September (Web-only) 2015
![How to Talk to Your Kids About Homosexuality How to Talk to Your Kids About Homosexuality](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62789.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Talk to Your Kids About Homosexuality
Amid quickly changing cultural norms, we need a thoughtful and loving way to engage our children.
![Have We Made an Idol out of Virginity? Have We Made an Idol out of Virginity?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62800.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Have We Made an Idol out of Virginity?
Gospel-centered sexuality is about much more than "purity."
![Russell Wilson, Ciara, and Who Else Is Not Having Sex Russell Wilson, Ciara, and Who Else Is Not Having Sex](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63656.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Russell Wilson, Ciara, and Who Else Is Not Having Sex
The answer might surprise you.
![The Intern The Intern](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63688.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Intern
A conventional film that explores gender in 21st century America in a surprisingly mature way.
![Strike Ends After 27 Days, Christian Schools in Israel Reopen Strike Ends After 27 Days, Christian Schools in Israel Reopen](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63680.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Strike Ends After 27 Days, Christian Schools in Israel Reopen
Ministry of Education commits to $12.5 million funding increase for one year only.
![I Don't Want Your Good Vibes. I Want Prayer. I Don't Want Your Good Vibes. I Want Prayer.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63659.jpg?h=123&w=220)
I Don't Want Your Good Vibes. I Want Prayer.
There's no substitute for our communion with the Father.
![Why Being a Pastor-Scholar Is Nearly Impossible Why Being a Pastor-Scholar Is Nearly Impossible](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63649.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
Why Being a Pastor-Scholar Is Nearly Impossible
Three tensions of combining pastoral and academic work.
![Pope Francis and Our Call to Evangelize the Cynics Pope Francis and Our Call to Evangelize the Cynics](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63616.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Pope Francis and Our Call to Evangelize the Cynics
Embracing the incremental work of our witness.
![Church Splits Are Hell. This Play About One Isn’t. Church Splits Are Hell. This Play About One Isn’t.](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63611.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Church Splits Are Hell. This Play About One Isn’t.
Lucas Hnath’s "The Christians" gets complicated human and church life right.
![Evangelicals Help Greet Pope Francis at the White House Evangelicals Help Greet Pope Francis at the White House](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63612.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Evangelicals Help Greet Pope Francis at the White House
Pontiff tells crowd of 11,000 on White House lawn that God ‘has not forsaken us.’
![Pope Pious: What Evangelicals Like About Francis Pope Pious: What Evangelicals Like About Francis](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63591.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Pope Pious: What Evangelicals Like About Francis
Disagreement over religious authority and salvation fades as piety trumps doctrine.
![Film Festivals, Social Issues, and First World Guilt Film Festivals, Social Issues, and First World Guilt](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63565.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Film Festivals, Social Issues, and First World Guilt
Films like 'Beasts of No Nation' raise our awareness of global tragedies. Is that enough?
![The Refugee Crisis Frontline: Croatia’s Christians Lend a Hand The Refugee Crisis Frontline: Croatia’s Christians Lend a Hand](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63559.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Refugee Crisis Frontline: Croatia’s Christians Lend a Hand
As 27,000 people flood in from Serbia, church and relief leaders rush relief and support.
![My Dad, the Sinner and Saint My Dad, the Sinner and Saint](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63530.png?h=123&w=220)
My Dad, the Sinner and Saint
How I learned to see my father as more than his unfaithful past.
![Time Out of Mind Time Out of Mind](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63480.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Time Out of Mind
Want to know what it feels like to be homeless? Let Richard Gere show you in this extraordinary performance.
![Brené Brown: Why We Need to Own Our Failures Brené Brown: Why We Need to Own Our Failures](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/63479.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Brené Brown: Why We Need to Own Our Failures
Our darkest chapters don’t require a Christian rewrite.
![Whole As Whole Can Be: Dieting While Loving Ourselves and Our Neighbors Whole As Whole Can Be: Dieting While Loving Ourselves and Our Neighbors](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62915.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Whole As Whole Can Be: Dieting While Loving Ourselves and Our Neighbors
The challenge of clean eating and community.
