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

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

Christianity Today December 20, 2022

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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Stephen Miller Is Wrong About the World

The homeland security adviser is right that the international arena is anarchic. But a devilish world order is not the solution.

News

CDC Job Uncertainty Prompts Atlanta Churches to Offer Practical Care

Laid-off employees receive job coaching, prayer support, from local congregations.

Died: Gospel Legend Richard Smallwood

The composer of “Total Praise” worked with numerous celebrities but put the gospel first.

News

Texas Law Aims to Stop Abortion Drugs at the State Line

Neighbors can now sue each other over mail-order drugs. Pro-life advocates are divided on the tactic.

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Helped a Missionary Talk About Jesus

Jennifer Park

But some believers remain wary of adapting the popular music genre for worship, so Christian K-pop isn’t going up, up, up.

Public Theology Project

Christians, Let’s Stop Abusing Romans 13

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

News

The 50 Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous for Christians in 2026

From Syria to Sudan, believers around the world face increasing oppression and persecution.

Christian Writer Daniel Nayeri Dreams from Home

Jonathon Crump

Lying on the floor of his mauve-walled writing shed, the celebrated YA author writes himself around the world.

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