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• Christianity Today2026-10-13✓ Read

  Q&A: ‘The Shack’ Author Wm. Paul Young on Christa Pike’s Botched Execution

  On September 30, Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville made headlines for the horrific botched execution of Christa Pike. It was not the first botched execution at Riverbend: In May, the state’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed, causing Gov. Bill Lee to offer him a one-year reprieve. Wm. Paul Young—author of the best-selling novel Read more... The post Q&A: ‘The Shack’ Author Wm. Paul Young on Christa Pike’s Botched Execution appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-13✓ Read

  Samuel Alito’s Message to the Secular Left and the Illiberal Right

  In the spring of 2022, Justice Samuel Alito wrote the most politically polarizing judicial opinion of his entire career. The issue was abortion, a subject that had long divided the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative appointed by President George W. Bush, wanted the court to issue an incremental decision that would uphold Read more... The post Samuel Alito’s Message to the Secular Left and the Illiberal Right appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-13✓ Read

  We Are Not Called to Make the Gospel Popular

  Christ is the ultimate model of gentle strength. He didn’t hold his tongue before the Sanhedrin or Pilate. He said, “For this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth” (John 18:37, ESV throughout). His entire ministry was public. He proclaimed the kingdom on hillsides, in synagogues, and in marketplaces, calling Read more... The post We Are Not Called to Make the Gospel Popular appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-12✓ Read

  A Baptist Brought Jesus to Burma. His Spiritual Descendants Bought His Birthplace

  Whenever diaspora Burmese Christians gathered in Boston, they would drive up to the 18th-century white colonial-style house on 145 Main Street in Malden, Massachusetts, where Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson was born and lived for the first four and a half years of his life. They’d snap a quick picture in the yard and then get Read more... The post A Baptist Brought Jesus to Burma. His Spiritual Descendants Bought His Birthplace. appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-12✓ Read

  Review: ‘Christianity at a Crossroads’

  Any number of recent surveys indicate an upheaval in American Christianity. Political scientist Ryan Burge’s work, which has set the pace for several years now, alongside studies by the Pew Research Center and the Public Religion Research Institute, provides a sober assessment of what our congregations, whether historic mainline denominations or nondenominational megachurches, will look Read more... The post Review: ‘Christianity at a Crossroads’ appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-12✓ Read

  3 Myths About Christian Nationalism

  As a sociologist of religion, I’ve had a front-row seat to the explosive growth of debate over Christian nationalism in America.  Early on, I thought the concept was a helpful one. Like many, I was troubled and bewildered by widespread conservative Christian support for Donald Trump, a man whose conduct seemed incongruous with the commitments Read more... The post 3 Myths About Christian Nationalism appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-09✓ Read

  The Confessions, the Comforter, and ChatGPT

  This piece was adapted from CT’s books newsletter. Subscribe here. Gene Edward Veith Jr. and A. Trevor Sutton, Irreplaceable: Humanity, Vocation, and the Limits of Technology (Baker Books, 2026) Christians are writing a lot of books about technology at the moment. You can see why. Even before the extraordinary potential of AI became apparent with the Read more... The post The Confessions, the Comforter, and ChatGPT appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-09✓ Read

  The Sin the Church Forgot

  Christians know well the biblical commands to be in the world but not of it (John 17:15­–18) and to be conformed to God’s will rather than the pattern of fallen humanity (Rom. 12:1–2). Yet distinguishing what Scripture teaches from the influence of our surroundings is often more difficult than we realize—particularly in conversations about sin. Read more... The post The Sin the Church Forgot appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-09✓ Read

  New Refugee Cap a Blow to Persecuted Religious Minorities

  Ruth LePage, director of refugee services at Arrive Ministries, a refugee resettlement agency in Minnesota, said she misses late-night airport welcomes.  In refugee family reunification cases, the normally quiet arrivals hall is filled with family members dressed as if they’re going to a party, holding balloons and welcome banners. Children crane their necks, hoping to Read more... The post New Refugee Cap a Blow to Persecuted Religious Minorities appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-08✓ Read

  How My Church Revived Our Sunday School

  Sunday school was nearly empty. Our teachers prepared lessons every week and announced them in the church newsletter. Yet three years after the pandemic, adult attendance averaged about 15 in a church with over 300 members. And sometimes, there were no children. “Zero kids?” I asked the children’s minister. “How often does that happen?” She Read more... The post How My Church Revived Our Sunday School appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-07✓ Read

  The Cornell Seven and the High Cost of Fake Fraternity

  This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. The “Cornell seven” sexual assault case shocked the nation this week. Americans read and heard about members of the Chi Phi fraternity at one of the nation’s most elite university allegedly raping a young woman—a classmate—who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol and ketamine. Investigations and Read more... The post The Cornell Seven and the High Cost of Fake Fraternity appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-07✓ Read

  Why Do I Feel Homesick in My Own Home?

  Every time I return to Kenya, it feels a bit like coming home. Which is weird—I’m an American who lives in Burundi. But my family lived in Kenya years ago, and we still visit frequently. We walk out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, and I remember my fender bender in airport parking. We Read more... The post Why Do I Feel Homesick in My Own Home? appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-07✓ Read

  The End of Flophouses and the Rise of Homelessness

  During the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863, a Union commander mistakenly pulled a division out of its defensive line only minutes before Confederates assaulted that very spot. Southern forces poured through the gap unopposed, and the Northern army collapsed.  A little more than a century later, political and financial interests worked together to reduce the supply of Read more... The post The End of Flophouses and the Rise of Homelessness appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-07✓ Read

  A Christian Case for Housing Abundance

  One night this past January, I drove around my neighborhood on the east side of Los Angeles with a friend. Our goal that night was to survey approximately 50 streets and, as best we could, count how many of our neighbors were sleeping outside. We took up this task as part of a nationwide process Read more... The post A Christian Case for Housing Abundance appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-06✓ Read

  Died: Jim Bakker, Pioneering Televangelist Later Caught in Crimes

  Jim Bakker, a pioneering televangelist later caught in scandal and financial crimes, died Oct. 5 at the age of 86, according to a statement from his second wife Lori Bakker. She did not share his cause of death. Bakker rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as the host of a popular Christian television Read more... The post Died: Jim Bakker, Pioneering Televangelist Later Caught in Crimes appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-06✓ Read

  We Need the Church to Face the Quiet

  For several years, I taught an undergraduate course on spiritual formation. Part of the class included readings from the desert fathers and mothers, who, following the example of Jesus (Luke 5:16), withdrew from society and went into the wilderness, embracing a life of self-denial and deep solitude.  My students dutifully completed the assignment, but they Read more... The post We Need the Church to Face the Quiet appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-06✓ Read

  This Orthodox Ascetic Made Me More Evangelical

  “Why aren’t you Catholic?” my friend from divinity school asks. It’s a valid question. As a kid, I had my feet planted on both sides of the Tiber. I’d go to Mass with my dad on Saturdays and attend a Baptist church with my whole family on Sundays. Eventually, I settled into Protestantism. I found Read more... The post This Orthodox Ascetic Made Me More Evangelical appeared first on Christianity Today.

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• Christianity Today2026-10-06✓ Read

  Religion Is Not the Enemy of Reading

  Reading is dead, and screens are the culprit. That’s one side of James Marriott’s thesis in The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society. It’s a claim you’ve heard before, and you probably half agree. You’ve seen the teens with slack faces watching five-second reels on a loop, the “iPad kids” Read more... The post Religion Is Not the Enemy of Reading appeared first on Christianity Today.

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