Christianity Today

January/February, 2015

Volume 59, Number 1

March, 2015
December, 2014

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.

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Cover Story

Cover Story

Why Black Churches Are Keeping Millennials

The reasons are rooted in history.

Cover Story

Why Your Millennial Outreach Needs a Bit of Bonhoeffer

Millennial anxiety sabotages attempts to engage the next generation. Dietrich explains why.

Features

Meet the Mom Who Stopped Joseph Kony

How Shannon Sedgwick Davis helped dismantle the Ugandan warlord’s reign of terror.

Why Knowing About Jesus Is Not Enough

The day reading Philippians revealed to me a deeper knowledge.

Is Buying Your Way Onto the Bestseller List Wrong?

A year after Mark Driscoll’s church got caught manipulating the New York Times list, authors and publishers question a practice that extends far beyond Mars Hill.

Excerpt

Can We Ever Trust Our Own Hearts?

An excerpt from CT’s 2015 Book of the Year, ‘Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith.’

Christianity Today’s 2015 Book Awards

Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.

More from this Issue

Testimony

How I Almost Lost the Bible

Had it not been for the first editor of CT, I likely would have gone the way of liberal scholar Bart Ehrman.

Reply All

Readers respond to the November issue via letters, tweets, and blogs.

Why We Need a Beautiful Orthodoxy

What we hope you see in every CT article.

Joyful Vision

Introducing the editor in chief of all CT publications.

News

News

Should Pastors Stop Signing Civil Marriage Certificates?

First Things says yes. Survey finds 1 in 4 pastors agree.

News

Tending the ‘Stolen’ Sheep in Latin America’s Booming Bible Belt

Catholics may be fast converting to Protestantism, but beliefs and maturity vary.

News

The Season of Adventists: Can Ben Carson’s Church Stay Separatist amid Booming Growth?

The denomination gains one million each year. Some want to be more evangelical.

News

Signs of Belief: How a Small Dispute over Church Marketing Became Supremely Important

The curious Supreme Court case of a 30-person church in Gilbert, Arizona.

News

Gleanings: January/February 2015

Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our January/February issue).

Reviews

Prayers at the Museum of Modern Art

Plaster sinks and other strange artifacts are altars to an unknown god.

It’s Time for the Church to Grow Up

Thomas Bergler, the critic of ‘juvenilization,’ wants to put us back on the path to spiritual maturity.

Review

Tim Keller Found His Prayer Bearings, and So Can You

The Manhattan pastor steers us toward less clumsy, more confident conversations with God.

Review

Life after a Medical Death Sentence

Theologian J. Todd Billings learns how to travel in cancer’s company.

My Top 5 Books for Mothers

Amy Julia Becker, author and mother of three, chooses readings to comfort and encourage fellow moms.

Views

Make New Friends, Keep Texting the Old

Technology does too good a job at sustaining our distant friendships.

Editorial

Amnesty Is Not a Dirty Word

Christians, of all people, should know that.

What Scripture and Jazz Have in Common

Resolving two difficult issues about the Bible’s inspiration.

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