News

Go Figure

Prayer

34%: Prayers submitted online to the Church of England that focused on personal needs.

4%: Prayers submitted in churches (as handwritten notes) that focused on personal needs.

Source: Journal of Beliefs and Values

Technology

Regular churchgoers (who are online) visit their own congregation’s website:

28%: Once a month or more

57%: About once a year

32%: Never

Source: Grey Matter Research

Generations

2.2 million: Gen X members who changed their religious self-identification to “None” between 1990 and 2008.

1.8 million: Gen X members who became non-denominational Christians since 1990.

0.9 million: Gen X members who no longer identify as Catholics since 1990.

Source: ARIS, Trinity College

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

Cover Story

A Tale of Two Scientists: What Really Happened 'In the Beginning'

Tim Stafford

Cover Story

The Evolution of the Debate: Divided on Origins

CT Staff

Cover Story

Infographic: America's View on Evolution and Creationism

Graph by Column Five / Courtesy of The BioLogos Foundation

Review

The God Who Is (and Isn't) There

John Wilson

How to Drive Out Demons

The Cosmos's Best-Kept Secret

The Hymns That Haunt Us

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

The Problem with ‘Incarnational Ministry’

J. Todd Billings

Excerpt

Ashamed No More: A Pastor's Journey Through Sex Addiction

T. C. Ryan

Finding Jesus at Burning Man

Phil Wyman

NASCAR Driver Blake Koch Takes a Stand for Jesus

Mark Moring

Review

How Narratives Can Prepare Hearts for the Gospel

Jerry Root

The Gospel Is More Than a Story: Rethinking Narrative and Testimony

Rejoicing in the Wrath: Why We Look Forward to the Judgment Day

Trevin Wax

Editorial

Why Gay Marriage Is More Than a Legal Issue

How Maya Moore Brings Style and Grace to the U.S. Olympic Women's Team

Mark Moring

News

Philistine Digs Define David and Solomon

Gordon Govier

Gospel Goes Global

Elissa Cooper

Rich Mouw on Why Evangelicals Need to Be Quick to Listen to Mormons

Interview by Peggy Fletcher Stack

News

Childproofing Churches

C. L. Lopez

Why Divorce Calls Children's Existence into Question

Andrew Root

News

Foreign Adoptions in Short Supply

Ken Walker

The Other Iranian Revolution

Matthias Pankau and Uwe Siemon-Netto

News

Mixed Views on Vanderbilt Veto

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Review

Go and Do

Matt Reynolds

Review

Where Sin Abounds

Matt Reynolds

Review

Enough

Matt Reynolds

My Top 5 Books On Special Needs

Letters to the Editor

Louis C. K. Disses Himself

Jessica DeCou

News

Passages

News

Gleanings

News

Should Pastors Be Guaranteed Job Security?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

News

Quotation Marks

A Season of Change at Christianity Today

Harold Smith

Review

Fighting to Die: Confusion About the Purpose of Martyrdom

Joe Carter

Should Churches Display the American Flag in Their Sanctuaries?

Douglas Wilson, Lisa Velthouse, and Russell D. Moore

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Syria's Last Chance

Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, and Cairo, Egypt

Q & A: Marco Rubio on His Faith of Many Colors

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

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Carl Trueman’s latest work tackles Western society’s theological ailments—but could offer a stronger Christian remedy.

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