April (Web-only) 2020
![Why Art and Beauty Matter During a Pandemic Why Art and Beauty Matter During a Pandemic](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117132.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Art and Beauty Matter During a Pandemic
These theologians and artists found beauty in suffering.
![Lay Down Your Ventilator for a Friend Lay Down Your Ventilator for a Friend](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117126.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lay Down Your Ventilator for a Friend
What is a Christian to do when there's not enough to go around?
![Coronavirus Calls for Revival of Real Pentecostalism Coronavirus Calls for Revival of Real Pentecostalism](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117095.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Coronavirus Calls for Revival of Real Pentecostalism
Despite failures, Spirit-filled theology can show us how to respond to the pandemic.
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Remembering Bruce Fields
The theologian, who died last week, was a reflective and humble man.
![How Doctors and Scientists Apply Faith on the Front Lines How Doctors and Scientists Apply Faith on the Front Lines](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117066.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How Doctors and Scientists Apply Faith on the Front Lines
Six medical professionals share their spiritual practices in the midst of a pandemic.
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The Last Enemy
How confident are we that we will find one another on the far side of the veil?
![Churches: Put Down That Spiritual Gifts Quiz Churches: Put Down That Spiritual Gifts Quiz](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116987.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Churches: Put Down That Spiritual Gifts Quiz
What the local body misses when it focuses on personality analyses and congregational surveys.
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![Why COVID-19 Is the Time for Spiritual First Aid Why COVID-19 Is the Time for Spiritual First Aid](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117098.jpg?h=123&w=220)
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Join NT Wright, Danielle Strickland, Efrem Smith, and others at the Spiritual First Aid Summit.
![‘We Don’t Know What to Do, But Our Eyes Are on You.’ ‘We Don’t Know What to Do, But Our Eyes Are on You.’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117057.jpg?h=123&w=220)
‘We Don’t Know What to Do, But Our Eyes Are on You.’
Twelve transformational words for leading in unprecedented times.
Português![This Is Your Soul on Zoom This Is Your Soul on Zoom](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117072.jpg?h=123&w=220)
This Is Your Soul on Zoom
Many technologies we cursed months ago for driving us apart we now bless for holding us together.
![To Those Who’ve Lost Loved Ones To Those Who’ve Lost Loved Ones](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117044.jpg?h=123&w=220)
To Those Who’ve Lost Loved Ones
Faith is the gravity of grief, the ground of ultimate reality.
![When I Was Forbidden to Attend Church, I Learned to Cultivate a ‘Remote’ Faith When I Was Forbidden to Attend Church, I Learned to Cultivate a ‘Remote’ Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117008.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When I Was Forbidden to Attend Church, I Learned to Cultivate a ‘Remote’ Faith
5 lessons for doing church together while we live apart.
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The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes
We strain against the limits of human reason when we look for a source of suffering.
![Churches Should Not Be the First to Reopen Churches Should Not Be the First to Reopen](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/117006.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Churches Should Not Be the First to Reopen
The demographics of many US congregations make sanctuaries a risky place for gatherings to resume.
![Looking for God in Disease and Suffering Looking for God in Disease and Suffering](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116162.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Looking for God in Disease and Suffering
Christianity Today’s theological explorations of pain and sickness.
![When Should Doctrine Divide, and When Should Unity Prevail? When Should Doctrine Divide, and When Should Unity Prevail?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116989.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When Should Doctrine Divide, and When Should Unity Prevail?
How “theological triage” helps us pick our battles on matters of faith.
Português![Can Staying Home Help Us Regain a Sense of Place? Can Staying Home Help Us Regain a Sense of Place?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116969.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Can Staying Home Help Us Regain a Sense of Place?
How rediscovering creation around us can deepen our connection with God.
![Why Married Women Need More Male Friends Why Married Women Need More Male Friends](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116960.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Married Women Need More Male Friends
Christlikeness, not social distancing, is key to male-female contact in the church.
![COVID-19 Is Not God’s Judgment COVID-19 Is Not God’s Judgment](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116945.jpg?h=123&w=220)
COVID-19 Is Not God’s Judgment
How we can know God isn’t acting now as he acted against Pharaoh.
![Prayer and Science Have Sparred Before, But It’s a False Dichotomy Prayer and Science Have Sparred Before, But It’s a False Dichotomy](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116894.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Prayer and Science Have Sparred Before, But It’s a False Dichotomy
How Mike Pence and Queen Victoria both started intellectual debates over these avenues of healing.
![Now Is the Time to Think About Nuclear Weapons Now Is the Time to Think About Nuclear Weapons](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116928.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Now Is the Time to Think About Nuclear Weapons
Pope Francis condemns deterrence and the New START Treaty is set to expire. Where should Protestants stand?
![Surviving COVID-19 in Spain Changed My Faith Surviving COVID-19 in Spain Changed My Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116929.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Surviving COVID-19 in Spain Changed My Faith
Six lessons for churches from the president of the Spanish Evangelical Alliance.
