August (Web-only) 2015
!['Rectify' Shows Integrity in the Age of the Anti-Hero 'Rectify' Shows Integrity in the Age of the Anti-Hero](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62509.jpg?h=123&w=220)
'Rectify' Shows Integrity in the Age of the Anti-Hero
Why some critics are calling the Sundance TV series "true Christian art."
![Oklahoma Wesleyan and Union U. Quit CCCU Over Same-Sex Marriage Moves Oklahoma Wesleyan and Union U. Quit CCCU Over Same-Sex Marriage Moves](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62212.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Oklahoma Wesleyan and Union U. Quit CCCU Over Same-Sex Marriage Moves
(UPDATED) In three weeks, council will decide status of Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College.
![A Christian College President Falls A Christian College President Falls](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62552.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A Christian College President Falls
Video of apparent affair surfaces as Christian higher education leaders are debating sexual ethics standards.
![What Kind of Faith Helped People Survive Hurricane Katrina? What Kind of Faith Helped People Survive Hurricane Katrina?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62543.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Kind of Faith Helped People Survive Hurricane Katrina?
A key predictor of resilience is a person's actively engaged faith. There's more to it than just being 'religious.'
![The Difficulty (and Beauty) of Vulnerability The Difficulty (and Beauty) of Vulnerability](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62491.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Difficulty (and Beauty) of Vulnerability
Openness in personal relationships can bring pain, but it also offers unrivaled love and support.
![Persecuted, Abused, Displaced: The Christian Women Who Somehow Still Stand Strong Persecuted, Abused, Displaced: The Christian Women Who Somehow Still Stand Strong](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62508.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Persecuted, Abused, Displaced: The Christian Women Who Somehow Still Stand Strong
A religious freedom advocate looks at the factors that keep faith communities resilient in conflict.
![Who Does the Screenwriter Say That I Am? Who Does the Screenwriter Say That I Am?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62492.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lazy Writing, Cheap Restoration
Christian films like 'War Room' are getting better, but they still lag in quality in one important area.
![Southern Baptists Will Cut 600 to 800 Missionaries and Staff Southern Baptists Will Cut 600 to 800 Missionaries and Staff](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62507.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Southern Baptists Will Cut 600 to 800 Missionaries and Staff
David Platt: International Mission Board overspent $210 million over last 6 years.
![New School Year Starts, Many Seminarians Stay Put New School Year Starts, Many Seminarians Stay Put](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62442.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A New School Year Starts, and Many Seminarians Are Staying Put
More students are choosing schools for geographical convenience rather than theological affinity, says seminary president.
![America’s Reading Crisis Is Much Worse Than You Think America’s Reading Crisis Is Much Worse Than You Think](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62387.jpg?h=123&w=220)
America’s Reading Crisis Is Much Worse Than You Think
A teacher's plea for the church to give the gift of literacy.
![You Are How Much You Work You Are How Much You Work](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62386.png?h=123&w=220)
You Are How Much You Work
Amazon, Google, and the troubling push for productivity at all costs.
![Mistress America Mistress America](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62395.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Mistress America
Director Noah Baumbach returns to the promises and complexities of female friendship.
![Common Core Meets VBS Common Core Meets VBS](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62236.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Common Core Meets VBS
Louisville school officials and churches team up to help kids avoid the "Summer Slump."
![God Doesn’t Need You to Go Viral God Doesn’t Need You to Go Viral](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62372.jpg?h=123&w=220)
God Doesn’t Need You to Go Viral
Christian vloggers walk a fine line between sharing Christ and selling themselves.
![God Does Help Those Who Help Themselves God Does Help Those Who Help Themselves](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62348.jpg?h=123&w=220)
God Does Help Those Who Help Themselves
A look at poverty solutions that engage the poor.
![Our Plates Runneth Over Our Plates Runneth Over](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62297.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Our Plates Runneth Over
For the sake of the church, its mission, and our health, it’s time to talk about our diets.
![Can My Marriage Win Over My Past? Can My Marriage Win Over My Past?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/61855.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Can My Marriage Win Over My Past?
