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For decades, acarajé has been considered an offering to Afro-Brazilian religious deities. What happens when evangelicals start producing and selling it?
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The country’s church-run addiction centers are so effective that communist officials are taking notice.
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The gospel great earned plenty of awards and accolades. His legacy also had quieter impacts on individual believers like me.
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After an attempt to decriminalize drugs made the addiction crisis in Oregon even worse, local Christians are pleading with the sick—and the state—to let them help.
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View archivesThis first issue of 2025 exemplifies how reading creates community, grows empathy, gives words to the unnamable, and reminds us that our identities and relationships proceed from the Word of God and the Word made flesh. In this issue, you’ll read about the importance of a book club from Russell Moore and a meditation on the bookends of a life by Jen Wilkin. Mark Meynell writes about the present-day impact of a C. S. Lewis sermon in Ukraine, and Emily Belz reports on how churches care for endangered languages in New York City. Poet Malcolm Guite regales us with literary depth. And we hope you’ll pick up a copy of one of our CT Book Award winners or finalists. Happy reading!
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I Turned to New Age Psychedelics for Salvation. They Couldn’t Deliver.
Shrooms glittered on the surface—but hid a dark chasm underneath. That’s where Jesus found me.
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My Drug Kingdom Collapsed. Then My Savior Found Me.
Disillusioned by my life of crime and excess, I walked into a prison chapel. I came out a new man.
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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
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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.”