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‘No-Kids Zones’ Abound in South Korea. But Kids Aren’t Pests.
In a country with one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, children are seen as a nuisance. But they are a blessing that can pierce the idols of efficiency.
Black Hope Faces a Crisis
An influential academic theory says anti-Black racism won’t change. As it trickles into popular culture, the church should be ready to respond.
Quashing Political Violence Requires We Tame Our Tongues
The manifesto of the WHCD shooting suspect was biblically superficial and wrong. It was also unsettlingly familiar.
The Syllabus
In College, AI Is a Friend and Foe
Students discuss how the technology can serve as a learning tool but can also lead to dishonesty and laziness.
Our Desires Need Discipline, Not the Ease of AI
In a world fleeing the body, Christianity teaches us how to form our desires.
Writers
Artemis II Showed Us What Integrity Looks Like
Four astronauts remind us that our humanity is both a gift from God and a joy.
Black Immigrants Are Diversifying the American Church
African Americans have long ministered to Black people abroad. Those communities are now increasingly migrating to the US.
What Is Godly Resistance?
Exodus’s midwives can teach us a lot about how to fear God more than the king.
My Family Resisted Iran’s Regime. My Hope Is Not in Foreign Intervention.
Jesus spoke peace to his disciples as they hid. Iranian Christians modeled for me that same resistance with grace.
Partying in Joy and Sorrow
Christ has freed us to be a party people, even in grief and pain.
Thou Art the Man
President Donald Trump’s diatribe against the pope—paired with his posting of a blasphemous AI-generated image—shows contempt for the things of God.
Fertility Treatment Beyond the Quick Fix
Restorative reproductive medicine is a great idea and can honor traditional Christian teachings on marriage, children, and sex. Just don’t oversell it.
Threatening Profound Evil Trivializes That Evil
President Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth speak often of Christianity—but they seem to have no interest in its vision for just warfare.
The Iranian Church Persists
Amid war, some Christians are evangelizing, preparing food for neighbors, and displaying other acts of generosity.
To Write Well Is Human
Using AI to write is a disordered and deforming means of fulfilling a good desire. The church must offer something better.
Witnessing Is The Church’s Work
A note from CT’s editorial director in our January/February issue.
The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone
From Jesus to angels to the apostles, Resurrection Day instructs us on earthly and heavenly authority.