May (Web-only) 2014
![The Quick Take for May 30, 2014 The Quick Take for May 30, 2014](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40343.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Quick Take for May 30, 2014
Watch Star Trek on your TV or computer, the critics’ take on the newest Christian-themed comedy, and more in this week’s Quick Take.
![An Open Letter to Male Virgins An Open Letter to Male Virgins](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40327.jpg?h=123&w=220)
An Open Letter to Male Virgins
Despite what society says, our identity does not rely on our sexual status.
![Christian Rapper Saved by Circumcision—Twice Christian Rapper Saved by Circumcision—Twice](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39560.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christian Rapper Saved by Circumcision—Twice
After a childhood encounter with terrorists, hip-hop artist raps for religious freedom.
![Giving Thanks for Gratitude Giving Thanks for Gratitude](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40298.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Giving Thanks for Gratitude
Peter Leithart explores the history of a virtue with revolutionary social potential.
![Real Transformation Happens When? Real Transformation Happens When?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40295.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Real Transformation Happens When?
In the TGC/Tullian Tchividjian dustup, I’m not hearing much about a key part of the gospel.
![More Guns, More Shootings? More Guns, More Shootings?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40289.jpg?h=123&w=220)
More Guns, More Shootings?
As a Christian, I worry about an increasingly armed America.
![Are Mormons More Christian Than We Think? Are Mormons More Christian Than We Think?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40271.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Are Mormons More Christian Than We Think?
Stephen Webb asks whether Latter-day theology sheds new light on familiar beliefs.
![Crowder Goes Hog Wild Crowder Goes Hog Wild](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40276.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Crowder Goes Hog Wild
"Neon Steeple" is a throwback and a step forward at the same time.
![Female and Made in My Father's Image Female and Made in My Father's Image](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40265.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Female and Made in My Father's Image
Just because I’m a “she” doesn’t mean the Creator I reflect has to be.
![The Difference Dallas Willard Makes The Difference Dallas Willard Makes](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40250.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Difference Dallas Willard Makes
How his focus on Christlike transformation can enrich evangelical faith.
![The Quick Take for May 23, 2014 The Quick Take for May 23, 2014](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40232.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Quick Take for May 23, 2014
Looking for something to watch this weekend? That, and more, in this week's Quick Take.
![X-Men: Days of Future Past X-Men: Days of Future Past](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40227.jpg?h=123&w=220)
X-Men: Days of Future Past
The latest installment's failure to actually focus on its characters is a giant, ironic misstep.
![Would You Share the Gospel with Hitler's Worst Henchmen? Would You Share the Gospel with Hitler's Worst Henchmen?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40220.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Would You Share the Gospel with Hitler's Worst Henchmen?
Meet Henry Gerecke, the American chaplain who embodied Christ’s mission to seek the lost, no matter how loathsome.
![Daddy Dearest: How Purity Culture Can Turn Fathers into Idols Daddy Dearest: How Purity Culture Can Turn Fathers into Idols](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40169.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Daddy Dearest: How Purity Culture Can Turn Fathers into Idols
Our pledges belong to the Heavenly Father, not our earthly ones.
![Ethnic Violence Kills 10,000—and It Gets Even Worse in South Sudan Ethnic Violence Kills 10,000—and It Gets Even Worse in South Sudan](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40150.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Ethnic Violence Kills 10,000—and It Gets Even Worse in South Sudan
The nation that evangelicals helped to create may lose 50,000 children to starvation by December 31.
![Duggar Girls Talk Dating, Big Families, and Reality TV Duggar Girls Talk Dating, Big Families, and Reality TV](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40144.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Duggar Girls Talk Dating, Big Families, and Reality TV
A Q&A with the oldest sisters of America’s favorite quiverfull clan.
![Seeing Jesus Through Doubting Eyes Seeing Jesus Through Doubting Eyes](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40112.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Seeing Jesus Through Doubting Eyes
What can we learn about our Savior—and ourselves—from biblical figures who “got him wrong”?
![Who You Calling Brusque? Who You Calling Brusque?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40115.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Who You Calling Brusque?
