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How The Passion Translation???s Problems Hid in Plain Sight
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1714+ words) Brian Simmons’ popular Bible version has endured allegations of inaccuracy and plagiarism for years. The latest controversy may finally be too much. On March 7, 2014, Brian Simmons spoke at Harvest Time Church, an Assemblies of God congregation in Greenwich, Connecticut. He…...
How Jesus Sounded to a First-Century Galilean
2+ week, 3+ day ago (305+ words) MEMBER-EXCLUSIVE 8/6 LIVESTREAM ON BUILDING UNITY ACROSS DIVIDES This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Scot McKnight has written a bracing and challenging book about Jesus, and books like that are good for the church to wrestle with....
US Megachurches Grow Bigger as Smaller Churches Decline
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1150+ words) Worshippers attend a service at City Church California. On a recent Sunday worship service at 12Stone, one of Georgia’s largest churches, attendees packed the sanctuary to sing energetic worship music, and pastors celebrated the end of a weeklong camp hosting more…...
How to Read the Bible Like the Early Church Did
3+ week, 6+ day ago (995+ words) Many modern hermeneutics lessons open with an example of how not to interpret. The infamous Augustinian allegory of Luke’s parable of the Good Samaritan is the classic offender. Augustine interprets Luke 10 in the following way: Notice what Augustine has done....
Who the Bible Says You Are
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (325+ words) This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Readers will experience Nicholson as a welcome companion for their journey of creative exploration. Alongside his theological observations, he shares wisdom drawn from his own development as an artist. I…...
1976 Was a Turning Point for Evangelicalism
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1117+ words) “Evangelicals suddenly find themselves number one on the North American religious scene,” Christianity Today editor David Kucharsky enthusiastically proclaimed in the cover story of the October 22, 1976, issue of CT, which marked the magazine’s 20th anniversary and explored “The Year of the…...
The German Theologian Seeking to Bring Protestants and Catholics Together
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (939+ words) At the time, the Italian Evangelical Alliance had cautioned against growing ecumenical openness where “insurmountable” doctrinal obstacles exist. The American delegation was similarly opposed to Schirrmacher’s engagement but had agreed to the meeting. No one wanted to ask the first…...
Everything Depends on an Empty Tomb
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (208+ words) Episode 258 | 48 min A reflection on how the resurrection reshapes science, suffering, joy, and the future of the world. A reflection on the reality-altering nature of resurrection. Watch the video of this episode on YouTube here. Across stories of cancer diagnoses,…...
The Strike Zone of Discernment
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (603+ words) I opened my eyes in time to see the ball land in a patch of kudzu behind the left field fence. My father—our coach—leapt from the dugout. “TAKE YOUR BASES, SON!” he shouted, swinging his arms over his…...
A Devil’s Bargain for the Black Church
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (682+ words) The Black church has been bound up with a desire for political freedom—and understandably so—since the beginning. From the earliest days of their work as ministers, Black preachers were concerned about both the spiritual needs and social condition…...