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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The Bulletin

No Iran Deal, Russell Brand Reads the Bible, and Ben Sasse’s Public Dying

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Trump insists on nuclear deal with Iran, Brand’s viral Bible faux pas, and Senator Sasse shares his dying and his faith.

A group of people speaking in hashtags and social media phrases.

The Algorithm Is Changing How We Speak—and Strive

Griffin Gooch

“Algospeak” capitalizes on our desire for attention and status. We should turn to God for both.

Review

When Faith Feels Cloudy

Elizabeth Woodson

Three books for the doubting Christian.

Mercy cooking meals to distribute with members of her organization, Women of Purpose.

News

The Christian Migrants Feeding the Displaced in Lebanon

Ghinwa Akiki and Hunter Williamson in Beirut, Lebanon

The war left many domestic workers jobless and homeless. Some Christians see a chance to serve their community.

Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut.

Desperately Seeking Alternatives to Arrogance

Marvin Olasky

The Trump administration’s critique of elite universities is worthwhile, but government control is problematic. Good news: Christian study centers are multiplying at major universities.