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Public Theology Project

When to Respond to Slander (and When to Ignore It)

Correcting the record or remaining silent both involve the same thing: seeking to know Jesus.

News

NDAs Kept These Christians Silent. Now They’re Speaking Out Against Them.

A wave of activists across countries and denominations is calling for the end to non-disclosure and confidentiality clauses.

Our May/June Issue: Discerning Good Gossip from Bad

Andy Olsen

Our sweeping censure of talking behind backs isn’t biblical.

Cover Story

Why Defining Gossip Matters in the Church’s Response to Abuse

Have we tamed the tongue too much? Christians work to recover a biblical understanding of harmful hearsay vs. healthy criticism.

How to Destroy Your Pastor

Peter W. Chin

What threatens pastors most is not the attack that comes from outside the church, but the criticisms of cliques from within.

Dear God, Let Me Be ‘Skinny’ Pregnant

Marie Osborne, guest writer

How fat-shaming Kim Kardashian hurts us all.

Sorority Syndrome: Girls Gone Mean

If we’re not careful, big groups breed shallow friendships.

Dear Rihanna: ‘Your Truth’ Won’t Set You Free

Sharon Hodde Miller

Our individual exceptionalism has theological consequences.

Brian Presley Responds to Twitter Claims: ‘It Didn’t Happen, but I Don’t Want to Sling it Back’

Interview by Ashley Moore

Actor speaks for the first time about his now-famous red-eye flight and the tweets that lit up the internet.

Editorial

Good Christian [Bleep!]

A Christianity Today Editorial

The provocative title of a proposed TV show is not the problem. We are.

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