Table Of Contents
July/August
2018
Volume 62, Number 6
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About This Issue
Our cover story this month is an examination of how suffering affects our personal view of God. It's arguably the biggest question humans ask of faith. And data suggest that the problem of evil is increasingly cited as the chief reason for abandoning faith. Given such circumstances, CT adds a voice to the small but growing body of research on tragedy, spiritual resilience, and how the church can better minister in the midst and in the aftermath of tragedy.
Cover Story
Three teens survived a rising river at a Bible camp in Comfort, Texas. Would their faith?
Features
Why Christians are called to inefficiency in an age of easy living.
After 20 years of tackling the “hole in our gospel,” World Vision's most recent president is fine retiring with some tasks unfinished.
On questions of race, religious liberty, and political power, the Baptist preacher should be our guiding light.
How Christian discipleship affects household income.
How a friend’s tragic death gave me a new perspective on hope.
What an Old Testament artist tells us about aesthetic vocation.
Views
Scripture reminds us that love—and loving communication—is patient.
Exploring the multiple meanings behind a New Testament “political cartoon.”
Reviews
The simplest questions can open the door to amazing conversations.
Why a scriptural imagination is essential to the making and enjoying of art.
Refugees at the Canadian border, a father’s fervent hope for forgiveness, and school segregation in 21st century America.
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s necessary rebuke on race rests on a sadly truncated gospel.
If we're created in the image of Perfect Truth, then we can't keep speaking with the forked tongue of the Serpent.
News
Perplexed by America on Syria, Russian evangelicals and Middle East Christians debate if Moscow really cares.
Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our July/August issue).
Rise of honorary degrees raises concern about misuse of “Dr.” in ministry.
More from this Issue
When it takes more than one story to tell a story.
A firsthand reminder of the consequences of ignoring the facts.
But as I poured out my anger on the world, Jesus was waiting to pour out his perfect love.
