The Bible’s Take on Systemic Sin
Scripture is filled with examples of communities and institutions being held accountable for sin.
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Feast of Eden
Closed to outsiders and plagued by addiction, a Vietnam village tuned its radios to a California preacher. It has bloomed into a showcase for Hmong culture and an unlikely tourist destination.
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Be Careful Who You Pretend to Be
You can fake your way to vice but never to virtue.
Robin Hood, Luigi Mangione, and Jesus
The alleged assassin has been widely compared to the outlaw hero. There are similarities—but real differences between this ethic and Christ’s.
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In 19th-Century America, Two ‘Christian Nations’ Took Up Arms
How the intensifying religious visions of North and South erupted into civil war.
Black Labor Matters
This month we can remember and reward efforts to make work more equitable.
The Risk in Immigration Reporting
On high-stakes, high-interest issues like border policy, journalists of all views may be tempted to distort the facts or even biblical truth. Christians should hold to a higher standard.
When a Church Breaks
My congregation fought and disbanded. Was it all a waste?
The Russell Moore Show
Beyond Bowling Alone: Finding Community in an Isolated Age
Robert Putnam speaks to our cultural loneliness—and what we can do about it.
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An Atheist on What He Got Wrong About Christianity’s Decline
Jonathan Rauch has a wake-up call for American believers.
Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Runaway Girls, Runaway Fears
This is the story of how America’s anxieties in the 1960s turned runaway girls, drugs, and rock-and-roll into a battle between good and evil.
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The Magazine
View archivesThis first issue of 2025 exemplifies how reading creates community, grows empathy, gives words to the unnamable, and reminds us that our identities and relationships proceed from the Word of God and the Word made flesh. In this issue, you’ll read about the importance of a book club from Russell Moore and a meditation on the bookends of a life by Jen Wilkin. Mark Meynell writes about the present-day impact of a C. S. Lewis sermon in Ukraine, and Emily Belz reports on how churches care for endangered languages in New York City. Poet Malcolm Guite regales us with literary depth. And we hope you’ll pick up a copy of one of our CT Book Award winners or finalists. Happy reading!
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How a Book Club Taught Me to Live and Die
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Stories of Christian conversion
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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.
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My Drug Kingdom Collapsed. Then My Savior Found Me.
Disillusioned by my life of crime and excess, I walked into a prison chapel. I came out a new man.
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I Demolished My Faith for ‘My Best Life.’ It Only Led to Despair.
I lost myself in drugs and relationships. That’s when Jesus found me.
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I Made Millions as a Porn Star. It Nearly Cost Me Everything.
My adult-film career destroyed my sense of self-worth, but God wouldn’t let it define me.
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When I Opened My Bible, God Gave Me a Magnifying Glass
I was a Sikh student worrying about my grades when my eyes were drawn in dramatic fashion toward the truths of his Word.
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Mid-life Crisis? Bah, Humbug!
It is easy to look at the future in a rearview mirror, but that always leads to a collision.
Elisabeth Elliot on the Christian Father
Examining the male parent’s role.
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Bill and Vonette Bright’s Wonderful Plan for the World
Evangelicalism’s power couple closes in on their radical mission.
CT Classic: Madeleine L’Engle on Allegory and Prayer
“It seemed ironic and unfair that just as I was turning closer to God, I couldn’t sell anything I wrote.”
