Christianity Today Magazine

The Fault in Our Norms

How do you decide what should be normal in a secularized, fragmented society? The destruction of America’s political …

Can Self-Help Books Really Help?

Self-help books are wildly popular, including among Christians. But can they keep their promise to improve us? H eave…

Try to Talk Before You Go

Cutting off “toxic” people is social media’s go-to mental health advice. But Jesus commands us to seek conversation and…

How the Church Can Help Black Women Heal

Being a “strong Black woman” was my badge of honor, until it almost killed me. There are many issues of pressing conc…

How We Learned to Hate Genocide

Caesar boasted of thousands of civilian deaths. Christianity is the reason we mourn even one. When he published his s…

The Data-Backed Case for Marriage

Brad Wilcox’s Get Married debunks misguided conventional wisdom and offers both challenge and hope to Christian single…

A Meal We Won’t Soon Forget

The hope and anxiety inherent in Jesus' last passover feast C an you remember what you ate yesterday? Maybe you h…

Life as a Fading Flower

Ash Wednesday breaks down our illusion of invincibility E very year around Ash Wednesday, a hillside near our home in…

Living in a Season Without Answers

Learning to have a quiet hope in the midst of heartache T his year, I’m learning to have a quiet hope. My eight-year-…

Big Trouble in Small Groups

A pastor offers practical advice for the top three hurdles of church small groups: childcare, commitment, and over-talk…