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CT travels to the Colombia-Venezuela border, where ministries don’t know if Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s capture will lead to an influx of migrants. Either way, Christians will be there to provide them with food, shelter, medical care, and spiritual hope.
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Deputy editor Bonnie Kristian, a former Twin Cities resident, says interrupting a worship service with protests is wrong and so is the door-to-door immigration theater happening in Minnesota.
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As immigration raids increase around the country, an enforcement-only immigration policy neglects one of Scripture’s most repeated commands, argues CT senior features writer Andy Olsen.
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Two Christian street artists talk about their guerilla work in what they call the "holy city" of Tacoma, Washington.
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Facing questions of sex and gender identity, Christians can know that answers come from outside themselves, because they did not create or redeem themselves.
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From CT contributor Hernán Restrepo: While traveling from my home in Colombia’s capital of Bogotá to the border city of Cúcuta, I spoke with a fellow journalist from Univision who had spent a week reporting from the border of Colombia and Venezuela. He gave me three pieces of advice: "Don’t try to cross into Venezuela; they could detain you for hours. Don’t visit the slums; you could be robbed. And finally, don’t expect to find anything newsworthy there. Nothing is happening yet."
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I heeded his first two pieces of advice. But I couldn’t agree with his third warning. What he didn’t know is that the kind of journalism we do at Christianity Today doesn’t only chase after bad news. Rather, we want to see how God is working behind the day’s major headlines.
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Ediober González, my guide during the two days I was there, was a Baptist pastor in Venezuela who no longer wants to return to his hometown of Trujillo. He found his life’s passion in helping his compatriots who have left the country fleeing poverty and inflation, which exceeded 548 percent last year. When I asked him what the Bible verses have strengthened him in his journey, he referenced Philippians 4:12, saying, "I know what it is to live in poverty and what it is to live in abundance. I have learned to live in every circumstance, both to be well fed and to go hungry."
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- An auditor flagged $1.4 million in spending on surfing, haircuts, and personal flights at a New York megachurch, formerly part of the C3 network.
- A Malaysian court ordered a former police inspector general to pay around $61,000 USD in damages to Christian minister Hannah Yeoh for defamation. CT reported on Yeoh winning another defamation case last year.
- Some Polish churches banned the playing of Ed Sheeran’s song "Perfect" during wedding ceremonies.
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Today in Christian History
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January 21, 1621: Pilgrims leave the Mayflower and gather on shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts, for their first religious service in America (see issue 41: The American Puritans).
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It’s been more than two years since Lamjagou Vaiphei, a fish farmer from the northeast Indian state of Manipur, last saw his home. He watched as Meitei militant groups burned…
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Christianity is having a moment in the West. Influencers and thought leaders are going public with their Christian convictions in a way that seemed unimaginable just a few years ago.…
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The "Christian AI" market is getting crowded. At Gloo, users are "getting more personal" with their chatbot "than with most pastors." Pray.com’s AI-generated Bible videos are styled like video games…
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Last August, Corey Jackson of the persecution ministry Luke Alliance separately asked the leaders of Zion Church and Early Rain Covenant Church, two of the most well-known Chinese house churches,…
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When Jesus taught, he used parables. The kingdom of God is like yeast, a net, a pearl. Then and today, to grasp wisdom and spiritual insight, we need the concrete. We need stories. In this issue of Christianity Today, we focus on testimony—the stories we tell, hear, and proclaim about God’s redemptive work in the world. Testimony is a personal application of the Good News. You’ll read Marvin Olasky’s testimony from Communism to Christ, Jen Wilkin’s call to biblical literacy, and a profile on the friendship between theologian Miroslav Volf and poet Christian Wiman. In an essay on pickleball, David Zahl reminds us that play is also a testament to God’s grace. As you read, we hope you’ll apply the truths of the gospel in your own life, church, and neighborhood. May your life be a testimony to the reality of God’s kingdom.
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