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The Healing of Willow Creek
Misguided loyalty harmed this historic congregation. True loyalty can redeem it.

Mark Galli

A Great and Terrible Nation
Understanding our history, and how that might frame our Fourth of July prayers.

Mark Galli

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Open Questions
Is It Robbing God to Tithe on Your After-Tax (Not Gross) Income?
The Israelites were never subject to withholding upward of 15 percent.

Frederica Mathewes-Green, David A. Croteau, Steve Stewart

Should Christians Confront Mormon Missionaries When They Knock on the Front Door?
Three views.

L.L. (Don) Veinot Jr., Lynn K. Wilder, Cory B. Willson

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Speaking out
Brazil’s Soccer Stars Love Jesus. But They Can’t Thank Him for World Cup Wins.
What a team ban on religious celebrations reveals about evangelicals in South America’s biggest country.

Marcos Simas and Carlos Fernandes

The Case for Electing Beth Moore as President of the Southern Baptist Convention
Despite two strong candidates, if ever there were a time for a woman at the helm of the SBC, it’d be now.

Dwight McKissic

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Women
How Fiction Fueled Madeleine L’Engle’s Faith
How does a lonely kid understand that she’s loved by God? An author’s childhood holds the answer.

Sarah Arthur

My Foster Daughter Was Separated from Her Family at the Border
Caring for someone else’s kid brought heartbreak. But it also drew me closer to God’s kingdom purposes.

Gena Thomas

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Columnists

Confessing God
Derek Rishmawy

Confessing God attempts to understand who we are and how the world should be by looking at what the Bible says who God is.

Good News, Satan Wants to Destroy You!
It may sound weird, but knowing we have an enemy is encouraging.

Is the Body That ‘Betrayed’ Me Still ‘Very Good’?
What the incarnation affirms about the reality of God's creation.

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Evangelical Distinctives
Mark Galli

Christianity Today's editor in chief considers what it means to be an evangelical Christian today, drawing on the movement's history, theology, and spirituality.

God’s Letter to Us
How evangelicals read Scripture.

It Doesn’t Get Any More Personal
Why evangelicals give pride of place to penal substitutionary understandings of the Cross.

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Beginning of Wisdom
Jen Wilkin

The Beginning of Wisdom offers a Bible teacher's perspective on spiritual growth and scriptural study in our churches, small groups, and families.

Sunday Church Services Are Not About You
Six tangible ways congregations can shift their gatherings from me to us.

Definitely Keep Insulting Your Kids With Sarcasm. Great Idea.
A godly tongue speaks humor that heals, not hurts.

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Pending Resolution
Sandra McCracken

Pending Resolution is an exploration of the tensions of living between God's promises offered and his promises fulfilled, looking to Scripture for guidance.

Blessed Are the Slow
Scripture reminds us that love—and loving communication—is patient.

Martha, You Don’t Have to Be Mary
In Luke’s famous sister rivalry, Jesus isn’t warning against busyness.

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Spirited Life
Andrew Wilson

Spirited Life is a collision between biblical reflection and charismatic practice, aiming to make people happier in God.

Heard the One About the Jewish Man, the Roman Demon, and the Gentile Pigs?
Exploring the multiple meanings behind a New Testament “political cartoon.”

Whatever Happened to Gifts of Language, Prophecy, and Healing?
Let’s ask the early church fathers.

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