November (Web-only) 2020
![How to Fake a Fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls How to Fake a Fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120554.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Fake a Fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls
And other things you wanted to ask an expert in forged biblical antiquities.
![The Night after Christmas, It Was Still Dark The Night after Christmas, It Was Still Dark](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120609.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Night after Christmas, It Was Still Dark
How the story of the shepherds changes our view of suffering.
简体中文繁體中文![How a Pastor Got Fired Over Cranberries How a Pastor Got Fired Over Cranberries](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120634.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How a Pastor Got Fired Over Cranberries
Worry about present hardships and trouble distorts our faith in God’s future.
![The Case for Vocational Singleness The Case for Vocational Singleness](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120528.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Case for Vocational Singleness
What if singles spent time discerning a call to “undivided devotion to the Lord”?
简体中文繁體中文![Sometimes, Telling Us More About the Pilgrims Actually Tells Us Less Sometimes, Telling Us More About the Pilgrims Actually Tells Us Less](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120605.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sometimes, Telling Us More About the Pilgrims Actually Tells Us Less
A new study touches on many factors that shaped life in Plymouth Colony. But the most important one gets lost in the laundry list.
![Hope Is More Than a Feeling. It Focuses on Christ’s Future Coming. Hope Is More Than a Feeling. It Focuses on Christ’s Future Coming.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120328.png?h=123&w=220)
Advent: Living Hope
Advent devotional readings from Christianity Today.
españolPortuguêsFrançais简体中文한국어Indonesian繁體中文Galego![Anglican Churches in the UK Are Shrinking in Size but Not Impact Anglican Churches in the UK Are Shrinking in Size but Not Impact](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120580.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Anglican Churches in the UK Are Shrinking in Size but Not Impact
Report: How smaller congregations are still showing up to support their communities through growing social action.
![For Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Was a Way of Life For Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Was a Way of Life](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120530.jpg?h=123&w=220)
For Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Was a Way of Life
The commemoration we recognize each year came out of a deep view of providence and everyday gratitude to God.
![Is The Coronavirus Evidence of a Creation in Freefall? Is The Coronavirus Evidence of a Creation in Freefall?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120532.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Is The Coronavirus Evidence of a Creation in Freefall?
How does theology explain a pandemic? Basic biology, human sin, or the Devil?
![Dave Chappelle Is the Cultural Pastor America Needs Dave Chappelle Is the Cultural Pastor America Needs](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120473.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Dave Chappelle Is the Cultural Pastor America Needs
Let incisive comedy give us “eyes to see.”
![As a Pandemic Parent, God Calls Me to This Loud and Lonely Life As a Pandemic Parent, God Calls Me to This Loud and Lonely Life](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120428.jpg?h=123&w=220)
As a Pandemic Parent, God Calls Me to This Loud and Lonely Life
I have a legitimate need for monastic silence. But that need is also a serious temptation.
![When Conscience Rights Come at the Cost of Human Rights When Conscience Rights Come at the Cost of Human Rights](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120472.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When Conscience Rights Come at the Cost of Human Rights
Evangelicals have done commendable work advancing religious freedom around the globe. But that work has involved some questionable moral compromises.
![Will Biden Demote Religious Freedom in US Foreign Policy? Will Biden Demote Religious Freedom in US Foreign Policy?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120402.jpg?h=123&w=220)
‘First Freedom’ vs. Article 18: Will Biden Demote Religious Freedom in US Foreign Policy?
The president-elect can integrate it into a pragmatic human rights agenda without repudiating Trump’s legacy.
![Evangelicals and Muslims: Not Brothers, But Best Friends Evangelicals and Muslims: Not Brothers, But Best Friends](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120382.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Evangelicals and Muslims: Not Brothers, But Best Friends
Why the World Evangelical Alliance is working hand in hand with Nahdlatul Ulama in an ambitious global initiative to counter religious extremism.
![A Plea to Save Artsakh’s Armenian Heritage A Plea to Save Artsakh’s Armenian Heritage](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120386.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A Plea to Save Artsakh’s Armenian Heritage
Head of the Armenian Apostolic Church details the “countless sacred spaces” in Nagorno-Karabakh at risk of becoming the “silent victims of conquest” by Azerbaijan.
![Don’t Overstate the Rewards of Sexual Faithfulness. Don’t Understate Them Either. Don’t Overstate the Rewards of Sexual Faithfulness. Don’t Understate Them Either.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120344.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Don’t Overstate the Rewards of Sexual Faithfulness. Don’t Understate Them Either.
The false promises of purity culture shouldn’t overshadow the true promises of God.
español![Assessing Metropolitan Amfilohije, Whose Religious Freedom Fight Brought Down a Dynasty Assessing Metropolitan Amfilohije, Whose Religious Freedom Fight Brought Down a Dynasty](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120335.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Assessing Metropolitan Amfilohije, Whose Religious Freedom Fight Brought Down a Dynasty
An evangelical reflection on the legacy of Montenegro’s Orthodox leader, the highest-ranking clergy worldwide to die of COVID-19.
![The Mayflower Pilgrims—as Not Seen on TV The Mayflower Pilgrims—as Not Seen on TV](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120307.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Mayflower Pilgrims—as Not Seen on TV
Pop culture has given us a distorted picture of the religious separatists who founded Plymouth Colony. Historian John Turner sets the record straight.
![Advice for Armenians and Azerbaijanis, from Israel-Palestine Advice for Armenians and Azerbaijanis, from Israel-Palestine](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120288.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Advice for Armenians and Azerbaijanis, from Israel-Palestine
After three decades of reconciliation work in Jerusalem, here’s what I’ve learned when protracted conflict involves religion, land, and history.
![How to Prevent the Next Evangelical Leadership Scandal How to Prevent the Next Evangelical Leadership Scandal](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120279.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Prevent the Next Evangelical Leadership Scandal
Working in PR, I’ve stepped in to help ministries after a crisis hits. What they need is more accountability before it happens.
![The 144 Million and Counting The 144 Million and Counting](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120280.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The 144 Million and Counting
A historic election turnout augurs well for American democracy. But there is greater truth than voting can determine.
![What Kuyper Can Teach Us 100 Years Later What Kuyper Can Teach Us 100 Years Later](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120207.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Kuyper Can Teach Us 100 Years Later
Evangelicals can build social trust through a commitment to Christian institutions and service to the world.
españolPortuguês![The Bible Makes a Fashion Statement The Bible Makes a Fashion Statement](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120198.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Bible Makes a Fashion Statement
Theologian Robert Covolo encourages Christians to take matters of dress and style more seriously.
![Christians Like Me Believe We Must End the Drug War to Win It Christians Like Me Believe We Must End the Drug War to Win It](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/120205.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christians Like Me Believe We Must End the Drug War to Win It
Ballot initiatives decriminalizing drug use may be the best way to fight sinful drug abuse.