December (Web-only) 2020
![No Zoom Fatigue for Revived Baptist Church in Gaza No Zoom Fatigue for Revived Baptist Church in Gaza](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121292.jpg?h=123&w=220)
No Zoom Fatigue for Revived Baptist Church in Gaza
COVID-19 provides a silver lining for dwindling community of Palestinian evangelicals, whose now-electronic fellowship brought 100 together for Christmas.
![10 Fresh Ways to Read Your Bible in 2021 10 Fresh Ways to Read Your Bible in 2021](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121278.jpg?h=123&w=220)
10 Fresh Ways to Read Your Bible in 2021
The need to engrave Scripture on our hearts feels all the more urgent this year.
españolPortuguêsFrançais简体中文한국어Indonesian繁體中文![10 of the Best Books on Sports and Christianity from the Past 10 Years 10 of the Best Books on Sports and Christianity from the Past 10 Years](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121270.jpg?h=123&w=220)
10 of the Best Books on Sports and Christianity from the Past 10 Years
How scholars, fans, and on-field stars have related faith and athletics.
![Become a CT Global Translator Become a CT Global Translator](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121282.png?h=123&w=220)
Become a CT Global Translator
We're building a “central nervous system” for the global body of Christ, with 4 million readers reached so far in 18 languages. Volunteer with us!
![Become a CT Global Social Media Ambassador Become a CT Global Social Media Ambassador](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121280.png?h=123&w=220)
Become a CT Global Social Media Ambassador
We’re looking for Christians around the world to grow Christianity Today’s social media presence in a 10-hour-a-week volunteer position.
![The Global Church’s Mission for the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout The Global Church’s Mission for the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121220.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Global Church’s Mission for the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
Gavi director: Christian involvement with HIV, Ebola should inspire coronavirus engagement.
![‘We All Have Plague’ ‘We All Have Plague’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121221.jpg?h=123&w=220)
‘We All Have Plague’
What I learned about suffering and hope from reading Albert Camus’s novel during the pandemic.
![On This COVID Christmas, Food Is Love and to Feast Is to Worship On This COVID Christmas, Food Is Love and to Feast Is to Worship](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121213.jpg?h=123&w=220)
On This COVID Christmas, Food Is Love and to Feast Is to Worship
Don't let the pandemic prevent you from cooking and relishing the incarnate tastes of God's grace.
![Christianity Today in 2020: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More Christianity Today in 2020: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121198.png?h=123&w=220)
Christianity Today in 2020: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More
CT published 1,650 articles this year. Here’s what readers and editors liked most.
![Bethlehem Is More Than a Sentimental Backdrop to Christmas in the West Bethlehem Is More Than a Sentimental Backdrop to Christmas in the West](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121180.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Bethlehem Is More Than a Sentimental Backdrop to Christmas in the West
How Christians are celebrating the holiday in the town of Jesus’ birth—and across the broader Middle East.
![The Pandemic Demands We Honor the Aged The Pandemic Demands We Honor the Aged](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121107.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Pandemic Demands We Honor the Aged
Caring for the elderly is more about duty and love than public policy.
![Why We Keep Asking about the Christmas Star Why We Keep Asking about the Christmas Star](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121106.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why We Keep Asking about the Christmas Star
This week’s Jupiter-Saturn conjunction represents one of dozens of theories trying to explain the sign that pointed Magi to Jesus.
![Contra Rod Dreher, Not All Signs Point to a Woke Dictatorship in America Contra Rod Dreher, Not All Signs Point to a Woke Dictatorship in America](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121126.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Contra Rod Dreher, Not All Signs Point to a Woke Dictatorship in America
What his new book gets right, and what it misses.
Français简体中文繁體中文![Trump and Afghanistan: Bad Character Wages a Never Ending War Trump and Afghanistan: Bad Character Wages a Never Ending War](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121188.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Trump and Afghanistan: Bad Character Wages a Never Ending War
Promises to bring troops home by Christmas fail because the lack of character impedes practical accomplishments.
![When I Didn’t Want Christmas to Come When I Didn’t Want Christmas to Come](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121259.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When I Didn’t Want Christmas to Come
A holiday spent in grief helped me to take Christ’s coming more seriously.
