Christianity Today in 2021: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More

CT published 2,063 articles this year. Here’s what readers and editors liked most.

Browse our lists of 2021’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 800 translations this year, including these most-read articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Korean, and Russian.

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Our Latest

A male doll in a plastic package, along with a tote bag, a record, headphones, and an iced matcha latte.

The Bulletin

Saudi Crown Prince Visit, GOP Realignment, and the Performative Male

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Trump hosts Saudi royalty, Republicans navigate shifts in the party, and a TikTok trend jokes about masculine sensitivity.

A photo of Jim Houston

What Do a 103-Year-Old Theologian’s Prayers Sound Like?

Isabel Ong in Vancouver

Jim Houston’s scholarship centered on communion with God. His life in a Canadian care home continues to reflect this pursuit.

An AI-generated man walks down a road arched with trees wearing a tan suit and hat and waving to the side.

News

The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank.

An astronaut and a CT magazine cover from 1961.

New Frontiers in 1961

Daniel Silliman

CT considered paperback books, the Peace Corps, and the first man in space.

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Mastering Masculinity

Interview by Sho Baraka

Jason Wilson’s rite of passage combines martial arts, emotional stability, and lessons from the Bible.

Illustration by Amy Jones

Wonderology

Fault Lines

Am I bad or sick?

"Hope for America" Harvest Crusade in Utah

News

Utah Flocks to Crusade Event at Campus Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed

Harvest Prude in Orem, Utah

Evangelicals take the stage for worship and altar calls in the Mormon-majority state.

A photo of Benjamin Watson at mic with the title of the podcast The Just Life overlaid on the image

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Jasmine Crowe-Houston: Love and Feed Your Neighbor

Reframing hunger as a justice issue, not charity.