Author: Shalem John

Christian author Philip Yancey said in an emailed statement to CT that he had engaged in an affair with a married woman for eight years and would retire from writing and speaking. Yancey started his writing career in 1971 at Campus Life magazine, which became a part of CT a few years later. He wrote for CT for decades, reporting and later becoming a regular columnist and editor at large. His books, including What’s So Amazing About Grace?, have sold more than 15 million copies. He often wrote about faith in the face of pain and suffering. Yancey, 76, has…

In the early hours of January 3, airstrikes on Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, woke up Ender Urribarrí and his family. From their Caracas apartment, they saw explosions as US forces sought the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. “We managed to get out as soon as the first detonations occurred and before they closed off access to and from the city,” said Urribarrí, who leads Iglesia Evangélica Encuentro con Dios in Colonia Tovar. He quickly sent a prayer request to his church’s 24-hour WhatsApp prayer group and immediately received responses from several parishioners…

Woe to filthy, sinful Jerusalem, city of violence and crime. 2. In her pride she won’t listen even to the voice of God. No one can tell her anything: she refuses all correction. She does not trust the Lord, nor seek for God. 3 Her leaders are like roaring lions hunting for their victims out for everything that they can get. Her judges are like ravenous wolves at evening time, who by dawn have left no trace of their prey. 4 Her “prophets” are liars seeking their own gain; her priests defile the temple by their disobedience to God’s laws.…