![Black Mass Black Mass](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62948.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Black Mass
Johnny Depp is great as the vampiric gangster Whitey Bulger, but the film falls curiously flat.
![The Beautiful Truth About Being a Burden The Beautiful Truth About Being a Burden](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62803.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Beautiful Truth About Being a Burden
God designed my disability not to make me “independent,” but “interdependent.”
![United in Marriage, Divided by Faith United in Marriage, Divided by Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62467.jpg?h=123&w=220)
United in Marriage, Divided by Faith
How to find common ground and raise a family with your unbelieving spouse
![How the Dating Scene Became Stacked Against Women How the Dating Scene Became Stacked Against Women](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62918.png?h=123&w=220)
How the Dating Scene Became Stacked Against Women
Stats confirm what we knew all along: There aren't enough single men.
![The Look of Everyday Kindness The Look of Everyday Kindness](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62846.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Look of Everyday Kindness
What it took for Miss Bobbie Wright to have her first vacation in 67 years.
![Proclaiming Freedom to the Pinners Proclaiming Freedom to the Pinners](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62865.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Proclaiming Freedom to the Pinners
When we boast in our weaknesses, we let go of impossible expectations. And invite others to do the same.
![What I Learned from Worshiping With Egypt's Christians What I Learned from Worshiping With Egypt's Christians](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62837.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What I Learned from Worshiping With Egypt's Christians
Hope for interfaith relations from the Coptic Church.
![What Do We Make of '90 Minutes in Heaven'? What Do We Make of '90 Minutes in Heaven'?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62815.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Do We Make of '90 Minutes in Heaven'?
Near-death experiences make for popular books and movies. But what should Christians do with them?
![Kim Davis Went to Jail. 'Mark of the Beast' Coal Miner Won $586k. What Gives? Kim Davis Went to Jail. 'Mark of the Beast' Coal Miner Won $586k. What Gives?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62796.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Kim Davis Went to Jail. 'Mark of the Beast' Coal Miner Won $586k. What Gives?
The tricky business of religious accommodation.
![Christians Can’t Ignore ‘Fun Home’ and Other Controversial Books Christians Can’t Ignore ‘Fun Home’ and Other Controversial Books](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62786.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christians Can’t Ignore ‘Fun Home’ and Other Controversial Books
Alison Bechdel's memoir doesn't endorse sexual brokenness. Ultimately, it exposes it.
![Save the Drama: Raising Girls Who Speak Truth Save the Drama: Raising Girls Who Speak Truth](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62778.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Save the Drama: Raising Girls Who Speak Truth
Don’t let power plays manipulate young friendships.
![Moses and Jesus Didn’t Have Their Dream Jobs By 30, Either Moses and Jesus Didn’t Have Their Dream Jobs By 30, Either](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62549.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Moses and Jesus Didn’t Have Their Dream Jobs By 30, Either
Calling may look more like a wandering journey than a singular career path.
![The Long Tail: No Man Is An Island The Long Tail: No Man Is An Island](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62746.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Long Tail: No Man Is An Island
Films (and one television show) about community you can watch at home.
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![Hispanic Evangelicals Focus on Education Equity, and Loving Our Neighbors Hispanic Evangelicals Focus on Education Equity, and Loving Our Neighbors](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/89396.jpg?h=123&w=220)
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![New Parents: Your Sex Lives Are Going to Change New Parents: Your Sex Lives Are Going to Change](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62708.jpg?h=123&w=220)
New Parents: Your Sex Lives Are Going to Change
How healthier expectations for marriage might keep us away from Ashley Madison.
![Above All Evil: God’s Purposes Through the Wild, Weird Arc of History Above All Evil: God’s Purposes Through the Wild, Weird Arc of History](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62612.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Above All Evil: God’s Purposes Through the Wild, Weird Arc of History
The unlikely rescue of Jews in China points to a Power beyond our understanding.
![The Latino Protestants In Our Backyards The Latino Protestants In Our Backyards](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/62622.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Latino Protestants In Our Backyards
The church has the chance to learn from our immigrant neighbors.
![Redeeming the Race Discussion Redeeming the Race Discussion](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/61886.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Redeeming the Race Discussion
Brenda Salter McNeil on what it will take for our nation to heal