December (Web-only) 2017
![The Top 20 Christianity Today Articles of 2017 The Top 20 Christianity Today Articles of 2017](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80371.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Top 20 Christianity Today Articles of 2017
The theology beneath the Trump-Comey conflict, BSF rewrites the rulebook, and Benny Hinn's nephew shares his testimony.
![CT Women’s Top 10 Articles of 2017: Kay Warren, Joni Eareckson Tada, and More CT Women’s Top 10 Articles of 2017: Kay Warren, Joni Eareckson Tada, and More](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80324.jpg?h=123&w=220)
CT Women’s Top 10 Articles of 2017: Kay Warren, Joni Eareckson Tada, and More
Readers rank the best posts of the year.
![Creating Worship Songs for a Welcoming Community Creating Worship Songs for a Welcoming Community](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80046.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Creating Worship Songs for a Welcoming Community
Isaac Wardell’s latest collaborative project, The Porter’s Gate, marks a change from Bifrost Arts.
![Minimalism Isn’t the Key to Christmas Minimalism Isn’t the Key to Christmas](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80292.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Minimalism Isn’t the Key to Christmas
We need more than anti-consumerism for a healthy Christian holiday.
![Women Speak Up in #SilenceIsNotSpiritual Campaign Women Speak Up in #SilenceIsNotSpiritual Campaign](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80305.png?h=123&w=220)
Women Speak Up in #SilenceIsNotSpiritual Campaign
Leaders from Lynne Hybels to Jen Hatmaker want evangelical churches to take a more proactive position on behalf of victims.
![Today’s Evangelists Face a Crisis of Confidence Today’s Evangelists Face a Crisis of Confidence](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/79951.png?h=123&w=220)
Today’s Evangelists Face a Crisis of Confidence
Why “post-Christian America” hasn’t surpassed the need for straightforward apologetics.
![The Virgin Birth: What’s the Problem Exactly? The Virgin Birth: What’s the Problem Exactly?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80250.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Virgin Birth: What’s the Problem Exactly?
Why evangelicals don’t fuss over this doctrine.
![God Turns Up In All the Wrong Places at Christmas God Turns Up In All the Wrong Places at Christmas](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80251.jpg?h=123&w=220)
God Turns Up In All the Wrong Places at Christmas
It’s easy to miss how strange God’s ‘perfect timing’ is in the nativity story.
![Advent Is a Season of Longing Advent Is a Season of Longing](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80205.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Advent Is a Season of Longing
What does the time spent anticipating Christmas have to do with the wilderness?
![This Christmas, I’m Defining Family by My Single Friends This Christmas, I’m Defining Family by My Single Friends](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80196.jpg?h=123&w=220)
This Christmas, I’m Defining Family by My Single Friends
Blood relatives are key to the holiday. But I share a deeper DNA with the body of Christ.
![God’s Man, for God’s Work: A Tribute to R. C. Sproul (1939-2017) God’s Man, for God’s Work: A Tribute to R. C. Sproul (1939-2017)](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80225.jpg?h=123&w=220)
God’s Man, for God’s Work: A Tribute to R. C. Sproul (1939-2017)
Ligonier Ministries founder was a category 5 hurricane of declaration, persuasion, and instruction.
![Playlist: The Best New Christmas Music Playlist: The Best New Christmas Music](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80230.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Playlist: The Best New Christmas Music
Be of good cheer: We are in a moment of theologically rich, artistically wonderful recordings.
![Christmas and Cricket: Finding Two Lost C. S. Lewis Articles Christmas and Cricket: Finding Two Lost C. S. Lewis Articles](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80201.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christmas and Cricket: Rediscovering Two Lost C. S. Lewis Articles After 70 Years
“A Christmas Sermon for Pagans” is quintessential Lewis at the height of his renown. “Cricketer’s Progress” is more of a mystery.
![Two Marvelous Truths Help Me Say No to Sexual Sin Two Marvelous Truths Help Me Say No to Sexual Sin](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80191.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Two Marvelous Truths Help Me Say No to Sexual Sin
As a same-sex-attracted woman married to a man, I was struggling to ward off temptation on my own power. Then God showed me I didn’t have to.
