Queer love, polyamory, and drugs ruined me. That’s where Jesus found me.
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I Made Millions as a Porn Star. It Nearly Cost Me Everything.
My adult-film career destroyed my sense of self-worth, but God wouldn’t let it define me.
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When I Opened My Bible, God Gave Me a Magnifying Glass
I was a Sikh student worrying about my grades when my eyes were drawn in dramatic fashion toward the truths of his Word.
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My Deconstruction Turned to Deconversion. But God Wasn’t Anxious.
He pursued me patiently across decades, as I passed from fundamentalism to progressive faith to another faith altogether.
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