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When Reading the Psalms, Don’t Skip the Superscriptions
They’re part of the Bible’s original text, and frequently essential to understanding it.
At My Mother’s Deathbed, I Discovered the Symmetry of a Long Life
The chiastic pattern I’d come to love in Scripture also shows up in God’s design for aging.
Your Likes Are But Dust
Social media leaves us dissatisfied. No wonder, according to Ecclesiastes.
Christianity Today Stories You May Have Missed in 2024
From an elder in space to reflections on doubt, friendship, and miscarriage.
CT’s Best Ideas of 2024
A selection of 15 of our most intriguing, delightful, and thought-provoking articles on theology, politics, culture, and more.
Writers
The Orphan Care Movement Grows Up
Two decades into the resurgence of Christian adoption advocacy, the movement bears both visible bruises and greater wisdom.
Guilt and Sorrow and Obedience and Love
My Christmastime charity is small, insufficient, and muddled in motive. It is also what I can and must do.
The Holy Family and Mine
Nativity scenes show us the loving parents we all need—and remind me that my own parents estranged me over my faith.
Latino Christians Deserve a Straight Answer on Immigration
Neither sweeping talk about deportations nor reassuring promises are helpful. We need clear and compassionate policies.
A Better Trans Conversation
As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on youth gender medicine, Christians must prepare to speak with love while holding fast to biblical truth.
Ethics Aren’t Graded on a Curve
President Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden was wrong, and no amount of bad behavior from Donald Trump changes that fact.
The Book Screwtape Feared Most
Once a bedrock Christian classic, Boethius’s “Consolation of Philosophy” has been neglected for decades. It’s time for a revival.
The Work of Love Is Always Before Us
If Donald Trump’s victory has you worried about the vulnerable, you can do something more—and better—than posting about it.
I’m Estranged from My Parents. I Still Love Them.
Even when family ties are severed, God does not cut off his care.
Christ Our King, Come What May
This Sunday is a yearly reminder that Christ is our only Lord—and that while governments rise and fall, he is Lord eternal.
Post-Election Gloating and Meltdowns Reveal Our Hopes and Fears
Dealing with emotions across political differences is the next opportunity for the church to work through division.
Mere Misattribution? Why We Misquote C.S. Lewis
As the famous British author once said, crediting people with things they never said says something about us.