Essays
Pilgrim at Plaster Creek
Christ comes to make all things new—even West Michigan’s most polluted watershed.
Illustrating the Incarnation
How art testifies to the incredible truth of Christ with us.
The Light of the World Is for Everyone
Those who do not yet share our faith can share our wonder at the beauty and comfort of light in the darkness.
Review
What to Salvage from Fundamentalism
Like Richard Mouw, I’m reluctant to discard everything about this flawed heritage.
The Consolation of Providence
The doctrine of God’s wise and sovereign governance doesn’t make history easy to interpret. It makes living through it endurable.
News
Evangelicals Tap Power of the Sun—and Government Rebates
More churches embracing solar power to care for creation and cut energy costs.
News
Biblical Archaeology Gets Subatomic Help
New tool finds use where digging is practically or politically impossible in Jerusalem.
I’m Estranged from My Parents. I Still Love Them.
Even when family ties are severed, God does not cut off his care.
News
Recovery Ministries Help Portland Get Clean
After an attempt to decriminalize drugs made the addiction crisis in Oregon even worse, local Christians are pleading with the sick—and the state—to let them help.
Review
Tending and Keeping the Christian Past in an ‘Ahistoric Age’
Why the work of historical stewardship isn’t just for historians.
Review
The Black Church Has Five Theological Anchors
Walter Strickland’s sweeping narrative of African American Christianity portrays a big God who is strong to deliver.
News
Finding Sobriety—and Jesus—in Vietnam’s Christian Drug Rehabs
The country’s church-run addiction centers are so effective that communist officials are taking notice.
The Incarnation is More than the Manger
How an ancient African bishop championed the incarnation’s redemptive arc.
Prologues
Advent Begins in the Dark
We bear the tension of both joy and sorrow.
Do I Have to Go to Church with My Folks?
CT advice columnists also weigh in cringing at Christianese and the importance of attraction.
A Solution for Seasonal Overwhelm
Focusing on the few in front of us makes a tangible difference in our local communities.
Public Theology Project
Let Heaven and Nature Wail
In this season, a baby’s cry can say more than a simple “Merry Christmas.”
Testimony
I Made Millions as a Porn Star. It Nearly Cost Me Everything.
My adult-film career destroyed my sense of self-worth, but God wouldn’t let it define me.
Backstories
News
Winning the Pro-Life Battles, Losing the Persuasion War
Americans support right to abortion more than any time in recent history.
Readers Praise Print Magazines and Local Churches
Responses to our July/August issue.