Christianity Today

July/August, 2023

Volume 67, Number 5

September, 2023
L to R: Stacie Marshall- Melvin Mosley- Betty Mosley
May/June, 2023

What does it look like to love one’s neighbor across a shared history of slavery? Our cover story explores racial reconciliation through the lens of one specific relationship: family friends grappling with the discovery that one’s ancestor had enslaved the other’s. Also in this issue: honoring Tim Keller, what we get wrong about David and Goliath, Elisabeth Elliot’s unsentimental realism, and Christ-honoring masculinity.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

Generations After Slavery, Georgia Neighbors Find Freedom and Repair in Christ

In the farming community of Dirt Town Valley, family friends grapple with a difficult truth: One ancestor was enslaved by another.

Features

Testimony

I Loved Studying Math. I Needed God to Show Me Why.

At a moment of crisis, my drive to excel seemed increasingly pointless.

How Archaeology Affirmed the Historic Stature of a Biblical King

Once, the House of David seemed like a folk tale. Now, the rocks testify to its historic significance.

Excerpt

The Lord’s Supper Is a Multiethnic Love Feast

Why our church emphasizes a meal where all are welcome.

The Shepherd Boy Who Wasn’t

We like imagining that a young, hopeless David killed Goliath. We need the fuller story.

More from this Issue

The Hard Work of Healing

What does it look like to live reconciliation?

The Legacy of Tim Keller

He showed us what it means to live convinced of the Good News.

How Should We Then Study the Bible?

And other responses to our April issue.

News

News

Church Shooting Victims to Receive $144.5 Million

And other news briefs from Christians around the world.

News

Belarusian Evangelicals Fear Growing Isolation

Christians there struggle to maintain global connections amid international conflict.

News

As Methodist Exits Hit 5,800, Some Churches Find Paths Blocked

(UPDATED) The costs and complications of UMC disaffiliation are leaving many congregations stuck.

News

Where Pro-Choice Groups Chose Vandalism

Pregnancy centers were attacked in 24 states in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision on abortion rights.

News

Nondenominational Churches Are Growing and Multiplying in DC

The city some dismiss as “The Swamp” is fertile ground for evangelicals.

Reviews

50 Atheists Found Christ. This Researcher Found Out Why.

Jana Harmon paints a detailed picture of the reasons skeptics come to faith.

Review

Making Disciples Means Working for Justice

Scripture is clear that both go hand in hand.

Review

Elisabeth Elliot Was a Flawed Figure God Used in Extraordinary Ways

No less than her martyred husband, she could be inspiring and frustrating all at once.

New & Noteworthy Fiction

Chosen by Sarah Loudin Thomas, author of “The Right Kind of Fool.”

5 Books That Help Us Find Rest in Jesus

Chosen by Sarah J. Hauser, author of “All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry.”

Views

The Christian Life Is Wishful Thinking

What we want for ourselves becomes what we offer to others.

In Search of Non-Toxic Male Sexuality

Can we recover a healthy, Christ-honoring vision for masculinity?

Left Behind at the Ballot Box

Our view of the end times should affect our politics. But how?

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