Christianity Today in 2020: Our Top News, Reviews, Podcasts, and More

CT published 1,650 articles this year. Here’s what readers and editors liked most.

Browse our lists of 2020’s top articles, book reviews, podcasts, obituaries, and testimonies—as well as CT’s top stories about the global church, good news, pastors, COVID-19, and more—via the collections at right [on desktops] or below [on mobile].

Also for our bilingual readers, from CT Global’s 350 translations this year, see our most-read articles in Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Indonesian, Korean, and Catalan.

Finally, a report on this year’s Top 10 discoveries in biblical archaeology.

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Our Latest

Peter Kreeft in his office.

Teaching ‘the Mystery of Joy’ to Protestants and Catholics

Philosopher Peter Kreeft, like Augustine, gains a reading from both sides of the Reformation.

Two Kenyan children sitting on the streets of Nairobi.

News

Infanticide Rates Are Dropping in Africa, yet Child Abandonment Continues

Pius Sawa

Many view babies born with disabilities as cursed. Christians are fighting back.

A view of the city of Bundi in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan State in India on July 16, 2019.

With Bible Translation in India’s Hadoti Language, ‘God Came Closer’

A missionary from south India initiated the translation in the language spoken by millions in southeastern Rajasthan state.

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Being Human

Shane J. Wood Helps Us Understand Christ’s Ultimate Victory in a Chaotic World

How can the book of Revelation teach us to embrace our wounds?

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The Russell Moore Show

Can AI Really Sing a Country Song?

Russell answers a listener question about what algorithms miss about heartbreak.

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News

Died: John M. Perkins, Who Lived and Preached Racial Reconciliation

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The civil rights leader believed in a gospel bigger than race or self-interest.

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The Year of the Evangelical

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America prepared for a bicentennial, and religious identity dominated the presidential campaign.

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Review

Decoding the Supreme Court

Three books to read this month on politics and public life.