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This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Thom Rainer, The Revival of the Analog Church: Why Your Church Should Be Personal and In-Person (Tyndale Momentum, 2026) When church services were pushed online during the pandemic, some wondered how many would come back. Thom Rainer, a longtime pastor and church consultant, recalls speculation that Read more...

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Just before dawn every school day, Demitilla Namagembe, 14, gathers her notebooks, pens, and pencils in her backpack as she prepares to leave her home in Kakamega, in western Kenya. She treks for 3.5 miles along the dusty streets until she arrives at Makunga Secondary School. Demitilla told CT going to school is her longest Read more...

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Texas state Rep. James Talarico returned to the campaign trail Wednesday with a CNN town hall event in which he sat face-to-face with voters to respond to their toughest questions — including on the topic of life in the womb.

Months before his death, “Breaking Bad” actor RJ Mitte publicly identified himself as a Christian and was surrounded by family members who loved Jesus.

Author Henry Hastings says he moved from cessationism to continuationism after more than two decades in ministry, a shift he chronicles in his new book, "UnRedacted."

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, CT published an article by biographer Lucy S. R. Austen regarding Elisabeth Elliott’s sexuality. Austen, whose Crossway biography of Elliott won a CT Book Award in 2024, was writing in response to a piece published earlier this year in the magazine ARC by historian William Stell. In the midst of Read more...

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Research shows that 15 to 20 percent of people have an innate sensitivity that makes them highly discerning, deeply feeling and uniquely attuned to the world. They’re called highly sensitive people, or HSPs, a term from Elaine Aron’s book The Highly Sensitive Person. Some of us highly sensitive Christians struggle with anxiety. I’ve had it…

One spring, a friend called and asked my husband, our son, and me to be in a music video. It would be played at an upcoming awards show behind a relatively unknown band, MercyMe, as they sang a song that was climbing the charts, “I Can Only Imagine.” Sounds glamorous. But this wasn’t an invitation Read more...

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