Indonesian![Writing as a Christian Means Joining a Banquet, Not a Battle Writing as a Christian Means Joining a Banquet, Not a Battle](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121061.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Writing as a Christian Means Joining a Banquet, Not a Battle
How we can use our words to feed each other rather than destroy each other.
![A Vaccine Could Save Prisoners’ Lives. Christians Can Help. A Vaccine Could Save Prisoners’ Lives. Christians Can Help.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121068.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A Vaccine Could Save Prisoners’ Lives. Christians Can Help.
Advocating for prisoner vaccinations is a political issue, but it doesn’t have to be a partisan one.
![$500K Medical Missions Award Goes to OB-GYN Nun in Uganda $500K Medical Missions Award Goes to OB-GYN Nun in Uganda](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121052.png?h=123&w=220)
$500K Medical Missions Award Goes to OB-GYN Nun in Uganda
Her call to serve the “least of these” led her to maternal care at a rural hospital.
![How to Be Pro-Life in Our Real Lives How to Be Pro-Life in Our Real Lives](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/121060.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Be Pro-Life in Our Real Lives
The Christian call to care for the vulnerable starts with facing the heightened needs in our own communities.
![Search Me, O God, and Know My Political Heart Search Me, O God, and Know My Political Heart](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120973.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Search Me, O God, and Know My Political Heart
St. Ignatius’ examen provides a test of our political theology, positions, and engagement.
![I Grew Up a Fervent Evangelist for Islam. Now I’m Living Out the Book of Acts. I Grew Up a Fervent Evangelist for Islam. Now I’m Living Out the Book of Acts.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120915.jpg?h=123&w=220)
I Grew Up a Fervent Evangelist for Islam. Now I’m Living Out the Book of Acts.
How an encounter with Christian missionaries made me into a missionary myself.
![Should Pastors Speak Up About the COVID-19 Vaccine? Should Pastors Speak Up About the COVID-19 Vaccine?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120971.jpg?h=123&w=220)
![Christmas Albums 2020: What’s on Our Playlist Christmas Albums 2020: What’s on Our Playlist](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120914.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christmas Albums 2020: What’s on Our Playlist
From Tori Kelly to Maverick City Music, here are our favorite new releases by Christian artists.
![The Triumph of the Sexual Revolution Seems Stunningly Swift. But Its Roots Go Back Centuries. The Triumph of the Sexual Revolution Seems Stunningly Swift. But Its Roots Go Back Centuries.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120958.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Triumph of the Sexual Revolution Seems Stunningly Swift. But Its Roots Go Back Centuries.
Carl Trueman maps out the revolutionary shifts that made it possible, then plausible, then actual.
![Lauren Daigle’s Christmas Cheer Doesn’t Pause for a Pandemic Lauren Daigle’s Christmas Cheer Doesn’t Pause for a Pandemic](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120798.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lauren Daigle’s Christmas Cheer Doesn’t Pause for a Pandemic
Ahead of her first televised special, the chart-topping Christian artist told CT her music has taken on special meaning in 2020.
![Netflix’s ‘Voices of Fire’ Reveals Power of Sung Gospel Netflix’s ‘Voices of Fire’ Reveals Power of Sung Gospel](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120783.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Netflix’s ‘Voices of Fire’ Reveals Power of Sung Gospel
Choir director Patrick Riddick on how he saw God's presence in the show’s rehearsals.
![Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible. He Only Succeeded in Making It Sad. Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible. He Only Succeeded in Making It Sad.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120786.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Thomas Jefferson Tried to ‘Fix’ the Bible. He Only Succeeded in Making It Sad.
The third president’s attempts to revise Scripture offer a warning about our own tendency to “edit” the truth.
![Christian Political Exile Persists No Matter the President Christian Political Exile Persists No Matter the President](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120788.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christian Political Exile Persists No Matter the President
The Trump era was not a new Babylon, and the Biden era will be no new Jerusalem. (And vice versa.)
![How to Do Advent When Nothing Seems Worth Celebrating How to Do Advent When Nothing Seems Worth Celebrating](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120708.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Do Advent When Nothing Seems Worth Celebrating
Our Immanuel doesn’t offer us an escape. He comes to suffer with us.
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