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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 23h

In the Supreme Court’s first major case this term, evangelical therapist Kaley Chiles is arguing that the Colorado law banning conversion therapy is a violation of her free speech.

Is a Ban on Conversion Therapy Constitutional? - Christianity Today

In her Supreme Court challenge, evangelical therapist Kaley Chiles calls the Colorado law a violation of her free speech.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 2d

Two years after October 7, Christians in Israel and Egypt continue to share a message of hope amid suffering.

Two Years After October 7, Christians See Fruit amid the Suffering - Christianity Today

Churches in Israel and Egypt provide food, aid, and a listening ear to those scarred by war.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 2d

Now over 90 years old, Wendell Berry seems to have embedded in his latest novel, “Marce Catlett,” a kind of last word for his readers—a goodbye from Port William to us.

@drmoore.bsky.social has our review:

Wendell Berry’s Grief and Gratitude - Christianity Today

They go together in his latest novel, as they will for readers who realize it might be his last.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 6d

Gateway Church founder Robert Morris has pleaded guilty to child sex abuse that took place over 30 years ago.

Gateway Church Founder Robert Morris Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse - Christianity Today

The criminal conviction comes decades after the abuse and a year after the survivor shared her account online.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 7d

“You don’t have to be remarkable to live a remarkable life.

You simply have to live the quiet yet counter-cultural life of faith, a faith grounded in the knowledge that we’re citizens of another kingdom with an all-conquering King.”

A Quiet Life Sets Up a Loud Testimony - Christianity Today

Excellence and steady faithfulness may win the culture war and sets up a testimony that cannot be marginalized or ignored.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 8d

“We are created not to be whole alone but to become whole together,” writes John Swinton.

“Any account of the imago Dei that cannot make theological sense of the person in decline, distress, or dependency is not merely incomplete; it is false.”

It Was ‘Good,’ Not Perfect - Christianity Today

The language of creation can reframe the way we view people with disabilities in the church.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 9d

John Huffman, the one minister who told US president Richard Nixon he should confess during the crisis of the Watergate scandal, has died in California at the age of 85.

Died: John Huffman, Pastor Who Told Richard Nixon to Confess - Christianity Today

The Presbyterian minister and CT board member committed to serve the Lord and “let the chips fall where they may.”

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kate shellnutt @kateshellnutt.bsky.social · 10d

"The Savannah Bananas, for all their intentional focus on the joy of the fans, remind us that sport is about a bigger story."

What a treat to edit this @christianitytoday.com piece from former MLB pitcher Josh Lindblom!

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Is This Heaven? No, It’s Banana Ball - Christianity Today

What baseball’s most amusing team gets right about joy in sports.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 10d

Pastor Yoichi Fujiyabu has stopped more than 1,100 people from taking their lives at Japan’s “suicide cliff.”

Deciding that rescuing people was not enough, he wanted to offer more concrete ways to cultivate individual and communal healing.

The Pastor Who Rescues People from Japan’s ‘Suicide Cliff’ - Christianity Today

Yoichi Fujiyabu has spent three decades sharing God’s love with people who want to end their lives.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 13d

The most important thing a church provides after a disaster is a system.

But as the number of people leaving organized religion rises, Isaac Wood writes, “I worry my generation might lose access to the systems required to care for our neighbors.”

How Can I Help? Ask the Church. - Christianity Today

After a disaster like Hurricane Helene, volunteers and donations need systems—and that’s where local congregations come in.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 13d

On Twitch streams and in Discord chats, “nerd culture” ministers reach out to a demographic long misunderstood by the church.

Revival of the Nerds - Christianity Today

On Twitch streams and in Discord chats, “nerd culture” ministers reach out to a demographic long misunderstood by the church.

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isabel ong @isabelong.bsky.social · 14d

Out on @christianitytoday.com this month: A personal essay by writer Ann Harikeerthan on growing up at a leprosy hospital in Vellore, India, and what that taught her about communal healing and restoration:

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What I Learned Living Among Leprosy - Christianity Today

My 16 years at a rural hospital in India showed me what healing and restoration in Christian community look like.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 15d

While formal church discipline remains relatively infrequent in the US, it’s making a comeback in some circles, where pastors emphasize membership and position discipline as a form of care and restoration.

