Christianity Today

April, 2013

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

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

Testimony

Antidote to Poison

I was haunted by failure to the edge of suicide—and then came life.

Notes from Newtown

How the church rallied around the bereaved town.

News

News

First Language First

Christians make real education possible for 21 million Filipino students.

News

Is ‘Incoherent’ Christianity Better Than None at All?

English leaders say religious education is a necessary part of primary education.

News

Black Churches’ Missing Missionaries

Black churches are booming. Why they are not sending.

The Way We Give Now

Christian ministries received $9.8 billion in cash donations in 2011. But which ones received most?

News

Gleanings

Important developments in the church and the world.

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

The Trouble with Cussing Christians

Do Christians have a unique call to avoid strong language?

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.

Additional Articles

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