January (Web-only) 2014
![That Awkward Moment That Awkward Moment](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36453.jpg?h=123&w=220)
That Awkward Moment
That awkward moment when the movie doesn't even know what a relationship is.
![The Quick Take for January 31, 2014 The Quick Take for January 31, 2014](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36452.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Quick Take for January 31, 2014
The Superbowl is coming and cinephiles are excited - and a lot more.
![Telling Stories: Documentaries and St. Augustine Telling Stories: Documentaries and St. Augustine](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36446.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Telling Stories: Documentaries and St. Augustine
What does 2013's crop of documentaries have to do with the first memoir?
![William Lane Craig: God Hears Your Super Bowl Prayers William Lane Craig: God Hears Your Super Bowl Prayers](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36443.jpg?h=123&w=220)
William Lane Craig: God Hears Your Super Bowl Prayers
The Biola apologist says every pass, every point, every sideline prayer matters to God.
![Nominated Yet Not Nominated: What Message Did the Academy Send? Nominated Yet Not Nominated: What Message Did the Academy Send?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36445.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Nominated Yet Not Nominated: What Message Did the Academy Send?
Experts say there are lessons in the Oscar disqualification for ‘Alone Yet Not Alone.’
![Beyoncé Vs. the Bible Beyoncé Vs. the Bible](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36422.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Beyoncé Vs. the Bible
Was her sexy Grammy performance with Jay-Z actually good for marriage?
![How I Beat Back the Darkness after Rape How I Beat Back the Darkness after Rape](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36419.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How I Beat Back the Darkness after Rape
I kept choosing life after being violated by my pastor.
![Cathy McMorris Rodgers and the Politics of Down Syndrome Cathy McMorris Rodgers and the Politics of Down Syndrome](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36418.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers and the Politics of Down Syndrome
Both the right and the left have more to learn.
![Blessed Are the Stretch-Marked and Muffin-Topped Blessed Are the Stretch-Marked and Muffin-Topped](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36375.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Blessed Are the Stretch-Marked and Muffin-Topped
What my pregnant and postpartum body taught me about womanhood.
![Mental Illness, the Dreaded Family Heirloom Mental Illness, the Dreaded Family Heirloom](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/35931.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
Mental Illness, the Dreaded Family Heirloom
'The Painted Table' offers a realistic picture of a family’s struggle with schizophrenia.
![How to Be 'Pro-Jesus' in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict How to Be 'Pro-Jesus' in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36374.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Be 'Pro-Jesus' in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
What one leading Israeli Arab evangelical thinks American Christians can do to promote Mideast peace.
![The Quick Take for January 24, 2014 The Quick Take for January 24, 2014](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36366.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Quick Take for January 24, 2014
Streaming picks, a new season of 'Sherlock,' news from Sundance, and more.
![Women Swoon for Sherlock Women Swoon for Sherlock](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36351.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Women Want Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes is not your typical TV hunk or superhero, but still has millions of female fans obsessed.
![Let There Be Arcade Fire Let There Be Arcade Fire](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36341.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Let There Be Arcade Fire
The famous indie rock band reinvents itself in search of another 'passionate age.'
![The Book Thief: Being Human in the Midst of Inhumanity The Book Thief: Being Human in the Midst of Inhumanity](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36336.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Book Thief: Being Human in the Midst of Inhumanity
A World War II film with an unexpected theme.
![God Doesn't Want Christian Clones God Doesn't Want Christian Clones](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36218.jpg?h=123&w=220)
God Doesn't Want Christian Clones
Are you following God or following someone else who’s following God?
![Gimme Shelter Gimme Shelter](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36362.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Gimme Shelter
A runaway searches for the father who abandoned her and finds a different kind of family.
![The Nut Job The Nut Job](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36318.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Nut Job
What four siblings (and their parents) thought about a movie about animated squirrels (and other creatures) surviving the winter.
![Medicine Does Not Know What 'Dead' Is Medicine Does Not Know What 'Dead' Is](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36278.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Medicine Does Not Know What 'Dead' Is
Why doctors should not have the last word on life and death. An interview with Duke physician Raymond Barfield.
![Why MLK Still Matters Why MLK Still Matters](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36313.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why MLK Still Matters
Evangelicals share how the civil rights leader continues to inspire them as Christians.
![The Quick Take for January 17, 2014 The Quick Take for January 17, 2014](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36300.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Quick Take for January 17, 2014
An evangelical film gets an Oscar nomination, 'Frozen' is headed to Broadway, and more.
![Evangelicals' Favorite Same-Sex Marriage Law? Evangelicals' Favorite Same-Sex Marriage Law?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36251.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
Evangelicals' Favorite Same-Sex Marriage Law?
Oklahoma follows Utah as latest example of why more church-state experts advise: If you can’t beat them, amend them.
