Christianity Today in 2022: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More

A year in review of our most popular articles and favorite stories.

Browse our lists of 2022’s top articles, book reviews, podcasts, obituaries, testimonies, and more via the collections at right [on desktops] or below [on mobile]. You can also read this year’s Top 10 discoveries in biblical archaeology, along with our most-read stories of the global church.

For our bilingual readers: CT Global produced over 1,100 translations this year, including these most-read articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Korean, and Russian. (We also began translating into Ukrainian and Japanese.)

Church Law & Tax also ranked their top stories here.

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Protesting in Church Is Wrong. So Is Immigration Theater.

Bonnie Kristian

Demonstrators should not disrupt worship services. ICE should be competent, cool-headed, and constrained by the Constitution.

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Review

What to Do About Reparations

Haleluya Hadero

A new book values justice for Black Americans, but its secular thesis only goes so far.

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Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

War powers resolution dies in Senate, immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, and Anne Applebaum on the war in Ukraine.

A man praying in church.

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Peter Coelho

Yes, Christianity can improve your life, build social cohesion, and foster respect for reality. But more importantly, Jesus is our Savior.

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Interview by Bonnie Kristian

A Q&A with the cofounder of a Duolingo-style “Christian AI” app aimed at Gen Z.

The relief camp in Manipur where Lamjagou Vaiphei lives with his wife, three children, and seven other families.

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India Moves to Close Camps for Thousands Displaced by Manipur Violence

Divya Chirayath

With nowhere to go and poor camp conditions, one church plans to buy land for its congregation to live on.

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Believers often use Romans 13 to wave away state violence, but that’s the opposite of what Paul intended.