Cover Story
Cover Story
National Tragedy and the Empty Tomb
Not even senseless murder can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Cover Story
Easter Wings
The classic poem tells—and shows—how Christ’s resurrection lifts us into flight.
Features
The Hope Roaster
How Pete Leonard’s coffee roasting startup could become the world’s largest employer of former convicts.
The Mystery of Original Sin
We don’t know why God permitted the Fall, but we know all too well the evil and sin that still plague us.
Conversion Confusion
Did a widow with seven children get 15 years in an Egyptian prison for becoming a Christian? Not so fast.
Knowing What the Bible ‘Really’ Means
Why multiple translations might even be better than Scripture in its original languages.
Rick Warren’s Final Frontier
Saddleback wants to bring the gospel to the world’s 3,400 unengaged people groups. Why it just might work.
Girls Talk
What Lena Dunham’s smart HBO series says about 21st-century womanhood.
More from this Issue
Notes from Newtown
How the church rallied around the bereaved town.
News
News
Is ‘Incoherent’ Christianity Better Than None at All?
English leaders say religious education is a necessary part of primary education.
The Way We Give Now
Christian ministries received $9.8 billion in cash donations in 2011. But which ones received most?
News
No GRACE in Sexual Abuse Investigation of Missionary Kids
Reviewing decades-old abuse allegations isn’t simple, as firing by Baptist missions agency shows.
News
Quitting Time: The Pope Retired. Should Your Pastor?
Benedict’s decision shows how to serve well and leave well, experts say.
Reviews
Suffering Servants
Chronic pain and depression taught Joni Eareckson and Ken Tada to put each other’s needs first.
Excerpt
Taking Action Through Radical Kindness
One great agent of healing is showing love to those who have hurt us.
My Top 5 Books on Singleness
In search of books that move beyond longing and provide a hopeful, trust-deepening perspective.
Review
How a Dutch Neo-Calvinist Helped Birth an Intellectual Movement
Abraham Kuyper imagined a world fallen yet still infused with the grandeur of a God willing to redeem it.
Review
So All May Learn
Why Christians should aim to get low-income students a high-quality education.
Quick Takes
More media of note.
Wilson’s Bookmarks
From the editor of Books & Culture.
Views
If the Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, What Next?
How churches and pastors should respond.
The Trouble with Cussing Christians
Do Christians have a unique call to avoid strong language?
Letters to the Editor
Readers write.
Editorial
A Pope for All Christians
Why believers of all stripes should care about the new head of the Catholic Church.
The Man Who Birthed Evangelicalism
Carl Henry’s complex legacy, 100 years after his birth.