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From
@markgalli
:
To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record. Remember who you are and whom you serve.
Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior
Charles Stanley, longtime pastor and oft-praised preacher, died on Tuesday at age 90.
He lived by the motto “Obey God and leave all the consequences to him.”
Following CT's editorial on Trump, our president
@TimDalrymple_
answers some questions about our ministry and why we see this discussion as so important.
We are planting a flag and setting a table. Fellow evangelicals, we invite you to join us.
From CT’s editor-in-chief:
“Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?”
“Though it saddens me deeply, it must be clearly admitted: yesterday’s atrocity was in large part brought to us by the white, evangelical church in America.”
@Tish_H_Warren
writes:
“The gospel is this,” Keller said time and again:
“We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.”
"God is not caught off guard. There is a plan in the midst of this. It’s a reminder that we were never in control in the first place, that we were never writing the story" -
@lecrae
The rest of the country knows George Floyd from several minutes of cell phone footage captured during his final hours.
But Houston’s Third Ward knew him as a mentor to a generation of young men and a “person of peace” ushering ministries into the area
The Christian gynecologist who has dedicated his career to caring for victims of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo received his 2018 Nobel Peace Prize today
J. I. Packer has died at age 93.
When asked what final words for the church would be, he said, “I think I can boil it down to four words: Glorify Christ every way.”
The storming of the Capitol cannot be understood outside the heresy of Christian nationalism peddled by the likes of Josh Hawley, Franklin Graham, Robert Jeffress, Eric Metaxas, and the blasphemies of the Jericho March, writes
@Tish_H_Warren
This is massive.
@CTmagazine
, the flagship publication for Trump's base (white evangelicals) has called for him to be removed from office. And it appears that the buzz is so big that it has crashed their website.
"One cannot carry Good News to people you might, if things get bad enough, have to beat up or kill. One cannot bring about good by doing evil. One cannot “stand for truth” by employing lies."
From
@drmoore
:
“As dark a view as I had of the SBC Executive Committee, the investigation uncovers a reality far more evil and systemic than I imagined it could be.”
@drmoore
on a just-released report on sexual abuse in the SBC:
A former Grace Community Church elder and former members who sought help from their abusive marriages are calling out “awful patterns of counseling” at John MacArthur’s church.
Billy Graham (1918-2018) was the country's best-known evangelist and the founder of
@CTmagazine
. We'll have coverage throughout the day to honor his life and legacy.
From
@markgalli
:
To the many evangelicals who continue to support Trump in spite of his blackened moral record: If we don’t reverse course, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come?
Given our long history of white supremacy, we as Christians should ask:
Why aren’t there videos of white people forgiving their black assailants trending on social media?
Why aren’t black accusers hugged by judges and or comforted by the victim’s family?
From
@edstetzer
: "We look to Scripture to change lives, not to score political points. Our nation is in crisis and the last thing we need is a closed Bible"
“We stumbled accidentally, woundedly, wearily onto the Via Media,” writes
@BethMooreLPM
.
“A middle road. It would take us a while to recognize the scenery.”
Breaking: Ravi Zacharias investigation finds the late apologist hid over a decade of abuse, and “witnesses described encounters including sexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape.”
Russell Moore will become CT’s editor in chief Sept. 1.
“Talent alone isn’t the reason for our excitement,” writes CEO
@TimDalrymple_
. “
@drmoore
has demonstrated, time and again, the courage to express his convictions and the integrity to live by them.”
Donald Trump’s presidency accelerated the decline of church attendance in America.
Per data from
@ryanburge
, politically moderate and left-leaning evangelicals appear to have been most impacted by Trump-era controversies.
“Tim Keller shared the gospel boldly in the idioms of his day, without demeaning or demanding anything but faith and trust in our faithful, trustworthy Savior.”
From
@collinhansen
:
We as American evangelicals cannot justify what happened at the Capitol a year ago. We can’t ignore it either. If Jesus is the one who saves, then we must go his direction—and that’s toward mission, not resentment, toward gospel and not rage.
-
@drmoore
:
“When I read the back-and-forth between some of these presidents, high-ranking staff, and their lawyers, I cannot help but wonder what else this can be called but a criminal conspiracy.”
From
@drmoore
:
"We hold fast to our view that the wholehearted evangelical embrace of Trump has been enormously costly—but we are committed to irenic conversation with men and women of good faith who believe otherwise" -Christianity Today's CEO/ president
@TimDalrymple_
A school shooting survivor: "If you know and love Jesus and are going to spend eternity in Heaven with him, why does the idea of not having guns anymore scare you so much?"