Church Discipline Is Still the Exception - Christianity Today

But it’s making a comeback in some circles, including among Reformed congregations that emphasize church membership.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 16d

“What Christianity teaches us that’s so significant is mercy—the withholding of the most severe punishment may be dictated by an action in favor of something gentler.”

A conversation with The Atlantic journalist Elizabeth Bruenig about capital punishment:

Alien Mercy - Christianity Today

Ashley Hales interviews Atlantic journalist Elizabeth Bruenig about capital punishment, mercy, and forgiveness.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 17d

“The promise of the gospel is not that we will never fall, or never fear, or never fail.

It is that, even when we do, we remain in God’s love. That love does not wait on the other side of our fear. God meets us within it.”

The Dangerous Distortion of Fear - Christianity Today

When we let fear be our ruler, it twists our perceptions, narrows our vision, and turns us away from the love of God and neighbor.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 20d

Two lawsuits argue that Calvary Chapel pastor Greg Laurie is legally responsible for sexual abuse in orphanages that the church supported.

Evangelist Greg Laurie Accused of Negligence in Romania - Christianity Today

Two lawsuits argue the Calvary Chapel pastor is legally responsible for sexual abuse in orphanages that the church supported.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 21d

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, if we bite and devour each other, we will be consumed by each other, writes @drmoore.bsky.social.

When Violence Is the Vibe - Christianity Today

From Russell Moore: In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, if we bite and devour each other, we will be consumed by each other.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 21d

New restrictions on campus speech in Texas have spurred a lawsuit from a coalition of student groups, including a Dallas ministry concerned about the impact on Bible studies, worship nights, and evangelism on campus.

Texas Student Ministry Sues over Law Cutting Off Free Speech at 10 p.m. - Christianity Today

In honor of Charlie Kirk, lawmakers will meet to reevaluate campus discourse, including new state regulations.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 22d

New restrictions on campus speech in Texas have spurred a lawsuit from a coalition of student groups, including a Dallas ministry concerned about the impact on Bible studies, worship nights, and evangelism on campus.

Texas Student Ministry Sues over Law Cutting Off Free Speech at 10 p.m. - Christianity Today

In honor of Charlie Kirk, lawmakers will meet to reevaluate campus discourse, including new state regulations.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 23d

Meet CT’s inaugural class of Compassion Award winners—seven organizations doing good work in the name of Christ:

The 2025 Christianity Today Compassion Awards - Christianity Today

Meet CT’s inaugural class of winners—seven organizations doing good work in the name of Christ.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 27d

Lecrae almost left evangelicalism after 2020.

But now he writes, “If you’re still here, still believing, still showing up even when it’s hard—I see you. But don’t stop at doubt or despair. And don’t let pain be the period at the end of your sentence.”

An Exhortation to the Exhausted Black Christian - Christianity Today

Many Black Christians left evangelicalism after 2020. I almost joined them—until God showed me justice in his Word.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 28d

Christina Ray Stanton dug through hours of 9/11 videos looking for evidence of her and her husband’s escape from Manhattan.

She writes, “I came to believe no proof was needed to verify the most important truth: God had seen us that day.”

The Cameras Missed Me on 9/11 - Christianity Today

I can’t find any footage of my escape from Manhattan that horrible day. I looked and looked—and finally asked what I wanted to prove.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 28d

Christians and politicians are calling for prayer after conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk was fatally shot while speaking to students at a TPUSA event in Utah.

Charlie Kirk Fatally Shot at TPUSA Event - Christianity Today

The 31-year-old conservative activist and commentator was targeted while speaking to students in Utah.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 29d

Catherine Conybeare’s new book recovers the significance of Augustine’s geographic and cultural roots.

Don’t Erase Augustine’s Africanness - Christianity Today

A new book recovers the significance of the church father’s geographic and cultural roots.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 29d

For @christianitytoday.com, @bonniekristian.bsky.social reviews Allison Daminger’s “succinct and enjoyable book” What’s On Her Mind (out now!). Read the full review:

A Woman’s Mental Work Is Never Done - Christianity Today

Sociologist Allison Daminger’s new book on the cognitive labor of family life is insightful but incomplete.

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