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Churches: Don’t Get Too Comfortable Online
Digital worship is a necessary stopgap under pandemic conditions. But in the long run, in-person fellowship is indispensable.
![We May Be ‘Safer at Home.’ But Many At-Risk Kids Aren’t. We May Be ‘Safer at Home.’ But Many At-Risk Kids Aren’t.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116902.jpg?h=123&w=220)
We May Be ‘Safer at Home.’ But Many At-Risk Kids Aren’t.
The rising demand for foster families presents an opportunity for the church.
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![Spiritual First Aid: Resources for Responding to COVID-19 Mental Health Challenges Spiritual First Aid: Resources for Responding to COVID-19 Mental Health Challenges](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116899.jpg?h=123&w=220)
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![A Time to Refrain from Embracing A Time to Refrain from Embracing](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116883.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A Time to Refrain from Embracing
We cannot be ourselves apart from those we love.
![For Church Unity, These Evangelicals ‘Gave Up’ Their Easter For Church Unity, These Evangelicals ‘Gave Up’ Their Easter](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116877.jpg?h=123&w=220)
For Church Unity, These Evangelicals ‘Gave Up’ Their Easter
For decades, Christians in Jordan have celebrated what Pope Francis pines for.
![A Christian Case for Reading Godless Books A Christian Case for Reading Godless Books](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116866.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A Christian Case for Reading Godless Books
Novels like "Girl, Woman, Other" offer something precious: passports to the worlds of unbelievers.
![To Debunk Viral Conspiracies, First Build Trust To Debunk Viral Conspiracies, First Build Trust](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116859.jpg?h=123&w=220)
To Debunk Viral Conspiracies, First Build Trust
In video, Francis Collins addresses skepticism of the coronavirus’s natural origins, which is higher among Christians.
![The First Gift Ever Given The First Gift Ever Given](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116868.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The First Gift Ever Given
What do we learn when we are forced to confront our own mortality?
![The Pandemic Lockdown Is a Godsend for the Indian Church The Pandemic Lockdown Is a Godsend for the Indian Church](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116851.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Pandemic Lockdown Is a Godsend for the Indian Church
COVID-19 took away our usual Easter. But I believe it could also spark the first revival in India in a century.
![The Best Thing I Can Do as a Pastor’s Spouse Right Now? Take Care of the Basics The Best Thing I Can Do as a Pastor’s Spouse Right Now? Take Care of the Basics](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116848.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Best Thing I Can Do as a Pastor’s Spouse Right Now? Take Care of the Basics
When we can’t reach out, we have to reach in.
![Laying the Dead to Rest During the Pandemic’s Peak Laying the Dead to Rest During the Pandemic’s Peak](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116838.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Laying the Dead to Rest During the Pandemic’s Peak
As morgue capacity is stretched, we face our physical fragility yet reach toward hope of true life.
![See, I Zoom You With My Own Hand See, I Zoom You With My Own Hand](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116780.jpg?h=123&w=220)
See, I Zoom You With My Own Hand
I don’t like it when technology gets between me and the church. Neither did the apostle Paul.
![Lift Your Eyes Up Lift Your Eyes Up](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116821.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lift Your Eyes Up
In a time of pandemic and panic, it's more important than ever to govern our powers of attention.
![N. T. Wright: We Mourned Our Alleluias on Easter N. T. Wright: We Mourned Our Alleluias on Easter](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116778.jpg?h=123&w=220)
N. T. Wright: We Mourned Our Alleluias on Easter
The prominent theologian responds to his Time article on lament.
![20 More Prayers to Pray as We Approach the Pandemic’s Peak 20 More Prayers to Pray as We Approach the Pandemic’s Peak](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116739.jpg?h=123&w=220)
20 More Prayers to Pray as We Approach the Pandemic’s Peak
Petitioning God is still the most powerful way to respond in crisis.
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Resurrection Hope Extends Beyond Easter Sunday
Even when death looms, the Good News remains.
españolPortuguês한국어Indonesian![What Skeptical Scholars Admit about the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus What Skeptical Scholars Admit about the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116718.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Skeptical Scholars Admit about the Resurrection Appearances of Jesus
The historical evidence is clear: Those who claimed to see him risen must have seen something.
españolPortuguêsFrançais简体中文繁體中文русскийУкраїнська![This Easter, The Weary World Rejoices. But First It Grieves. This Easter, The Weary World Rejoices. But First It Grieves.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116597.jpg?h=123&w=220)
This Easter, The Weary World Rejoices. But First It Grieves.
As a widow, I have newfound appreciation for why the mourning of Holy Saturday is indispensable to the journey toward joy.
![Seeing My Child Face Death Made Me Rethink the Passion Seeing My Child Face Death Made Me Rethink the Passion](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116688.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Seeing My Child Face Death Made Me Rethink the Passion
The Cross secured our salvation. But Jesus’ fate still breaks the Father’s heart.
