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Our November Issue: Worship With Benefits
Historically, Americans really liked church.
Our September Issue: This Present Fiction
Before American Christians were known for writing pop fiction, they were known for disliking it.
Our September Issue: Hope Beyond the Headlines
In Afghanistan as elsewhere, there is more than meets the media’s eye.
Our July/August Issue: The Cynic’s Life Raft
How we ask questions matters as much as what we ask.
Our May/June Issue: Discerning Good Gossip from Bad
Our sweeping censure of talking behind backs isn’t biblical.
Our April Issue: Single Parenting by Choice
CT’s single-parent adoption pioneer shares her story.
Our March Issue: When Church Is Not ‘Home’
In praise of uncomfortable worship.
Our Jan/Feb Issue: Tomato, Tomahto, and the Bible
If the Christmas story actually happened in a garage, would we translate it that way?
Our November Issue: An Ocean of Need
How can we care for the sick when we don’t have the cash?
Our October Issue: Atlanta’s Black Church
Honoring hard-won progress while lamenting the costs of the struggle for justice.
Our September Issue: The Bible in Blue
It matters what Scripture says about police.
Our July/August Issue: Put a Ring on It?
The future of marriage may depend on good marriages.
Our May/June Issue: Life of the Body
Jesus is present in his people, even the socially distanced ones.
Our April Issue: Behind the Scenes
Honoring the hidden heroes of our past can start right now.
Our March Issue: Us vs. Us
How to let go of our precious personal versions of orthodoxy.
Sacred Duties
Why we wanted an article rethinking tax exemptions.
The Gospel According to Mark (Galli)
Lessons from CT’s editor in chief.
Our November Issue: Church of Work
Yes, work matters. But our quest for belonging in the office is often misguided.
Our October Issue: Short-Term Memory
Bearing witness well.
Our September Issue: Go West, Young Scholar
The church’s complex relationship with the classics.

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