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[How Podcasting Hurts Preaching | Swipe Right for Jesus] Also: How Podcasting Hurts Preaching | Swipe Right for Jesus | [View online]( [ChristianityToday.org]( [Christianity Today Weekly Newsletter]( Friday, January 12, 2018 EVANGELICAL DISTINCTIVES [It Doesn't Get Any More Personal]( Why evangelicals give pride of place to penal substitutionary understandings of the Cross. Mark Galli I was sitting outside the library at the University of California at Santa Cruz when two other students walked by complaining about Christian faith in the crucifixion of Jesus. As a young Christian with an interest in working with my cohorts to evangelize the campus, I turned my head to hear more. I don't remember much of what they said except the exclamation of one of the women: "Dying on a cross—it's just so disgusting." [continue reading >>]( News [Moody Bible President and COO Both Resign, Provost Retires]( Board unanimously decides "it is time for a new season of leadership." Kate Shellnutt News [The 8 People Americans Trust More Than Their Local Pastor]( Despite hitting another record low in Gallup assessment, clergy are still seen as more honest and ethical than 13 other professions. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra Speaking Out [How Podcasting Hurts Preaching]( Sermons belong in church, not our earbuds. Read Mercer Schuchardt News [The Top 50 Countries Where It's Most Dangerous to Follow Jesus]( If trends continue, North Korea will no longer be the world's worst persecutor of Christians. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra Pivot [Recalibrate: 10 Steps Every Church Must Take This Year, Or Be Dead In A Decade]( Everything but Jesus and the Bible must be on the table. Karl Vaters Interview [What Tim Keller and Michael Gerson Want You to Know About How America Spends Its Money]( "It's possible for a church with deep resources for doing good to get co-opted by nationalism. I don't want that to happen now." Interview conducted by Sarah Kate Neall Women [Swipe Right for Jesus]( How Tinder helped me come to terms with my evangelical identity. Tori Rowe News [Biggest Mennonite Conference Leaves Denomination]( In another same-sex marriage split, Mennonite Church USA loses a sixth of its members. Kate Shellnutt Science [The Clergy Behind Science as We Know It]( Enlightenment-era pastors didn't oppose modern science. They helped advance it. Jennifer Powell McNutt Women [Millennials Can Leave Evangelicalism. But Not Its Pop Culture.]( Does the cottage industry around Christian subculture nostalgia reveal the church's failures—or its successes? Morgan Lee News [Died: 'Mr. Awana' Arthur Rorheim]( The 99-year-old proved the power of kids ministry and got millions going to church on weeknights. Kate Shellnutt Cover Story [Cover Story: Lord of the Night]( In God there is no darkness, but in the darkness of the South Pole I found God everywhere. Brett Baddorf Follow Us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google+]( [RSS]( [Subscribe to this newsletter]( IN THE MAGAZINE [Current Issue]( [Cover Story: Blessed Are the Handouts]( [In Defense of Pro-Life 'Hypocrisy']( [Cheering China's Urbana: Churches Poised to Become Major Exporters]( [View Full Issue]( [Subscribe Now]( More froM Christianity Today News [Latino Churches Fear Impact of Homeland Security Decisions]( US removes deportation protections from largely evangelical group of 200,000 Salvadorans. Kate Shellnutt News [Richard Stearns Is Leaving World Vision]( Longest-serving leader will retire this year with Christian relief organization poised to help millions more than before. Morgan Lee Excerpt [Who Are You Without Your Props?]( Why your identity isn't rooted in possessions and appearances. Klyne R. Snodgrass Related CT Newsletters [CT Entertainment]( Reviews and perspectives on movies, TV, and music. [Sign Up Now]( [The Galli Report]( Weekly must-reads from the editor of CT. [Sign Up Now]( //lists.christianitytoday.com/t/559679237/23299272/584609/0/ [Christianity Today Weekly]( Delivered free via email to subscribers weekly. [Subscribe]( | [Email Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Advertise]( | [Subscribe to CT]( You are currently subscribed as: {EMAIL} Copyright ©2018 [ChristianityToday.org]( Christianity Today, 465 Gundersen Drive, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved.