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Cover Story

When Are We Going to Grow Up? The Juvenilization of American Christianity

Thomas E. Bergler

Cover Story

By Grace You Are Mature

David Zahl

Childlike Faith: Are Kids Born with Belief?

Interview by Holly Catterton Allen

The Resurrection: A Bridge Between Two Worlds

Alister McGrath

Review

Holy Ground: Why This Land Is God's Land

Jake Meador

Review

Grace Amid Genocide

Tim Stafford

My Top 5 Books On Patriotism

David Gushee, director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University

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Nonprofits, the Bible, and Jesus

In on the Joke of the Bible

Timothy George on the Reformers' Postmodern Moment

Editorial

Why Catholics and Evangelicals Can Be United Against Nihilism

A Christianity Today Editorial

The Art of Loving Your Neighbor

Matt Branaugh

News

Pro-Life Democrats Dwindle in Congress

Tobin Grant

Should Churches Abandon Travel-Intensive Short-Term Missions in Favor of Local Projects?

Brian M. Howell, David Livermore, and Robert J. Priest

News

Should Denominations Be Organized Geographically?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

Excerpt

Learning from My Father: Lessons on Life and Faith

David Lawther Johnson

When Dad Is in Prison

G. Jeffrey MacDonald in New Orleans

Ponce de León on Steroids

The Social Network Gospel

Robert C. Crosby

Apps to the Future: The New Social Network Engagers

Robert C. Crosby

The Rise of Digital Urban Tribes

David Kinnaman

News

Book Buyer Beware? It's Christian Fiction.

Ken Walker

Charles Colson & Timothy George: Churchless Jesus

News

Fury Over Mission School Fees

Sunday Oguntola in Lagos

Review

Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell

Josh Hurst

News

Liberia: Getting Back to the Founding Faith

George Stewart in Monrovia

Review

For Greater Glory

Steven D. Greydanus

News

The Fight for Egypt's Future

Letters to the Editor

Evangelicalism's Youthful Romance

News

Passages

Tobin Grant

Review

The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters

Jeff Haanen

Review

God on the Streets of Gotham

Steven Greydanus

Review

Debating Same-Sex Marriage

Matt Reynolds

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

News

Quotation Marks

News

Christians Face Forced Exodus, Missionary Wins 'Rare' Settlement, Churches Want Fewer Cash Offerings, and More

Remembering Charles Colson, a Man Transformed

Jonathan Aitken

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Matthew Avery Sutton’s impressive new history is insightful, helpful, colorful—and incomplete.

Janette Oke Wrote Her First Novel at 42. Then She Wrote 70 More.

Haley Victory Smith

The When Calls the Heart author launched the modern Christian romance genre, seeking to tell stories of faith in hardship.

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Indian Court Rules Christians Can Hold Home Prayer Meetings

Despite this good news out of the state of Uttar Pradesh, believers remain concerned about the abuse of anticonversion laws.

The Bulletin

US and Israel Attack Iran

Mike Cosper and Clarissa Moll

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in military action initiated by President Trump.

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Trump Memorializes Trump on Buildings, Bibles, and More

The president’s penchant for renaming things after himself is unprecedented in American politics.

The Prosperity Gospel of Comfortable College Grads

It’s easy to see the errors of health-and-wealth grifters. But a subtler addition to the gospel misleads many believers.

Joe Espada in Spring Training

The Astros manager knows Christ is his Savior, not his win-generator.

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How do family dynamics shape our lives and relationships?

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