After years in an unhealthy sexual relationship, enjoying intimacy in marriage is a daily battle.
![Why Don’t They See the Miracle? Why Don’t They See the Miracle?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62296.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Don’t They See the Miracle?
Pro-lifers: Let your stories shake the world’s failed imagination.
![Judging Who Is Worthy—and Who Is Not Judging Who Is Worthy—and Who Is Not](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62283.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Judging Who Is Worthy—and Who Is Not
Exploring grace and merit in reality TV’s "The Briefcase."
![No More Love for Christian Author’s Holocaust Romance No More Love for Christian Author’s Holocaust Romance](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62228.jpg?h=123&w=220)
No More Love for Christian Author’s Holocaust Romance
For such a book as this: An acclaimed retelling of Esther with a Nazi hero raises controversy and questions.
![Long Way from Home: The Housing Crisis Lingers On Long Way from Home: The Housing Crisis Lingers On](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62225.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Long Way from Home: The Housing Crisis Lingers On
The painful effects of foreclosure and short sale stay with us.
![The Church's 'Intersex' Challenge The Church's 'Intersex' Challenge](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62194.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Church's 'Intersex' Challenge
How should we respond to those who don’t seem to have been created male or female?
![I Called Out Ben Carson on His ‘Siamese Twins’ Line I Called Out Ben Carson on His ‘Siamese Twins’ Line](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62147.jpg?h=123&w=220)
I Called Out Ben Carson on His ‘Siamese Twins’ Line
Thanks to Facebook, one mom received an unexpected response.
![Education Can Build Our Faith Education Can Build Our Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62213.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Education Can Build Our Faith
We have been called to love the Lord with all of our mind, and education helps us do it.
español![Faith Meets the Entrepreneurial Spirit Faith Meets the Entrepreneurial Spirit](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62092.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Faith Meets the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Crowdfunding pioneer Jessica Jackley discusses the redemptive, poverty-fighting work of microfinance.
![What Vacation Bible School Looks Like in a Nursing Home What Vacation Bible School Looks Like in a Nursing Home](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62003.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Vacation Bible School Looks Like in a Nursing Home
We found some new VBS students: My grandmother and her friends.
![Why Some Churches Put a Price on VBS Why Some Churches Put a Price on VBS](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62008.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Some Churches Put a Price on VBS
Charge nothing and overbooked families don’t show; charge too much and you price-out the people you’re trying to reach.
![Ricki and the Flash Ricki and the Flash](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62085.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Ricki and the Flash
In which Rick Springfield outshines Meryl Streep, and Jonathan Demme finally directs a dud.
![Shaun the Sheep Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62074.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Good, innocent fun with a bunch of hilarious and fluffy sheep made by the creators of 'Wallace and Gromit.'
![Dark Places Dark Places](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62079.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Dark Places
A movie by the author of 'Gone Girl' tells a flimsy mystery story instead of a tale of forgiving yourself.
![My Weird Childhood Faith Isn’t So Weird Anymore My Weird Childhood Faith Isn’t So Weird Anymore](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62030.jpg?h=123&w=220)
My Weird Childhood Faith Isn’t So Weird Anymore
Witnessing Christianity’s shift over the charismatic church.
![Pope's Creation Teachings Nothing New for Francis Schaeffer Fans Pope's Creation Teachings Nothing New for Francis Schaeffer Fans](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/61997.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Pope's Creation Teachings Nothing New for Francis Schaeffer Fans
Two works on environmental care, 45 years apart, show what evangelicals and Catholics can agree on.
![How to Protect Endangered Religious Groups You Admire How to Protect Endangered Religious Groups You Admire](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/61962.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Protect Endangered Religious Groups You Admire
When religious liberty and billions of dollars for the poor and oppressed are threatened.
![First Female Coach Enters the ‘Man’s World’ of the NFL First Female Coach Enters the ‘Man’s World’ of the NFL](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/61925.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
First Female Coach Enters the ‘Man’s World’ of the NFL
Welcome to the big leagues, Jen Welter.