Cloud of Witnesses

A snapshot of Christian witness in the world (as it appeared in our April issue).

EGYPT: Islamist terrorists in Libya sought attention in filming the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians. And they got it—for the martyrs, honored with an icon (above) and a day in the Coptic church calendar. The Bible Society of Egypt transformed the ISIS propaganda video’s “two rows by the sea” into its largest outreach in 130 years. In 1.65 million tracts on God’s promise of blessing amid suffering, it asked: “Who fears the other? The row in orange, watching paradise open? Or the row in black, with minds evil and broken?”

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.

Christianity Today April, 2015

Cover Story

Meet the Women Apologists

Andrea Palpant Dilley

Cover Story

Oxford's Unapologetic Female Apologist

My Top 5 Books on Nonviolence

The Morning After the Pentecostal Murders

Lisa Ann Cockrel in Stockholm

Getting Brutally Honest with God

Tremper Longman III

Review

The Civil War Is More Than a Historical Fascination

Robert Tracy McKenzie

News

Messianic Judaism Flourishes in Holocaust Towns

Lincoln Brunner in Kiev

Review

Why the Time Is Ripe for Pro-Life Reform

John G. Stackhouse Jr.

Boring Work: Good for the Soul

Bradley Nassif

The Best Worship Music You Won't Hear on Christian Radio

Wen Reagan

Reading Luke Through Latin American Eyes

Interview by Gary Burge

Which False Teachings Are Evangelical Christians Most Tempted to Believe In?

Cherith Fee Nordling, Marguerite Shuster, Amos Yong

Revival 100 Years After the Armenian Genocide

By Ann-Margret Hovsepian in Yerevan, Armenia

Testimony

Unplanned Pregnancy, Unplanned Grace

Christine A. Scheller

What to Do with the Dull Parts of Scripture

Editorial

There's Still Power in the Blood

Why Stretch Marks Remind Me of the Resurrection

Sharon Hodde Miller

News

Gleanings: April 2015

Reply All

New & Noteworthy Books

Matt Reynolds

News

Should Unaccredited Bible Colleges Be Allowed to Grant Degrees?

Compiled by Morgan Lee

Women Who 'Prophesy'

Our Latest

An image of MLK

A Time of Moral Indignation

Daniel Silliman

CT reports on civil rights, the “death of God” theology, and an escalating conflict in Vietnam.

Three book covers.

A Heartwarming Book on Sin

Three books on theology to read this month.

Photos of Mike Cosper and Representative Adam Kinzinger.

The Bulletin

Brown University Shooting and The Last Republican

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Violence at Brown, and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger talks about Jan 6, courage, and global affairs.

A burned church building in Mangu, Nigeria on February 2, 2024, following weeks of violence and unrest in the Plateau State.

News

Amid Fear of Attacks, Many Nigerians Mute Christmas

Emmanuel Nwachukwu

One pastor has canceled celebrations and will only reveal the location of the Christmas service last-minute.

A picture of a dove flying in light.

Come, Thou Long-Expected Spirit

W. David O. Taylor

The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity often missing from our Christmas carols?

Two men sit at a table in what remains of their devastated Beirut apartment in 1984 during Lebanon's civil war.

Who Writes History When There Is No Winner?

Lebanon’s civil war is a taboo subject. A group of Christians and Muslims is broaching it.

Brandon Engman as Young David in Angel Studio’s David.

Review

Review: Angel Studios’ ‘David’

Peter T. Chattaway

Artistically, it’s ambitious. Narratively, it works. But it’s no “The Prince of Egypt.”

A teenage boy decorating a Christmas tree.

My Son’s Last Christmas at Home

Christmastime comes with its own losses and longings. God understands them.