Speak boldly and carry a red pen: A fellow female editor on Jill Abramson's firing
![NRB Forces Out WaterBrook Multnomah Over Sister Imprint's 'Gay Christian' Book NRB Forces Out WaterBrook Multnomah Over Sister Imprint's 'Gay Christian' Book](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40086.jpg?h=123&w=220)
NRB Forces Out WaterBrook Multnomah Publishers Over Sister Imprint's 'Gay Christian' Book
Member employees can't work on 'unbiblical material, regardless of the label.'
![Brotherly Love: Christians and Male-Female Friendships Brotherly Love: Christians and Male-Female Friendships](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40088.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Brotherly Love: Christians and Male-Female Friendships
We relate to the opposite sex in the best source of community we know, the church.
![Million Dollar Arm Million Dollar Arm](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40095.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Million Dollar Arm
Disney’s latest sports flick is one of the best feel-good baseball movies in years.
![Double-Bound: How Immigration Law Can Trap Trafficking Victims Double-Bound: How Immigration Law Can Trap Trafficking Victims](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39937.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Double-Bound: How Immigration Law Can Trap Trafficking Victims
An attorney’s insight on the complicated legal setting for domestic trafficking.
![Not What I Expected Not What I Expected](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/58695.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Not What I Expected
Along with my baby came another new arrival: postpartum depression.
![Silicon Valley Silicon Valley](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40044.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The New Masters of the Universe
The HBO Show 'Silicon Valley' deftly pops through the bubbles of arrogance in the new tech economy.
![Not All Older Christians Want to Be Your Mentor Not All Older Christians Want to Be Your Mentor](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40010.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Not All Older Christians Want to Be Your Mentor
How I grew to see mentorship as an honor rather than a burden.
![Mother's Day Goes Fair Trade Mother's Day Goes Fair Trade](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40007.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Mother's Day Goes Fair Trade
Christian-founded line of handcrafted products makes its way to Wal-Mart.
![Why Everything Looks Like Jesus Why Everything Looks Like Jesus](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/40005.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Everything Looks Like Jesus
Images of Jesus are everywhere, under 45 tons of rubble and on pieces of toast. New research tells why.
![How Farm Life Taught Our Kids About Death How Farm Life Taught Our Kids About Death](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39975.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How Farm Life Taught Our Kids About Death
And what their understanding taught us in return.
![Family Planning Through a Global Lens Family Planning Through a Global Lens](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39935.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Family Planning Through a Global Lens
The developing world requires us to look at contraception as a pro-life cause.
![Do Evangelicals Have Room for Prophets? Do Evangelicals Have Room for Prophets?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39925.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Do Evangelicals Have Room for Prophets?
Canon Andrew White lives dangerously for God. Why we need more leaders like him.
![Andrew White: Being Jesus in the Kill Zone Andrew White: Being Jesus in the Kill Zone](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39922.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Andrew White: Being Jesus in the Kill Zone
Amid Baghdad’s daily carnage, 2014 Wilberforce Award winner models reconciliation to Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
![What Happened to Wedding Vows? What Happened to Wedding Vows?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39936.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Happened to Wedding Vows?
Marriage requires a stronger foundation than just cutesy promises.
![Why I'm Not Cheering Today's Supreme Court Prayer Decision Why I'm Not Cheering Today's Supreme Court Prayer Decision](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39927.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why I'm Not Cheering Today's Supreme Court Prayer Decision
Be careful what you pray for, warns a constitutional law scholar.
![Why We Pray Before Public Meetings (and Let Pagans Do, Too) Why We Pray Before Public Meetings (and Let Pagans Do, Too)](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39926.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why We Pray Before Public Meetings (and Let Pagans Do, Too)
Are invocations worth it if it means city leaders will bow for false gods?
![Why George Clooney's Engagement Is Worth Celebrating Why George Clooney's Engagement Is Worth Celebrating](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39923.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why George Clooney's Engagement Is Worth Celebrating
I typically hate celebrity news. So why am I so happy for him?
![Maybe Jesus Wants Us to Get Things Done Maybe Jesus Wants Us to Get Things Done](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39907.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Maybe Jesus Wants Us to Get Things Done
Discovering women’s place in the time management conversation.
![The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/39576.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
When it's good, it's very very good, and when it's bad it's perfunctory.