Essays
News
How NYC Churches Guard Endangered Languages
New York isn’t just a haven for Christians from around the world; it’s also a sanctuary for their rare and dying dialects.
Living Like a Monk in the Age of Fast Living
Lessons on intentional living from the modern monastic movement.
War Changes Everything—and Nothing
A WWII-era C.S. Lewis sermon makes the case for “business as usual,” even when violence rages, as in Ukraine.
At My Mother’s Deathbed, I Discovered the Symmetry of a Long Life
The chiastic pattern I’d come to love in Scripture also shows up in God’s design for aging.
The Bestseller that Made Church Cool—and Optional
‘Blue Like Jazz’ spoke for a generation and left disillusioned evangelicals more dissatisfied.
Review
The Best Books for Christian Men Aren’t Always About Being Men
Some should tiptoe onto gender-role battlegrounds. But most should stay on safer scriptural turf.
AI and All Its Splendors
Long before generative AI became a reality, its false promises of ease and justice appeared in science fiction—and the desert temptation of Christ.
New & Noteworthy 2025
Seven books we’re looking forward to in the new year.
Review
Good Readers Need More Than Good Reads
Without intentional practices for reading virtuously, even virtuous books can end up furthering vice.
Review
No One Told These Ink-Stained Dreamers to Make Books. They Just Did.
An Oxford professor traces the history of publishing through the lives of its most daring and dedicated pioneers.
Something Holy Shines
Malcolm Guite on how Coleridge, Shakespeare, and C.S. Lewis help us understand the poetic imagination.
Public Theology Project
How a Book Club Taught Me to Live and Die
The point was not the reading—it was the friendship.
The Christianity Today Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Christianity Today’s Book of the Year
Two volumes rose to the head of the class.
Prologues
Reading—and Eating—as Communion
A note from CT’s editorial director of print in our annual books issue.
Krista Tippett on Wishful Thinking Versus Hope
From Soviet-era Berlin to current-day USA, the longtime radio host shares insights on countering discouragement.
On Rabbits, Redemption, and the Written Word
A note from CT’s president in our annual books issue.
Qualms & Proverbs
How Do I Find My Identity in Christ When I So Want to Be Married?
CT advice columnists also weigh in on neighborhood church events and Christian conspiracy theorizing.
The False Gospel of Our Inner Critic
Our capacity to experience intimacy with Jesus is linked to our internal dialogue.
Testimony
I Turned to New Age Psychedelics for Salvation. They Couldn’t Deliver.
Shrooms glittered on the surface—but hid a dark chasm underneath. That’s where Jesus found me.
Backstories
Skeptical Conversations About Converted Skeptics
And other responses to our September/October issue.
News
The Good Book for Baby Names
Americans are less religious than ever. But we’re still a nation of Noahs and Elizabeths.
