Table Of Contents
December
2018
Volume 62, Number 10
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About This Issue
Explore four Advent-themed essays that call us to rediscover the gifts of stillness and reflection offered by this stretch of the church calendar. CT's hope is that this issue would serve as a reminder, perhaps only briefly, that the crises of the moment can only be viewed in light of the greatest crisis mankind ever faced: the one that has already been resolved by the life, death, and resurrection of the child whose arrival we re-anticipate every December.
Features
We’re not awaiting a helpless baby, but a righteous and powerful judge.
Jesus' life began and ended in earthly fetters. Who better to understand ours?
Penned during the Civil War, Longfellow's "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" is a carol for our age.
Ann Voskamp and photographer Esther Havens document the moment a new Bible translation arrives in a rural Kenyan community.
But in his spare time, a leading refugee pastor is mentoring immigrant ministry leaders across the country.
Views
CT’s greatest essays of old still speak today. But on civil rights, we failed our readers.
Truly biblical prophecy strengthens the church—without adding anything to the Bible.
Reviews
Today’s fights over the religion in the public square are replays of fights from two thousand years ago.
How, the late pastor asked, can you shepherd a flock you don't know?
Which is one reason “the day of the Lord” figured so prominently in his letters.
We're familiar with the idea of culture shock, but we often overlook the impact of culture stress.
News
Ministries in Sulawesi, Indonesia, engage kids in a crucial first step in trauma healing: play.
Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our December issue).
In the world’s most bookish country, evangelicals are taking up the ministry of translation.
More from this Issue
Reminding a generation that a better way is still possible.
Until God showed me that there’s more to life than making people laugh.
