Cover Story
Cover Story
It’s Time to Talk about Power
How to recognize and use the gift that most eludes the church.
Features
The Glory of the Cross
How God’s power is made perfect in weakness.
Sarah Young Still Hears Jesus Calling
Not since “My Utmost for His Highest” has a daily devotional enraptured the English-speaking world, from cynical intellectuals to sweet grandmas, across the theological spectrum. How Young might change how we think about prayer.
Joining the Race for Clean Water
Why lace up your sneakers when you could just write a check? A personal look at what’s driving the charity running craze.
Where Did We Come From?
How Milton, Paley, and Darwin help us answer the question.
News
Open Doors in a Divided Land
How the House of Grace ministry sheds a light on the plight of ex-prisoners.
More from this Issue
Reply All
Readers respond to articles in our July/August 2013 issue.
Smarter, Bolder, and a Little Bit Taller
Yes, it’s really different. And yes, it is still Christianity Today.
News
News
Is Preachers of L.A. Good for the Church?
The NRB warns that new Oxygen show could prompt political action.
News
South Korea’s Travel Bans a Blessing in Disguise for Missions
They could mature an eager but young movement. But how long should they stay in place?
News
Can Sanford Pastors’ Success Work in Other Cities?
Why George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case created racial havoc across America—but not at the trial’s epicenter.
Reviews
Review
The Manly Christian Pacifist
Meet the gun-loving, red meat–eating evangelical whose reading of Scripture persuaded him to embrace nonviolence.
Hot and Holy
Why the ultimate purpose of sex is bringing Glory to God.
Review
What It Feels Like to Be a Christian
Francis Spufford describes to outsiders where we’re coming from.
New & Noteworthy Books
Compiled by Matt Reynolds
Brett McCracken: My Top 5
The author of Hipster Christianity lists the books that most shaped the ideas in his new release, Gray Matters: Navigating the Space between Legalism & Liberty (Baker Books, 2013).
Wilson’s Bookmarks
From the editor of Books & Culture.
Excerpt
The Beauty of Trauma
When the prospect of death comes close, we learn that life is precious.
Derek Webb Grows Up
How the embattled songwriter made his way to musical maturity.
Views
Full Members at Age 1
Are we welcoming children into all of church life?
How Can Churches Best Support Parents Who Adopt from Overseas?
There are no easy formulas. Three views.
Editorial
Whatever Happened to Grace?
A call for a renewal of the message that makes our hearts soar.
Why Don’t We Find Bloodshed Repugnant Anymore?
Yes, the early church was pro-life. But it wasn’t just the death of the unborn that it opposed.