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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President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 24, 2026.

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Trump’s SOTU Heralded a Revival. The Data Is Mixed.

Harvest Prude in Washington

In a State of the Union focused on immigration and domestic policy, the president’s mention of Christianity was brief and debatable.

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 24, 2026.

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In his State of the Union marking our 250th year, the president honored athletes, veterans, Sage Blair, America—and himself.

An illustration of a flying saucer.

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I don’t know how likely extraterrestrial life might be. But no matter what, the truth of Christianity will stand.

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Carrie McKean in Midland, Texas

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Security officers stand guard next to a bus carrying freed worshippers at the Government House in Kaduna.

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