![Picture This: A Closer Look at Mindy Kaling's Elle Cover Picture This: A Closer Look at Mindy Kaling's Elle Cover](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36298.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Picture This: A Closer Look at Mindy Kaling's Elle Cover
We need a more informed eye, rather than an impulse for outrage.
![Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36294.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Any resemblance to the Tom Clancy character is strictly coincidental.
![Abortion Meets a New Generation Abortion Meets a New Generation](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36277.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Abortion Meets a New Generation
Progressive evangelicals can't tout social justice while side-stepping the sanctity of life.
![Let's Talk About What Happened on Downton Abbey Let's Talk About What Happened on Downton Abbey](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36275.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Let's Talk About What Happened on Downton Abbey
I know why Anna Bates kept silent. For years, I did the same thing.
![Let's Talk About (Protected) Sex Let's Talk About (Protected) Sex](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36214.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Let's Talk About (Protected) Sex
The overblown notion that evangelicals are obsessed with birth control.
![Why We Need Paternity Leave Why We Need Paternity Leave](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36219.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why We Need Paternity Leave
Having Dad take time off sets up a more balanced family life.
![Roe v. Wade's Days Are Numbered Roe v. Wade's Days Are Numbered](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36213.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Roe v. Wade's Days Are Numbered
Private papers of Roe v. Wade justices reveal troubling procedural issues that one expert predicts will undermine the infamous ruling.
![Extroverts and Introverts in the Body of Christ Extroverts and Introverts in the Body of Christ](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36212.jpg?h=165&w=220)
Extroverts and Introverts in the Body of Christ
Learning from our obsession with personality types.
![Does Housework Even Matter Anymore? Does Housework Even Matter Anymore?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36192.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Does Housework Even Matter Anymore?
Why we (at least try to) keep clean while the world embraces mess.
![Lone Survivor Lone Survivor](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36181.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Lone Survivor
A war docudrama bent on accuracy that raises questions about morality and reminds us about sacrifice.
![The Problem With Trying On Atheism The Problem With Trying On Atheism](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36185.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Problem With Trying On Atheism
We’re confused by one California pastor’s “year without God.”
![Where Is God for the Suffering, Starving, and Freezing? Where Is God for the Suffering, Starving, and Freezing?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36174.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Where Is God for the Suffering, Starving, and Freezing?
How I finally recognized the Lord in a world of pain and distress.
![Christians Can't Be Too Busy to Love Their Neighbors Christians Can't Be Too Busy to Love Their Neighbors](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/34820.jpg?h=154&w=220)
Christians Can't Be Too Busy to Love Their Neighbors
Amid immigration reform efforts, taking God’s call to community more seriously and urgently.
![Christian Intermingle: Can We Date Outside the Faith? Christian Intermingle: Can We Date Outside the Faith?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/34956.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christian Intermingle: Can We Date Outside the Faith?
Sometimes, it feels like God doesn’t have a match for you.
![2013 Movie Picks: Alissa Wilkinson 2013 Movie Picks: Alissa Wilkinson](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36152.jpg?h=123&w=220)
2013 Movie Picks: Alissa Wilkinson
CT's chief film critic's picks, including a movie about the foster care system and one that takes on the Harry and Sally question.
![2013 Movie Picks: Tim Wainwright 2013 Movie Picks: Tim Wainwright](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36149.jpg?h=124&w=220)
2013 Movie Picks: Tim Wainwright
A journey, a rom-com, a dark comedy, a thriller, a horror film, and a movie about Linda Lovelace.
![Christianity Makes No Sense Christianity Makes No Sense](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36105.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Christianity Makes No Sense
And yet, I believe. Loving our creative God, embracing our paradoxical faith.
![2013 Movie Picks: Kenneth R. Morefield 2013 Movie Picks: Kenneth R. Morefield](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36108.jpg?h=123&w=220)
2013 Movie Picks: Kenneth R. Morefield
A tearjerker, an overlooked documentary, a feel-good film, and movies that make us stop and think.
![2013 Movie Picks: Jackson Cuidon 2013 Movie Picks: Jackson Cuidon](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36110.jpg?h=123&w=220)
2013 Movie Picks: Jackson Cuidon
Movies about family and coming of age, and one that will make you jump.
![The Drama-Free, Totally-Healthy Christian Homeschool Movement The Drama-Free, Totally-Healthy Christian Homeschool Movement](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/35860.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Normal, Drama-Free, Totally-Healthy Christian Homeschool Movement
In a culture that loves shock value, typical evangelicalism rarely makes news.
![2013 Movie Picks: Nick Olson 2013 Movie Picks: Nick Olson](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/36052.jpg?h=123&w=220)
2013 Movie Picks: Nick Olson
Movies that tell truth - about social history, relationships, and more - through documentary, animation, biography, and fiction.