The Way We Give Now

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Christian ministries received $9.8 billion in cash donations in 2011. But which ones received most?

The Way We Give Now

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April

Christianity Today April, 2013

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

Excerpt

Taking Action Through Radical Kindness

The Mystery of Original Sin

Marguerite Shuster

News

First Language First

Conversion Confusion

Jayson Casper in Cairo

The Trouble with Cussing Christians

Knowing What the Bible ‘Really’ Means

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

Letters to the Editor

Notes from Newtown

Review

So All May Learn

Jerry Pattengale

Quick Takes

Wilson's Bookmarks

News

Gleanings

News

Go Figure

News

Quotation Marks

News

Passages

Girls Talk

News

No GRACE in Sexual Abuse Investigation of Missionary Kids

Editorial

A Pope for All Christians

Timothy C. Morgan

News

Quitting Time: The Pope Retired. Should Your Pastor?

The Man Who Birthed Evangelicalism

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Sent to Your Street

Mission isn’t just across the ocean. It’s across the street. God places his people in neighborhoods and cities so the nations might know him.

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson and Brooke Baldwin

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Brooke Baldwin: Is the News Broken – or Are We?

The just life means living in the light with truth and integrity.

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson and Brooke Baldwin

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Angela Stanton King: Mothers, Babies and The Measure of Justice

Benjamin Watson

How ordinary people can create extraordinary change and why serving moms and protecting children belongs at the heart of justice.

Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall on September 04, 2025.

The National Guard Won’t Fix Our Crime Problem

Lasting solutions come when we draw near to victims and seek God’s help in prayer.

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Most Men Are Pro-Life. Activists Want Them to Speak Up.

Programs seek to help fathers voice opinions and take responsibility.

People gather around the memorial space during a Charlie Kirk vigil at Burlington Commons on September 17, 2025 in Burlington, Kentucky.

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For Kirk’s Fans, Provocation Wasn’t the Point

Young Christians in Kentucky remember how he treated question-askers and critics.

US President Donald Trump bows his head in prayer during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 26, 2025. Also pictured, L-R, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and House and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner.

How Then Shall America Pray?

The White House’s new prayer initiative reveals much about our national character.

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Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

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