Christianity Today

September, 2022

Volume 66, Number 6

October, 2022
July/August, 2022

Our cover story this month argues that Christians have a unique opportunity, in our difficult housing market, to model for the watching world better kinds of community—not only inside our homes, but also out in the towns and cities where we live. Also in this issue: Dallas Willard's worries, enforcing abortion bans, and Afghanistan refugees a year after the pullout.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

There Are Many Mansions in Heaven, but We’d Like Something Sooner

How US homebuyer woes can reorient us toward the eternal.

Features

Revelation Is Good News for Today, not a Game Plan for the Future

For a clearer picture of this mysterious book, try trading a prediction lens for a missional lens.

Testimony

Police Work Nearly Broke Me

I was a narcotics officer on the brink of suicide when God began his mighty healing work.

How Americans Got Away with Abortion Before ‘Roe v. Wade’

Looking ahead, Christians should focus less on enforcement than on changing cultural attitudes.

Americans Forgot How Long Refugee Resettlement Takes

One year into the biggest US refugee wave since the Vietnam War, Christians are trying to buy Afghan immigrants more time.

More from this Issue

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Responses to our May/June issue.

Echoes of Greatness

Remembering all that God has done and is doing.

Our September Issue: Modeling Home

Can Christians show the world better forms of community?

News

News

The Curious Case of Coronavirus Contagion in Church

Pandemic impact was not as predictable as expected, sociological study finds.

News

Something Old, Something New. Something Borrowed, Something Pew.

Traditional church seating gets a second life at outdoor weddings.

News

Christian Nonprofit Buys Luxury Yacht

And other news briefs from Christians around the world.

News

Back to Bolsonaro? Evangelicals Hesitate Ahead of October Election

More than a third consider switching support to left-wing challenger.

Reviews

New & Noteworthy Books

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Excerpt

Those God Sends, He First Humbles

Isaiah 6 filled me with world-changing zeal. But I needed to reckon with the whole passage.

Playing the Cultural Long Game

Sniping from the sidelines is easy. Building something better takes patience.

Review

The Unsung Heroes of the Underground Railroad

A new study gives Black evangelicals their due.

Review

There Is No One Fully Optimized, Not Even One

How a “low anthropology” pushes back on perfectionistic assumptions about human nature.

Views

The Grain of Truth Grows Slowly

To become who God is making us takes time and trust.

If God Is Your Father, You Have Seven Mothers

His care and compassion come from a surprising variety of sources.

Stopping Abuse Is Sexual Ethics 101

Christian efforts to protect the body often fail to protect women.

Why Shamelessness Is a Superpower

In a performative age, brazenness gives an illusion of strength.

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