July (Web-only) 2023
![International Anti-Persecution Strategies Are Failing Nigerian Christians International Anti-Persecution Strategies Are Failing Nigerian Christians](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135628.jpg?h=123&w=220)
International Anti-Persecution Strategies Are Failing Nigerian Christians
How the efforts of global advocacy groups depend on the capacity of local leaders.
![America’s ‘First Evangelical President’ Might Not Have Been a Christian at All America’s ‘First Evangelical President’ Might Not Have Been a Christian at All](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135621.jpg?h=123&w=220)
America’s ‘First Evangelical President’ Might Not Have Been a Christian at All
Two new books probe the mysteries of Abraham Lincoln’s public and private relationship to religion.
![When AI Goes to War When AI Goes to War](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135578.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When AI Goes to War
I wish ‘Judeo-Christian norms’ were enough to ensure ethical AI warfare. They’re not.
![In Indonesia, Light Skin is Prized. Some Christians Are Pushing Back. In Indonesia, Light Skin is Prized. Some Christians Are Pushing Back.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135568.jpg?h=123&w=220)
In Indonesia, Light Skin is Prized. Some Christians Are Pushing Back.
Despite entrenched colorism in society, believers show how the Bible redefines a woman’s self-worth.
한국어Indonesian![Misreading Scripture with Artificial Eyes Misreading Scripture with Artificial Eyes](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135549.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Misreading Scripture with Artificial Eyes
I asked ChatGPT to interpret the Sermon on the Mount. Here’s what I learned about AI’s exegetical errors.
Português日本語![Barbie and Ken Go East of Eden Barbie and Ken Go East of Eden](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135557.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Barbie and Ken Go East of Eden
For Christians, Greta Gerwig’s latest film is an opportunity to reckon with the “fortunate fall.”
españolPortuguês한국어Indonesian![On Stage and in Theaters, Corrie ten Boom Testifies Again On Stage and in Theaters, Corrie ten Boom Testifies Again](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135562.png?h=123&w=220)
On Stage and in Theaters, Corrie ten Boom Testifies Again
How Rabbit Room playwright A.S. Peterson adapted ‘The Hiding Place’ for a new generation.
![Why US Christians Must Wrestle with a Korea Divided in Two Why US Christians Must Wrestle with a Korea Divided in Two](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135554.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why US Christians Must Wrestle with a Korea Divided in Two
70 years after the country was split in half, Americans have a responsibility to assist in ending this unresolved separation.
한국어![The Latest Black Tragedy Is My Trauma Too The Latest Black Tragedy Is My Trauma Too](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135543.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Latest Black Tragedy Is My Trauma Too
Communal suffering has to be reckoned with. And so does God’s healing word.
Português![I Write Algorithms for a Living. God Doesn’t Want Me to Quit. I Write Algorithms for a Living. God Doesn’t Want Me to Quit.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135482.jpg?h=123&w=220)
I Write Algorithms for a Living. God Doesn’t Want Me to Quit.
At a moment of career disillusionment, a new book gave me a biblical perspective on the blessings and dangers of big tech.
Français![The Two Holy Ghostwriters Behind American Christianity’s Charismatic Turn The Two Holy Ghostwriters Behind American Christianity’s Charismatic Turn](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135513.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Two Holy Ghostwriters Behind American Christianity’s Charismatic Turn
Church life was booming in the 1950s. But where was the Spirit?
![How Phylicia Masonheimer Became Every Woman’s Theologian How Phylicia Masonheimer Became Every Woman’s Theologian](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135483.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How Phylicia Masonheimer Became Every Woman’s Theologian
She went viral blogging about beauty and yoga pants. Now she’s teaching theology.
![What Happens When Both Sides Secularize What Happens When Both Sides Secularize](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135456.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Happens When Both Sides Secularize
The antidote to cultural Christianity on the Left and Right is true Anglicanism and Pentecostalism.
![Why Mercy Triumphs over Judgment Why Mercy Triumphs over Judgment](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135413.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Mercy Triumphs over Judgment
As Christians, our righteous anger at sin must never surpass our compassion for sinners.