@taylorsschumann
writes on
@WheatonHDI
's "The Better Samaritan" blog:
Beloved Bible teacher Beth Moore is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention.
“I love so many Southern Baptist people, so many Southern Baptist churches, but I don’t identify with some of the things in our heritage that haven’t remained in the past.”
My father died of starvation.
My sister was sold into bride slavery in China.
My mom fled the country.
With my whole family gone, I lived on the streets.
Here is the story of my escape from North Korea and how I came to know Christ
I sense a profound frustration among non- white Christian friends that their white brethren keep silent as the president aims ugly statements at people of color.
These friends don’t like what the silence of the white church is saying. Neither do we.
The bold Christian faith of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist who has dedicated his career to caring for victims of rape
“I wanted to speak up for millions of Southern Baptist women … I believe their spiritual gifts, their leadership gifts and talents, are being wasted,” said Rick Warren.
Launching today: the inaugural episode of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. Host
@MikeCosper
begins at the end, investigating the rubble of Mars Hill’s fall for answers.
Listen in to "Who Killed Mars Hill?"
@CTPodcasts
:
Anne van der Bijl—a Dutch evangelical known to Christians worldwide as Brother Andrew—has died at age 94.
He became known as “God’s smuggler” for slipping past border guards with Bibles hidden in his blue Volkswagen Beetle.
America’s largest Protestant denomination encouraged the US government to "bring an end to the genocide of the Uyghur People" and admit them as refugees into the US:
Biden remarks, "As the Bible says, 'We may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning,'" shortly before leading the crowd in a silent prayer for lives lost to COVID-19.
In the biggest religious liberty case of the year, the Supreme Court sided 7-2 with a Christian cake decorator who declined to make a cake for a gay wedding
To everyone new to the Christianity Today community this week, welcome.
The full
@CTmagazine
archives are now unlocked and free (for a limited time over the holidays). With the help of
@Logos
, we were able to digitize nearly 20,000 articles.
Enjoy!
.
@MaxLucado
on the border crisis:
This is a mess. A humanitarian, heart-breaking mess. As we are wondering what can be done, let’s do what we are called to do.
Let’s pray. Let’s lament. Let’s groan
As Ethiopia’s Tigray region slowly resumes telephone service after three months of conflict, witnesses gave a detailed account of what might be its deadliest massacre:
Joe Biden gave a victory speech in Delaware tonight, referencing Scripture (Eccl. 3), quoting his favorite hymn ("On Eagles Wings"), and concluding "God bless you, may God bless America, and may God protect our troops." CT reports on faith in his campaign:
Feeling convicted over last year's failures?
"The vinedresser does a curious thing with the rotten fruit. He turns it back into the soil and there, underground, by some spectacular organic miracle of nature, it fertilizes a future harvest."
@BethMooreLPM
"We hold fast to our view that the wholehearted evangelical embrace of Trump has been enormously costly—but we are committed to irenic conversation with men and women of good faith who believe otherwise" -Christianity Today president & CEO
@TimDalrymple_
When
@drmoore
saw the image—a pair of underwear with a hammer captioned “Paul Pelosi Halloween costume”—he was almost shaking with rage.
Why? “It was posted by someone who claims to be a follower of Jesus Christ.”
.
@michaelwsmith
will perform "Friends" at the President Bush's funeral.
“He loved the song. The last time I saw him, when we said goodbye, he gave me a hug, pointed his finger in the air, and with a twinkle in his eye, said, ‘Friends are friends forever’”
Some of you have asked about how to give to
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Thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting our work.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke plainly about the racism he saw. That truth telling earned him a 75% disapproval rating in the year he died.
Now, his approval rating is nearly 90%. But have Americans really wrestled with the concrete reforms he advocated for?
QAnon uses the language & style of evangelical Christianity, misuses the Bible to disguise its deception, and increasingly functions as a syncretic cult of semi-Christian heresy.
American Christians have a responsibility to learn to identify it—and flee.
“The very first Christian sermon, the message of the gospel of Good News of the Resurrection, Jesus chose a woman to deliver it to men,” says
@RickWarren
.
From
@KSPrior
:
Our votes do more than support the policies we favor. Our votes shape the character of our community and ourselves in ways that will outlast our laws. Our votes demonstrate where, and in whom, we ultimately place our trust