Most Read of 2008

Want to know what your fellow CT Politics Blog readers enjoyed as well? Here are the top 10 most read blog posts from 2008.

Keep in mind that Christianity Today started the politics blog in July, so this is in no way an indication of what stories were the most important. Obviously, readership shot up around the election, but it’s an interesting review of what piqued your interest.

1. The Death of Joe Biden’s Wife – An Honest Crisis of Faith

2. The Evangelical Electoral Map (Updated)

3. Vendors asked to leave Values Voter Summit

4. Readers say Washington Post cartoon lampooned their faith

5. Obama’s Fascinating Interview with Cathleen Falsani

6. Reaction to Bristol Palin’s pregnancy

7. How Obama Helped Calif.’s Prop. 8 (Updated)

8. Can Obama Call Himself a Christian?

9. An Obama administration, in the eyes of Focus on the Family Action

10. The Awesome Blue God – How Obama Forged A New Faith Coalition

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Hispanic American congregations tend to be young, vibrant, and intergenerational. The wider church has much to learn with and from them.

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Review

Modern ‘Technoculture’ Makes the World Feel Unnaturally Godless

By changing our experience of reality, it tempts those who don’t perceive God to conclude that he doesn’t exist.

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Meagan Gillmore in Ontario

Canadian pastors are lagging behind a national push to expand MAID to those with disabilities and mental health conditions.

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Excerpt

The Chinese Christian Who Helped Overcome Illiteracy in Asia

Yan Yangchu taught thousands of peasants to read and write in the early 20th century.

Kendrick Lamar and Lecrae on a colorful background.

What Would Lecrae Do?

Christina Gonzalez Ho

Why Kendrick Lamar’s question matters.

No More Sundays on the Couch

Erica Bryand Ramirez

COVID got us used to staying home. But it’s the work of God’s people to lift up the name of Christ and receive God’s Word—together.

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Review

Safety Shouldn’t Come First

Bonnie Kristian

A theologian questions our habit of elevating this goal above all others.