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Marvin Olasky
Marvin Olasky graduated from Yale University in 1971 and gained a Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1976. He was a professor at The University of Texas at Austin from 1983 to 2008 and held appointments at San Diego State, Princeton, The King’s College, and Patrick Henry College. He edited World magazine from 1992 to 2021, wrote for the Boston Globe and Austin American-Statesman, and is a Discovery Institute senior fellow and an Acton Institute affiliate scholar. He has written 30 books, and now chairs the board of the Zenger House Foundation. Married for 48 years, Olasky and his wife Susan have four children and six grandchildren.
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John Perkins, in Life and Facing Death
“If we are going to help others understand who Jesus is, our own lives must reflect his character and love.”
Joe Espada in Spring Training
The Astros manager knows Christ is his Savior, not his win-generator.
Analysis
Housing Doesn’t Solve Homelessness
At California’s Orange County Rescue Mission, a two-year program provides far more than a roof over residents’ heads.
Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?
In his younger years, Lincoln was a skeptic. But as he aged, he turned toward biblical wisdom—and not only when in the public eye.
Analysis
Shutting Down an Addiction Supermarket
Even in San Francisco, some change is possible: The Tenderloin neighborhood is improving.
Tearing Apart ‘The Old Thread-bare Lie’
Black journalist Ida B. Wells exposed Southern lynching.
From Communism to Christ
God drew me out of Marxism to himself. But that’s only half the story.
Christianity Today: A Declaration of Principles
Where we stand at seven decades—and how readers can help.
Beyond the CT Book Award Winners
20 more suggestions from our editor in chief.
Backbone in a Gumby Culture
“He was furious, but somehow it put steel into my heart.”