Passages

Deaths, retirements, and other changes in the church and the world.

Nominated • Jason Meyer, as successor to pastor John Piper at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Meyer, 36, is a New Testament professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary.

Selected • Matt Chandler, as president of the Acts 29 church planting network. He replaces co-founder Mark Driscoll, who also withdrew from the Gospel Coalition.

Died • Robert J. Lamont, former pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh and founding board member of Christianity Today, on March 26 in Vero Beach, Florida. He was 92.

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Christianity Today May, 2012

My Top 5 Books On Fatherhood

Getting to the Crux of Calvary

Works and Words: Why You Can't Preach the Gospel with Deeds

From Powerlifter to Powerless

Kathleen Anderson

Throwing Christ Over the Cliff

Leslie Leyland Fields

Review

Brave New Web: Navigating the Conflict Between Pluralism and Freedom

Joseph Knippenberg

Teach Us to Pray: Learning from Prayer Partners in History

Interview by Elesha Coffman

News

Quebec: Canada's Prodigal Province

Ann-Margret Hovsepian in Montreal

News

Black Church Barrios: African American Churches Adapt to Latino Neighbors

Touched by Jesus: Healing Body and Soul

Miracles in Mozambique: How Mama Heidi Reaches the Abandoned

News

Marketing Martyrs: Does Iranian Pastor's Theology Impact Advocacy on His Behalf?

Helping Urbana Find Its Voice

News

Should Churches Halt Missions Trips to Mexico?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

Wilson's Bookmarks

The Choir's Steve Hindalong: Celebrating Sobriety

News

Sensation Before Scholarship: Gospel Fragment Tantalizes Experts

Private Faith and Public Policy: Where Obama and Santorum Agree

Letters to the Editor

Forced Out: Pastors' Fight and Flight

Should We Stop Child Placement Programs if We're Required to Work with Same-Sex Couples?

Paul Shrier, Lynne Marie Kohm, and Ryan T. Anderson

Review

Dollars and Moral Sense: What Money Can't Buy

News

Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Excerpt

Subversive Kingdom

Review

Journeys of Faith

Michael McGowan

News

Foreign Aid Cut from Religious Charities, Authorities Target Official Churches, Religious Quota Creates Controversy, and More News

Review

Rhetorical Darwinism

John Mark Reynolds

Review

How God Became King

News

Migrant Ministries: European Churches Revitalized by Asian Diaspora

News

Go Figure

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Review

Mercyland: Hymns for the Rest of Us

Editorial

The ‘Monsters’ Among Us: Child Sex Abusers in Our Midst

A Christianity Today Editorial

Why We Need 'Community'

Q & A: Ross Douthat on Rooting Out Bad Religion

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks behind a microphone

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Conservative Anglicans Call for Archbishop to Repent Over Same-Sex Relationships Stance

As the issue continues to divide the Church of England, Justin Welby spoke on a popular podcast about how his views have “evolved.”

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Go Slow and Repair Things

Tish Harrison Warren

We’re facing huge problems in our culture—problems an election alone can’t solve. But by God’s grace, we can do the small, daily work of repair.

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In a Polarized World, but Not of It

Matt Beech and Bruce Wydick

On Election Day and beyond, conservative and liberal Christians can better understand each other and be ministers of reconciliation.

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Gen Z Is Turning Online for Spiritual Guidance

My generation is spiritually curious. We’re just looking in the wrong places.

Where Ya From?

Navigating Cultural Identity with Danielle Marck

Danielle Marck shares the experiences that pivoted the direction of her life toward her callings from God.

Charlie Kirk speaks with a microphone while people with red MAGA hats watch from the crowd.

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Charlie Kirk Aims to Expand Turning Point USA to Evangelical Campuses

Kathryn Post - Religion News Service

But not all Christian campuses have embraced the conservative group.

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Sarah Jakes Roberts Evolves T. D. Jakes’s Women’s Conference

Alyssa Gossom in Arlington, Texas

At a record-setting event this fall, 40,000 followers listened to her preach about spiritual breakthrough and surrender.

A woman voting in the 2024 presidential election.

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The Evangelical Voters Who Changed Their Minds

Amid a hyperpartisan electorate, a minority plan to vote differently than they did in 2016 and 2020.