![Yes, 100 Christian Kids Are Being Raised by Muslim Families. Here’s the Actual Problem. Yes, 100 Christian Kids Are Being Raised by Muslim Families. Here’s the Actual Problem.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80063.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Yes, 100 Christian Kids Are Being Raised by Muslim Families. Here’s the Actual Problem.
The real threat to foster children in the UK (and the US) lies within our own hearts.
![Should the Lord’s Prayer Be Changed? Should the Lord’s Prayer Be Changed?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80164.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Should the Lord’s Prayer Be Changed?
Experts weigh in on Pope Francis' recent support for changing the wording "lead us not into temptation."
![The Biggest Loser in the Alabama Election The Biggest Loser in the Alabama Election](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80093.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Biggest Loser in the Alabama Election
It’s not Republicans or Democrats, but Christian witness.
![How to Celebrate Christmas as a Cultural Minority How to Celebrate Christmas as a Cultural Minority](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80092.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Celebrate Christmas as a Cultural Minority
Christians abroad and Muslims at home helped me find the holy day in the holiday.
![Beautiful Word: The Story of the ESV Illuminated Bible Beautiful Word: The Story of the ESV Illuminated Bible](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80087.png?h=123&w=220)
Beautiful Word: The Story of the ESV Illuminated Bible
Renowned designer Dana Tanamachi brings modern illustrations to the ancient text.
![Evangelicals and Domestic Violence: Are Christian Men More Abusive? Evangelicals and Domestic Violence: Are Christian Men More Abusive?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80060.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Evangelicals and Domestic Violence: Are Christian Men More Abusive?
A sociologist looks at the data on domestic abuse against women.
![Lovers, Fighters, and the World They Made Lovers, Fighters, and the World They Made](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80058.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lovers, Fighters, and the World They Made
Alec Ryrie explores the emotional bonds that have held the Protestant family together for 500 years.
![The Real Story Behind Ray Rice Speaking at Liberty The Real Story Behind Ray Rice Speaking at Liberty](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80059.png?h=123&w=220)
The Real Story Behind Ray Rice Speaking at Liberty
What does a former abuser talk about at a Christian college? Repentance.
![How the Coming of the Son Brings Hope to the Fatherless How the Coming of the Son Brings Hope to the Fatherless](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80007.png?h=123&w=220)
How the Coming of the Son Brings Hope to the Fatherless
An overlooked prophecy points to the family togetherness we crave at Christmas.
![Evangelical Christians Are Sick Evangelical Christians Are Sick](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80036.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Evangelical Christians Are Sick
The movement is driven by a painful awareness that the heart—each of our hearts—is desperately wicked.
![To More Than a Few Good Men: Don’t Give Up on Working with Women To More Than a Few Good Men: Don’t Give Up on Working with Women](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/80011.jpg?h=123&w=220)
To More Than a Few Good Men: Don’t Give Up on Working with Women
Four research-based solutions beyond Mike Pence’s ‘Billy Graham Rule.’
![Which Came First, Christmas or Consumerism? Which Came First, Christmas or Consumerism?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/79993.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Which Came First, Christmas or Consumerism?
Judith Flanders teases out the surprising mix of religious and secular elements in many beloved holiday customs.
![How Cancer Shattered My Illusion of Control How Cancer Shattered My Illusion of Control](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/79990.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How Cancer Shattered My Illusion of Control
I acted like I was master of my fate. I was a mist.
![Waiting Outside an Abortion Clinic Years Ago Was Worth It Waiting Outside an Abortion Clinic Years Ago Was Worth It](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/79989.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Waiting Outside an Abortion Clinic Years Ago Was Worth It
The mother of an almost-aborted baby reached out with this letter about her son.
![Charles Dickens Still Haunts Christmas Charles Dickens Still Haunts Christmas](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/79928.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Charles Dickens Still Haunts Christmas
How a 19th-century story informs the modern holiday spirit.