Theology+Spirituality
Humans have a penchant for sacrifice, but it’s the Lord who makes it possible.
How neuroscience can help us to be doers of the Word.
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Every Fourth of July, I Celebrate My Spiritual Independence DayHow God transformed my life at a church conference I didn’t even want to attend.
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Marilynne Robinson’s Latest Novel Probes the Mysteries of Predestination and GraceJack Boughton, the wayward pastor’s son, is a central character. So is Jesus.
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Jesus Is Your Lord and Savior. Is He Also Your Philosopher King?Why the church should learn to appreciate Christ as the world’s greatest thinker.
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Pursuing Racial Justice Requires More Than Lament, but Never LessHow the sharing of prayer and pain leads to trust—and then to change.
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Your Devotional Is Not a BibleInspiration and comfort do not offer us the full weight and scope of God’s Word.
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Good News: Tomorrow We DieWhy dwelling on our mortality may be good for us.
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Middle-Age Couples: Your Marriage Doesn’t Have to Be Stuck in Survival ModeHow the stresses and strains of aging can strengthen the bonds of love.
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10 Bible Passages That Help Us PersevereStudy leaders, authors, and scholars share how Scripture has sustained them during difficult times.
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Seven Deadly Sins, One Presidential ElectionPride, envy, greed, and the rest all rear their heads for 2020.
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Depression Plunged Me Into Darkness. God Met Me There.I couldn’t read Scripture anymore, yet God’s Word still nourished me.
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The Missional Power of PreparationHow do we prepare in the midst of uncertainty?
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Fleeing the Oregon Fires Forced Me to Rethink the FutureThe exiled Israelites followed a pillar of smoke, one day at a time. Maybe I can do the same.
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Keep Calm and RebootThe Christian disciplines of self-suspicion, forgiveness, and hope all function well. We need to restart our faith in them.
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The Absence of Injustice Is Not JusticeActing affirmatively on the side of racial justice affirms the truth of the gospel.
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Evangelicals Becoming Catholics: Former CT Editor Mark GalliWhy do evangelicals convert to Catholicism and how should we respond?
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In This Fraught Racial Moment, We Need a Refresher on Human DepravityWe also need a reminder of God’s radical grace.
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Monuments Can Be Destroyed, but Not ForgottenOur most controversial stone statues carry layers of communal history that aren’t easily cast aside.
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State of Theology: Evangelicals Hold Steady on Doctrine, More Outspoken on PoliticsAmerican evangelicals make mostly incremental changes around some common heresies.
News & Reporting
- Digital Bibles Help Men Read More But Retain LessData suggests Christians are unaware of the effect the medium has on the message.
- The Stories Christianity Today Editors Hope You Didn't MissHow history's revivals teach us to prayer, when Jesus showed up in the anatomy lab, and what really happens when you disciple a murderer.
Global Gospel Project
Even in the New Testament, talking with God is mostly unilateral. But he does answer.
Why You Can't Read Scripture Alone
Studying the Bible in light of the Great Tradition.
A Word Can Be Worth a Thousand Pictures
Why the pulpit—and not the screen—still belongs at the center of our churches.
Top Story September 22, 2020
Long before Raphael Warnock’s Senate run, the biblical call for freedom for the oppressed stirred Atlanta Christians to social action.
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