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Died: Lamar Hardwick, ‘The Autism Pastor’

The Rev. Lamar Hardwick, a disability activist, author and preacher known as “The Autism Pastor,” died on May 22. He was 47 years old. “With heavy hearts, we want to share that Lamar has transitioned after his journey with colon cancer,” Hardwick’s wife, Isabella Hardwick, said in a recent post on Facebook. “He was surrounded by Read more. The post Died: Lamar Hardwick, ‘The Autism Pastor’ appeared first on Christianity Today

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Getting Lost in the Luminous Dark

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. James K. A. Smith, Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark: Mysticism, Art and the Path of Unknowing (Yale University Press, 2026) I will always be grateful for Jamie Smith. His trilogy of books on cultural liturgies, particularly Desiring the Kingdom, made a huge difference to Read more. The post Getting Lost in the Luminous Dark appeared first on Christianity Today

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Why (and When) It’s Okay for Christians to Get Angry

A few months ago, my elementary-age sons insisted Jesus had sinned: “He wasn’t perfect, Mom. Remember how he got angry in the temple?” I was surprised they had come to this conclusion on their own. But when I reflect on most cultural expressions of anger, I understand why they would conflate anger with sin. In Read more. The post Why (and When) It’s Okay for Christians to Get Angry appeared first on Christianity Today

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AI Only Responds to the Questions We Know to Ask

The day she turned 10 months old, my daughter decided she would take her first steps. As my husband and I watched in awe, her little brain made the needed connections between the idea of movement and actual movement. As she put one little foot after another, we cheered her on. She cooed and exclaimed Read more. The post AI Only Responds to the Questions We Know to Ask appeared first on Christianity Today

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Large-Scale Strikes on Kyiv Leave Christians Counting the Cost

On the evening of May 23, Andrei Murzin’s phone alerted him about the possibility of an overnight Russian attack. The professor and program director at Kyiv Theological Seminary faced a choice: Stay in his 15th-floor apartment—an option that made him a little nervous—or spend the night in his garage storage unit a mile away. His Read more. The post Large-Scale Strikes on Kyiv Leave Christians Counting the Cost appeared first on Christianity Today

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Biola University Will Acquire Phoenix Seminary

Biola University is acquiring Phoenix Seminary, rebranding the Arizona school as Talbot Seminary Phoenix in a consolidation that will create the nation’s second-largest seminary without a denominational affiliation. In January, leaders from Phoenix Seminary approached Biola to propose merging the schools and donating its Scottsdale, Arizona, campus. Biola’s board of trustees unanimously approved the plan, Read more. The post Biola University Will Acquire Phoenix Seminary appeared first on Chr...

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The Scenario I Imagined for This Year’s Ethics Class Final

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Since the early aughts, I’ve ended every Christian ethics class I’ve taught with a scenario I’ve asked my students to solve. I imagine a situation and keep complicating and complicating until I’m not sure I know the answers. That’s because what I want is not for students Read more. The post The Scenario I Imagined for This Year’s Ethics Class Final appeared first on Christianity Today

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Brazilian Christian Psychologists Fight to Express Their Faith

After years of frustration, Larissa Lima typed out a post on X in April. “In Brazil, a psychologist can call themselves left-wing, feminist, decolonial, anything but Christian,” she wrote in Portuguese. The post reached 2 million views, drawing 1,700 likes and nearly 675 comments. Initially, some questioned how her statement could be true when Brazil Read more. The post Brazilian Christian Psychologists Fight to Express Their Faith appeared first on Christianity Today

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Christian Courage Is More Than Suffering Bravely

The earliest Christian communities were widely and ruthlessly persecuted. Christians were maligned, castigated, deprived, tormented, and executed. Children were torn from their parents. Spouses were executed before each other’s eyes. Whole communities were slain en masse, sometimes for the entertainment of the coliseum. This era of intense persecution defined the shape of the church’s life Read more. The post Christian Courage Is More Than Suffering Bravely appeared first on Christianity Today

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Fatherhood Makes Your Brain Better

In 2013, my family moved from Chicago to Los Angeles so I could work on a PhD. My wife returned to the (paid) workforce, and I took on the daytime caregiving role for our children, who were two and four. I learned the slow and sometimes frantic rhythms of wrangling preschoolers, fitting my graduate work Read more. The post Fatherhood Makes Your Brain Better appeared first on Christianity Today

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You Don’t Need Testosterone Therapy

Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) is getting trendier—more and more men are using it, sometimes without even checking their testosterone levels. Others are getting their testosterone levels checked for vague, nonspecific symptoms like just feeling “off,” while some are giving themselves testosterone despite having normal blood levels. What does this tell us about our bodies and our lives? Read more. The post You Don’t Need Testosterone Therapy appeared first on Christianity Today

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Christian Theologians React to the Pope’s AI Warning

The broader church has not always loved popes named Leo. Pope Leo X in 1520 described Martin Luther as a “wild boar from the forest” destroying the church. Pope Leo XII asserted in 1824 that Bible societies “produce a gospel of men, or what is worse, a gospel of the devil!” And in 1883, Pope Read more. The post Christian Theologians React to the Pope’s AI Warning appeared first on Christianity Today

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