News

Go Figure

Research

17.3% Average percentage of total bill that Christians tip for good service.

13% Christians who generally tip less than 15 percent.

Source: Journal of Applied Psychology

Church Life

79%: Protestant megachurches (2,000+ attendance) that are growing.

20% Protestant churches of all sizes that are growing.

Source: Leadership Network

Diversity

50,768: Total number of Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) congregations in 2011.

19.8%: Those identifying as an ethnicity other than Anglo.

36.3%: Americans who identify as non-Anglo.

Source: North American Mission Board / 2010 U.S. Census

Also in this issue

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

Easter Wings

Christopher Benson

Cover Story

National Tragedy and the Empty Tomb

If the Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, What Next?

Timothy Dalrymple, Jim Daly, and Elodie Ballantine Emig

Testimony

Antidote to Poison

Suffering Servants

Interview by Sarah Pulliam Bailey

The Hope Roaster

April Burbank

Excerpt

Taking Action Through Radical Kindness

Ajith Fernando

The Mystery of Original Sin

Marguerite Shuster

News

First Language First

Bob Smietana

Conversion Confusion

The Trouble with Cussing Christians

Knowing What the Bible ‘Really’ Means

Jost Zetzsche

News

Is Concern Over the Rise of the 'Nones' Overblown?

Compiled by Ruth Moon

My Top 5 Books on Singleness

Rick Warren's Final Frontier

Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

News

Is 'Incoherent' Christianity Better Than None at All?

Melissa Steffan

News

Black Churches' Missing Missionaries

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Review

How a Dutch Neo-Calvinist Helped Birth an Intellectual Movement

Eric Miller

Letters to the Editor

Notes from Newtown

Review

So All May Learn

Jerry Pattengale

Quick Takes

Matt Reynolds

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

The Way We Give Now

News

Gleanings

News

Quotation Marks

News

Passages

Girls Talk

News

No GRACE in Sexual Abuse Investigation of Missionary Kids

Bobby Ross Jr.

Editorial

A Pope for All Christians

Timothy C. Morgan

News

Quitting Time: The Pope Retired. Should Your Pastor?

Ruth Moon

The Man Who Birthed Evangelicalism

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Joseph Loconte

An excerpt from ‘The War for Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Confront the Gathering Storm, 1933–1945.’

Christmas in Wartime

Daniel Darling

How can Christians possibly pause for Advent in a world so dark?

Hold On, Dear Pilgrim, Hold On

W. David O. Taylor

Isaiah speaks to the weary awaiting light in the darkness.

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