Português![Canada Incarcerated Her Japanese Neighbors, So She Moved with Them Canada Incarcerated Her Japanese Neighbors, So She Moved with Them](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135437.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Canada Incarcerated Her Japanese Neighbors, So She Moved with Them
Sunday school teacher Margaret Ridgway's wartime ministry had a significant impact on the next generation of missionaries and pastors.
![Early Americans Read the Bible in a Way That Nearly Destroyed America Early Americans Read the Bible in a Way That Nearly Destroyed America](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135396.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Early Americans Read the Bible in a Way That Nearly Destroyed America
Mark Noll surveys the effects of an “independence-first” approach to Scripture.
español![Ancient Chinese Sacrificial Rituals Resemble Those of the Israelites. Does This Matter? Ancient Chinese Sacrificial Rituals Resemble Those of the Israelites. Does This Matter?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135402.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Ancient Chinese Sacrificial Rituals Resemble Those of the Israelites. Does This Matter?
What Jesus’ death means for how I make sense of my culture’s traditional religious practices.
简体中文繁體中文![How Breath Prayers Helped Me ‘Pray Continually’ How Breath Prayers Helped Me ‘Pray Continually’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135379.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How Breath Prayers Helped Me ‘Pray Continually’
As a busy mom, I had to find new spiritual disciplines to connect with God.
简体中文繁體中文![Lessons on Living Locally Lessons on Living Locally](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135355.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lessons on Living Locally
More Americans are staying put. But how can we live with intention?
Português![Rainn Wilson’s Spiritual Revolution Gets Spirituality Partly Right and Jesus Mostly Wrong Rainn Wilson’s Spiritual Revolution Gets Spirituality Partly Right and Jesus Mostly Wrong](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135364.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Rainn Wilson’s Spiritual Revolution Gets Spirituality Partly Right and Jesus Mostly Wrong
“The Office” star offers a welcome critique of privatized faith. His other ideas are harder to swallow.
![Can People Change? ‘Ted Lasso’ Revived an Ancient Debate. Can People Change? ‘Ted Lasso’ Revived an Ancient Debate.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135356.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Can People Change? ‘Ted Lasso’ Revived an Ancient Debate.
Like the TV show’s characters, Pelagius and Augustine wrestled with this core human question.
![CT ในภาษาไทย CT ในภาษาไทย](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135555.png?h=123&w=220)
CT ในภาษาไทย
All of CT's Thai articles.
![The Bible Story That Explains Australia: Jezebel and Ahab’s Violent Vineyard The Bible Story That Explains Australia: Jezebel and Ahab’s Violent Vineyard](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135354.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Bible Story That Explains Australia: Jezebel and Ahab’s Violent Vineyard
The biblical story of Naboth's vineyard teaches non-indigenous Christians like me how God views the injustice that made Melbourne.
Français![He Built a University, Sheltered Fleeing People, and Worked for Peace in Congo. Then He Was Arrested. He Built a University, Sheltered Fleeing People, and Worked for Peace in Congo. Then He Was Arrested.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135304.png?h=123&w=220)
He Built a University, Sheltered Fleeing People, and Worked for Peace in Congo. Then He Was Arrested.
The government detained Lazare Sebitereko Rukundwa in June and is holding him without charges.
Français![Colorado Springs’s New Christian Mayor Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Politics with Unity Colorado Springs’s New Christian Mayor Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Politics with Unity](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135270.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Colorado Springs’s New Christian Mayor Wants to ‘Disrupt’ Politics with Unity
Nigerian American Christian Yemi Mobolade went from pastor and community organizer to city leadership.
![I Don’t Want My Son to Inherit the Sins of His Mother I Don’t Want My Son to Inherit the Sins of His Mother](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135237.jpg?h=123&w=220)
I Don’t Want My Son to Inherit the Sins of His Mother
My worries for my child’s physical health shouldn’t surpass my concern for his spiritual well-being.
Português简体中文Indonesian繁體中文![Confined to Dirty, Low-Wage Jobs, Pakistani Christians Still Face Persecution and Poverty Confined to Dirty, Low-Wage Jobs, Pakistani Christians Still Face Persecution and Poverty](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/135271.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Confined to Dirty, Low-Wage Jobs, Pakistani Christians Still Face Persecution and Poverty
Decades ago, converts thought the country would be a refuge from the caste system. Today, they are subject to discrimination, including stricter blasphemy laws.