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When Faith Feels Cloudy

This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Cliffe Knechtle and Stuart Knechtle, Demolishing Doubt: Discover How Your Deepest Questions Can Lead to Life-Giving Faith (Zondervan, 2026) For many, the beginning of a faith journey is marked by certainty. We may not have a full grasp on every theological detail, but we are certain Read more. The post When Faith Feels Cloudy appeared first on Christianity Today

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Desperately Seeking Alternatives to Arrogance

Some universities have pushed back against Trump administration pressures to reshape curriculum and programs. Others have given in to threats of withholding billions in research funds. Yale University has chosen a third way: issuing a report acknowledging that studies show a huge faculty tilt to the left and pledging “a self-study regarding diversity of perspectives in the curriculum.” The Read more. The post Desperately Seeking Alternatives to Arrogance appeared first on Christianity Today

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The Algorithm Is Changing How We Speak—and Strive

I’ll typically start formulating ideas around 7 a.m. Thanks to a steady stream of information from my doctoral studies, my first instinct is to dig through the past 24 hours of reading to check for a properly sized diamond—size actually mattering in this case, since anything more than four sentences is pushing it. If nothing Read more. The post The Algorithm Is Changing How We Speak—and Strive appeared first on Christianity Today

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Extremist Attacks Leave Dozens of Christians Dead in Afghanistan

On a Sunday in late January, pastor Irfan was preaching at a Bible seminar in Quetta, Pakistan, when he received panicked messages from members of an underground church in Afghanistan to which he is connected. Muslim extremists had discovered the location of the church near the city of Bamiyan and had killed around 24 Christian Read more. The post Extremist Attacks Leave Dozens of Christians Dead in Afghanistan appeared first on Christianity Today

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We Need the Doctrine of Hell

I accidentally read three books on hell last month. I hadn’t planned to read any of them. What I discovered from the novel, the biography, and the piece of literary criticism is that we still need the Christian doctrine of hell. We need it for our own good and for the good of our neighbors—because Read more. The post We Need the Doctrine of Hell appeared first on Christianity Today

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Black Hope Faces a Crisis

The Black church survived on a wager. The bet was that the God who raised Jesus from the dead would do something with all the suffering that African Americans have experienced throughout the country’s history. It was a bet that the lynching tree was not the last word. And that the God who brought Israel Read more. The post Black Hope Faces a Crisis appeared first on Christianity Today

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Let the Little Children Hang with Church Grandmas

“The U.S. Isn’t Just Getting Older,” argued an article at the Harvard Business Review. “It’s Getting More Segregated by Age,” and “the extreme degree to which we’ve shunted young people into educational institutions, middle-aged adults into workplaces, and older people into retirement communities, senior centers, and nursing homes has come with costs.” This is sometimes true inside the Read more. The post Let the Little Children Hang with Church Grandmas appeared first on Christianity Today

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In ‘the Year of the Bible,’ Evangelicals Debate Politics, Civil Disobedience

Ronald Reagan declared 1983 “the year of the Bible.” CT ran long excerpts of his speech and assessed his accomplishments in his first term. It is time to ask what impact Reagan has had on the issues so important to evangelical Christians. On specifics, Reagan is likely to come up short, since many campaign promises Read more. The post In ‘the Year of the Bible,’ Evangelicals Debate Politics, Civil Disobedience appeared first on Christianity Today

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8 Things I’ve Learned About How to Make a Major Life Decision

This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Not long ago, someone came to me grappling with a life decision. It would affect where he lived and what he did for work, and he didn’t want to get it wrong. “I don’t want to make a mistake I’ll regret,” he said. “How do I know Read more. The post 8 Things I’ve Learned About How to Make a Major Life Decision appeared first on Christianity Today

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Geopolitics

God Didn’t Make a Zero-Sum World

The fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989 and the subsequent collapse of communism in Eastern Europe was a moment of jubilation for many Americans. It might even mark the “end of history,” political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously said in 1989, because it potentially signified “the end point of mankind’s ideological evolution and the Read more. The post God Didn’t Make a Zero-Sum World appeared first on Christianity Today

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Competence Is Deeper Than Confidence

Years ago, one of our summer college interns told a hilarious story about a highly embarrassing moment in her senior year of high school. Prior to prom each year, her high school hosted a fundraising event where seniors modeled dresses, suits, and tuxedos from local stores to get students excited about prom. She was asked Read more. The post Competence Is Deeper Than Confidence appeared first on Christianity Today

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Quashing Political Violence Requires We Tame Our Tongues

The first thing I noticed about the manifesto of Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the foiled assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at the White House correspondents’ dinner (WHCD), is how very online it sounds. And not just online in general, but online in a particular nice, nonthreatening, progressive, young man kind of way. The tells Read more. The post Quashing Political Violence Requires We Tame Our Tongues appeared first on Christianity Today

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