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December (Web-only) 2012
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Faith-Based Medicine for Fractured Nations
Where conflict has torn a country apart, religion can play an important role in bringing it back together.
December 31, 2012
Contraceptives, Guns, Chicken: Top Newsmakers of 2012
CT rounds up end-of-year lists from around the web.
December 31, 2012
Egyptian Christians Face the Future Under New Islamist Law
What way forward under the hastily passed, shari'ah-based constitution?
December 28, 2012
Why C.S. Lewis Didn't Write for Christianity Today
Carl Henry wanted more 'Mere Christianity' and direct theology. Lewis didn't.
December 27, 2012
How the Early Church Made Peace with Prosperity
As the early church grew in wealth and stature, it displaced existing Roman models of caring for the poor.
December 26, 2012
Is Liberty's Football Bid an Evangelical Hail Mary Pass?
Falwell-founded school hopes its football team will boost evangelicals the way Notre Dame's helped Catholics.
December 26, 2012
Dispatch from the End of the World
Trying to minister amid the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque.
December 21, 2012
Worship Christ the Newborn King
This, this is Christ the King. It's not just imagery and metaphor.
December 21, 2012
The Impossible
An amazing-but-true story about a loving family's fight for survival after the 2004 tsunami.
December 21, 2012
Zero Dark Thirty
A thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden captures the conflicted, complex moral issues of the operation.
December 21, 2012
Django Unchained
Simultaneously infuriating and exhilarating—in other words, quintessential Tarantino.
December 21, 2012
Les Misérables
The moving musical of love and grace comes to the big screen with amazing performances.
December 21, 2012
Go Overboard Celebrating Christmas
A godliness that won't delight in fudge and eggnog is no godliness at all.
December 20, 2012
Government Backs Down on Contraceptive Mandate
Promises to "never enforce" current HHS rule against Wheaton College or similar religious employers. But is it a real victory?
December 19, 2012
Why We Fight for Campus Access
The tensions over InterVarsity's leadership requirements have been costly. But the struggle—not just the outcome—is worth it.
December 19, 2012
Gods of Power and Might: What Civilization V Gets Right (and Wrong) About Christianity
Games treat faith as one more tool for winning. That could change.
December 19, 2012
Sufjan Stevens's Conflicted Christmas
Stevens understands the joys, pains, and ironies of Christmas like no other.
December 18, 2012
On the Death—and Life—of Innocent Children
The 20 slain in Connecticut are not alone, nor without hope.
December 14, 2012
The Hidden Purpose of the Hobbit's Adventure
Gandalf has a different treasure in mind when he promises Bilbo a "profitable" quest.
December 14, 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Tolkien's classic quest is interpreted through the wider lens of his full Middle-Earth works.
December 13, 2012
The Foolish Wisdom of Bilbo Baggins
There is "more of good" in the hobbit than is apparent at the outset of his adventure.
December 13, 2012
Why Gabby Douglas Almost Quit Before the Olympics
The gold medalist talks to CT about her upbringing, her absent dad, and her plans for Rio 2016.
December 12, 2012
Notable Sacred Music for 2012
From classics to spirituals to more modern fare, a versatile mix.
December 12, 2012
What You Need to Know About the Bay Psalm Book
Boston's Old South Church is selling a copy of the historic volume. Here's why it's such a big deal.
December 11, 2012
How Josh Wilson Became a 'Loopy' Guitarist
He plays up to 24 instruments in the studio and on stage, and now on a Christmas album.
December 11, 2012
Turkish High Council Removes Third Prosecutor from Christian Murder Trials
Hearings in case of brutal 2007 murders will continue in January.
December 11, 2012
Private Jets for Jesus
Nigeria's Pentecostal preachers say expanding ministries justify their personal planes.
December 10, 2012
Actually, Evangelicals Were Quite Enthusiastic About Romney
Two new reports shine new light on what happened in last month's election.
December 7, 2012
Mary Neal Describes Her Visit to the Gates of Heaven
Author talks about why she thinks it was real.
December 6, 2012
InterVarsity Wins Key Nondiscrimination Battle at Tufts
School amends "all comers" policy to exempt religious student group leaders.
December 6, 2012
Did Scientists Really Discover the 'Gene That Makes Us Human'?
What's inside the significant discovery of miR-941.
December 6, 2012
Why C.S. Lewis Was Wrong on Marriage (and J.R.R. Tolkien Was Right)
Lewis surrendered his central conviction when he argued for "two distinct kinds of marriage."
December 5, 2012
Waking Up the Church to Gender Injustice
A CT interview with "Half the Sky" coauthor Nicholas Kristof.
December 5, 2012
What Do They Teach at These British Schools?
The country's new debates over religious education and human origins curricula.
December 4, 2012
Should High-Profile Converts Wait to Publicly Share Their Conversion?
Experts weigh in on controversy over Two and a Half Men star's conversion.
December 4, 2012
Christians Find Few Shades of Grey in Book's Popularity
Bestselling "mommy porn" trilogy prompts fresh questions on cultural engagement.
December 3, 2012
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