Our July/August Issue: No Shadow Unlit

We can lament the dark. But don’t miss the light.
It’s become something of a trend, in op-eds and in more private conversations, to christen our current moment as “dark days” or even “the new Dark Ages” for the church. I c…

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Our December Issue: Peace on Earth

We could all use a little this Advent season.
While CT has always published Christmas essays and stories in December, it’s been seven years since we put together a Christmas-themed cover. The last time was in 2011, when Michael Horton cogently ar…

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Our November Issue: Listening Carefully

Nigeria’s besieged Christians ask if they are forgotten.
When Deputy Managing Editor Jeremy Weber arrived in central Nigeria in June to report on escalating attacks against Christians in the region, he was welcomed by the leader of a denomination with…

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Our September Issue: Nothing to Hide

How much power do secrets hold over the Christian?
My neighbor on the flight from Los Angeles to Chicago was a little cagey, but the usual battery of polite airplane questions eventually shook something loose. He’d studied economics in New York….

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It Is Not Good for Man—Or Immigrant—To Be Alone

Why pro-family immigration policy is God-honoring and good for the country.
Last summer, I visited a gathering in my neighborhood for some outdoor fellowship on a neatly manicured lawn. There were picnic tables, singing, and steaks in steam trays to fe…

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