December (Web-only) 2021
![Ten Prayers for the New Year Ten Prayers for the New Year](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127126.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Ten Prayers for the New Year
2021 was a year filled with trials and troubles for many. Let’s start this next one on our knees.
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There’s No Such Thing as Time Management
Maybe productivity doesn’t matter to God in the frantic ways I’ve imagined.
españolPortuguês简体中文繁體中文![Chinese Christian Media Ministries Face Bitter Winter of Censorship Chinese Christian Media Ministries Face Bitter Winter of Censorship](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127174.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Chinese Christian Media Ministries Face Bitter Winter of Censorship
As China’s government bans unapproved religious services, sermons, education, training, and videos online—even link sharing—starting in March, I turn to Psalm 90.
简体中文한국어Indonesian繁體中文![Christ Came to Disarm Rebellious Sinners, But Not to Disempower Them Christ Came to Disarm Rebellious Sinners, But Not to Disempower Them](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127132.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christ Came to Disarm Rebellious Sinners, But Not to Disempower Them
A meditation on the line between good and evil that runs through each person.
![God Loves a Cheerful TikTok Crowdfunder? God Loves a Cheerful TikTok Crowdfunder?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127152.jpg?h=123&w=220)
God Loves a Cheerful TikTok Crowdfunder?
Jimmy Darts has raised tens of thousands of dollars for strangers through and for viral videos on social media.
![These Christmas Carols Bring Joy to the Whole World These Christmas Carols Bring Joy to the Whole World](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127130.jpg?h=123&w=220)
These Christmas Carols Bring Joy to the Whole World
Christian leaders and musicians in nine countries and territories share their favorite Western and local holiday tunes.
Indonesian![Communing with Christ at His Christmas Feast Communing with Christ at His Christmas Feast](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127118.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Communing with Christ at His Christmas Feast
The story of our salvation starts with forbidden fruit and ends with bread and wine at the Lord’s Table.
简体中文繁體中文![Have Christians Forgotten How to Fight with God? Have Christians Forgotten How to Fight with God?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127121.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Have Christians Forgotten How to Fight with God?
The Lord wants our protest. But it seems some of us have neglected the ancient art of lamenting evil.
![In a Mad Mad World, God Welcomes Our Merrymaking In a Mad Mad World, God Welcomes Our Merrymaking](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127127.jpg?h=123&w=220)
In a Mad Mad World, God Welcomes Our Merrymaking
Christmas calls us to be like children and bring our joy to Jesus, even in the midst of upheaval.
español![Glad Tidings Come in Times of Terror Glad Tidings Come in Times of Terror](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126965.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Glad Tidings Come in Times of Terror
The nativity story is the advent of God’s love to a fear-filled world.
![Christianity Today in 2021: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More Christianity Today in 2021: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127129.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christianity Today in 2021: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More
CT published 2,063 articles this year. Here’s what readers and editors liked most.
![My Work Almost Crushed Her Family. Now I’m Welcomed at Her Table. My Work Almost Crushed Her Family. Now I’m Welcomed at Her Table.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127111.jpg?h=123&w=220)
My Work Almost Crushed Her Family. Now I’m Welcomed at Her Table.
The former spokesperson for Ravi Zacharias reflects on a Christmas miracle that demonstrates the great hope—and great cost—of restoration.
![Waiting for Jesus: Lessons from Simeon and Anna Waiting for Jesus: Lessons from Simeon and Anna](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126999.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Waiting for Jesus: Lessons from Simeon and Anna
Advent's elderly heroes waited decades for consolation. Here's what they can teach us.
español![Always Festivus and Never Christmas Always Festivus and Never Christmas](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/127040.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Always Festivus and Never Christmas
This season calls for reconciliation, not rage and resentment.
español![Research: Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce Research: Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126956.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Research: Religious Americans Less Likely to Divorce
Recent data suggests that faithful young adults can marry in their 20s without increasing the risk of separation.
![Taking the Trinitarian Christ out of Christmas Taking the Trinitarian Christ out of Christmas](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126982.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Taking the Trinitarian Christ out of Christmas
A recent poll shows nearly half of Americans believe a Christological heresy.
Indonesian![‘No Room in the Inn’ Was Good News ‘No Room in the Inn’ Was Good News](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126902.jpg?h=123&w=220)
‘No Room in the Inn’ Was Good News
The story of the Bethlehem hostel means Christ keeps company with pilgrims, not emperors.
简体中文繁體中文![Why the Mars Hill Podcast Kept You Waiting Why the Mars Hill Podcast Kept You Waiting](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126874.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why the Mars Hill Podcast Kept You Waiting
“Rise and Fall” producer Mike Cosper takes listeners backstage to answer questions about production delays, his personal experience, and more.
Português简体中文繁體中文![For Those with Eyes to See, There Is Theological Truth in Church Architecture For Those with Eyes to See, There Is Theological Truth in Church Architecture](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126612.jpg?h=123&w=220)
For Those with Eyes to See, There Is Theological Truth in Church Architecture
How to read what the wood, glass, and stone say about God.
简体中文繁體中文![The Prolific Deceivers at the Heart of ‘Roe v. Wade’ The Prolific Deceivers at the Heart of ‘Roe v. Wade’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126700.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Prolific Deceivers at the Heart of ‘Roe v. Wade’
A journalist pieces together the messy lives of Norma McCorvey, her family, and other central figures from the case.
![Christianity Today’s 2021 Christmas Albums Roundup Christianity Today’s 2021 Christmas Albums Roundup](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126659.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christianity Today’s 2021 Christmas Albums Roundup
Here are our favorite new releases by Christian artists, including The Porter’s Gate, Chris Tomlin, and more.
![Singleness Lessons I Learned from the Early Church Singleness Lessons I Learned from the Early Church](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126674.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Singleness Lessons I Learned from the Early Church
The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think.
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