한국어![The Holy Fire Must Go On The Holy Fire Must Go On](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116691.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Holy Fire Must Go On
As one of Jerusalem’s most ancient Christian celebrations is threatened by COVID-19, a brother-sister filmmaking team helps viewers experience the “Narnia” of their missionary-kid youth.
![On the Cross and the Kingdom On the Cross and the Kingdom](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116685.jpg?h=123&w=220)
On the Cross and the Kingdom
The cross is an object for contemplation, but also an invitation: Go and do likewise.
![If Easter Is Only a Symbol, Then to Hell with It If Easter Is Only a Symbol, Then to Hell with It](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116669.jpg?h=123&w=220)
If Easter Is Only a Symbol, Then to Hell with It
The empty tomb is evidence that God’s love triumphs over death. That truth endures with or without us.
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As you prepare for record-breaking numbers, bring us your heart and hope.
![Christ Suffered for Our Sins, but He Didn’t Go to Hell for Them Christ Suffered for Our Sins, but He Didn’t Go to Hell for Them](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116598.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christ Suffered for Our Sins, but He Didn’t Go to Hell for Them
A theologian explores what did (and didn’t) happen on Holy Saturday.
![Rwanda Ministry Brings Genocide Survivors Hope Rwanda Ministry Brings Genocide Survivors Hope](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116631.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Rwanda Ministry Brings Genocide Survivors Hope
With their own traumas to bear, Christian survivors find holistic ways to minister to Tutsis.
![The Resurrection Has Not Been Canceled The Resurrection Has Not Been Canceled](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116641.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Resurrection Has Not Been Canceled
God is always in the business of bringing life out of death.
![What Did the Pope Really Say About Confession During COVID-19? What Did the Pope Really Say About Confession During COVID-19?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116554.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Did the Pope Really Say About Confession During COVID-19?
Unpacking Pope Francis's remarks about 'taking your sorrows directly to God.'
![The Price of Faith in a Pandemic The Price of Faith in a Pandemic](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116596.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Price of Faith in a Pandemic
In this Holy Week, in this season of the pandemic, there’s no following Christ without the cross.
![Many of the Christians We Remember Faced Pain and Sickness Many of the Christians We Remember Faced Pain and Sickness](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116179.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Many of the Christians We Remember Faced Pain and Sickness
For Charles Spurgeon, Florence Nightingale, Mother Teresa, and more, disease defined how they knew God.
![What Passion Week Means What Passion Week Means](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116570.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Passion Week Means
Because of Christ's darkest week, he can be with us in ours.
![Not Even the Gates of a Hellish Pandemic Will Prevail Over God’s Church Not Even the Gates of a Hellish Pandemic Will Prevail Over God’s Church](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116544.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Not Even the Gates of a Hellish Pandemic Will Prevail Over God’s Church
Scripture doesn’t promise wealth or health or even life. What, then, does it promise?
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Christian Zionism Isn’t the Caricature of Popular Imagination
It isn’t end-times fascination that explains the enduring bond between evangelicals and Israel.
![This Holy Week, Linger at the Cross This Holy Week, Linger at the Cross](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/115890.jpg?h=123&w=220)
This Holy Week, Linger at the Cross
Explore CT's special issue for the Easter season.
![Joy Comes in the Morning Joy Comes in the Morning](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116525.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Joy Comes in the Morning
Joy invades the most sorrowful spaces. It reminds us that beauty and goodness and life can grow even in the most unpromising soil.
![Mexico’s Persecuted Protestants Lack Simple Coronavirus Defense Mexico’s Persecuted Protestants Lack Simple Coronavirus Defense](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116507.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Mexico’s Persecuted Protestants Lack Simple Coronavirus Defense
As COVID-19 spreads, dozens of Protestant converts are still denied access to clean water in Catholic-controlled villages in four states.
![To Truly Live, I Needed to Die To Truly Live, I Needed to Die](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/115209.jpg?h=123&w=220)
To Truly Live, I Needed to Die
If the old me stays alive, I never escape hell. Instead, I live it.
![When I Was a Health Risk to Society When I Was a Health Risk to Society](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116501.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When I Was a Health Risk to Society
My radioactive body brought me shame. But I learned how to bring my fears to the Cross.
![In Pandemic and in Health, I Make This Vow In Pandemic and in Health, I Make This Vow](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116393.jpg?h=123&w=220)
In Pandemic and in Health, I Make This Vow
Engaged Americans are grappling with foiled wedding plans. But Christian couples face unique moral challenges.
![Be Not Afraid Be Not Afraid](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116475.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Be Not Afraid
Anxiety is not the enemy of faith but a passageway on the road to it.
![Bloom Where You’re Quarantined Bloom Where You’re Quarantined](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/116453.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Bloom Where You’re Quarantined
Some of us were lonely well before the pandemic. How do we find God’s comfort now?