January (Web-only) 2016
![Refugees Are People—Not Numbers Refugees Are People—Not Numbers](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67079.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Refugees Are People—Not Numbers
Bianca Juarez Olthoff on how we can respond to the global crisis
![Christians and Muslims: How We Distort Each Other Christians and Muslims: How We Distort Each Other](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67081.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Two Ways Christians Distort Islam (and Two Ways Muslims Distort Christianity)
An excerpt from "Christian. Muslim. Friend: Twelve Paths to Real Relationship."
español![To the Confused, Apathetic, and Undecided Christian Voters To the Confused, Apathetic, and Undecided Christian Voters](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67078.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
To the Confused, Apathetic, and Undecided Christian Voters
Our political engagement matters to our country, our neighbors, and God.
![Dispatch from Sundance – 'Love & Friendship' Dispatch from Sundance – 'Love & Friendship'](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67064.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Dispatch from Sundance – 'Love & Friendship'
Whit Stillman adapts Jane Austen, and the results are sublime.
![Racial Reconciliation Knows No Borders Racial Reconciliation Knows No Borders](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67024.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Racial Reconciliation Knows No Borders
How I came to see the church’s prophetic work on race as a global issue.
![What We're Really Debating This Campaign Season What We're Really Debating This Campaign Season](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67045.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What We're Really Debating This Campaign Season
It's time to acknowledge America's ideals and failures.
![Sundance Diary – Day 6: ‘Morris From America,’ ‘The Blackout Experiments,’ and ‘Tickled’ Sundance Diary – Day 6: ‘Morris From America,’ ‘The Blackout Experiments,’ and ‘Tickled’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67028.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sundance Diary – Day 6: ‘Morris From America,’ ‘The Blackout Experiments,’ and ‘Tickled’
The last day of viewing included a coming-of-age story set in an unusual place, and two films about desire gone mad.
![Sundance Diary – Day 5: 'Captain Fantastic,' 'Complete Unknown,' 'Kate Plays Christine,' and 'First Girl I Loved' Sundance Diary – Day 5: 'Captain Fantastic,' 'Complete Unknown,' 'Kate Plays Christine,' and 'First Girl I Loved'](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67017.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sundance Diary – Day 5: 'Captain Fantastic,' 'Complete Unknown,' 'Kate Plays Christine,' and 'First Girl I Loved'
Parenting, living other lives, and painful first love marked another day of viewing.
![Why Donald Trump Threatens to Trump the Gospel Why Donald Trump Threatens to Trump the Gospel](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/67000.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Why Donald Trump Threatens to Trump the Gospel
There is something more important than our views of the controversial candidate.
![Why Christian Women Need to Talk about Sex Why Christian Women Need to Talk about Sex](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66859.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
Why Christian Women Need to Talk about Sex
A counselor explores why we don’t and why we should.
![Sundance Diary – Day 4: 'Sing Street,' 'Christine,' 'The Birth of a Nation,' and 'Holy Hell' Sundance Diary – Day 4: 'Sing Street,' 'Christine,' 'The Birth of a Nation,' and 'Holy Hell'](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66965.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sundance Diary – Day 4: 'Sing Street,' 'Christine,' 'The Birth of a Nation,' and 'Holy Hell'
Uplifting, unsettling, devastating - all in a day's work at Sundance.
![Dispatch from Sundance – ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Dispatch from Sundance – ‘The Birth of a Nation’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66961.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Dispatch from Sundance – ‘The Birth of a Nation’
One of the Festival's most-anticipated films is Scripture-soaked and raises some unsettling questions.
![Playing Through the Shadow of Death Playing Through the Shadow of Death](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66936.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Playing Through the Shadow of Death
A recent video game invites us into a family tragedy—and offers a glimmer of hope.
![Messages from the Edge: Suicide Notes on Social Media Messages from the Edge: Suicide Notes on Social Media](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66858.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Messages from the Edge: Suicide Notes on Social Media
How Facebook turns the left-behind into horrified witnesses.
![Sundance Diary – Day 3: ‘Love & Friendship,’ ‘Certain Women,’ and ‘Mammal’ Sundance Diary – Day 3: ‘Love & Friendship,’ ‘Certain Women,’ and ‘Mammal’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66928.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sundance Diary – Day 3: ‘Love & Friendship,’ ‘Certain Women,’ and ‘Mammal’
The third day included films led by women as they deal with grief, desire, and the absurdity of life.
![Sundance Diary – Day 2: 'Operation Avalanche,' 'River of Grass,' and 'Jim' Sundance Diary – Day 2: 'Operation Avalanche,' 'River of Grass,' and 'Jim'](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66926.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sundance Diary – Day 2: 'Operation Avalanche,' 'River of Grass,' and 'Jim'
What makes a hero? What makes for notoriety? Today's films weigh in.
![Dispatch from Sundance: 'Agnus Dei' Dispatch from Sundance: 'Agnus Dei'](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66923.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Dispatch from Sundance: 'Agnus Dei'
A must-see film that quietly suggests a surprising answer to the problem of evil.
![Sundance Diary – Day 1: ‘Agnus Dei,’ ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun,’ and ‘Maggie’s Plan’ Sundance Diary – Day 1: ‘Agnus Dei,’ ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun,’ and ‘Maggie’s Plan’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66919.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Sundance Diary – Day 1: ‘Agnus Dei,’ ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun,’ and ‘Maggie’s Plan’
On screeners, interracial romance in the 1940s, and ficto-critical anthropologists run amok.
![How 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Spotlight' Help Me Serve a Broken Church How 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Spotlight' Help Me Serve a Broken Church](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66911.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How 'No Country for Old Men' and 'Spotlight' Help Me Serve a Broken Church
Do I really want to count myself among Christians if they let injustice continue?
![How Pro-Life Activism Became Personal Again How Pro-Life Activism Became Personal Again](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66856.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
How Pro-Life Activism Became Personal Again
After years of being ‘too busy’ to help, I found myself getting involved once more.
![These 6 Books Give Me Hope for a Pro-Life Future These 6 Books Give Me Hope for a Pro-Life Future](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66909.jpg?h=123&w=220)
These 6 Books Give Me Hope for a Pro-Life Future
Leading pro-life advocate Charmaine Yoest chooses readings that affirm the value of life.
![A Sane Approach to the Refugee Crisis A Sane Approach to the Refugee Crisis](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66875.jpg?h=123&w=220)
A Sane Approach to the Refugee Crisis
Islamophobia is not the answer--and neither is mass immigration.
![7 Signs You’ve Become Too Busy for Your Own Good 7 Signs You’ve Become Too Busy for Your Own Good](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66839.jpg?h=123&w=220)
7 Signs You’ve Become Too Busy for Your Own Good
An excerpt from the new book Breaking Busy.
![How to Talk to Your Kids About Suicide How to Talk to Your Kids About Suicide](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66720.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How to Talk to Your Kids About Suicide
A plan for discussing the third leading cause of adolescent death
![Loving the Stranger in My Bed Loving the Stranger in My Bed](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66814.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Loving the Stranger in My Bed
I'm not the same woman my husband married 12 years ago.
![What Can the #BlackLivesMatter and Pro-Life Movements Learn from Each Other? What Can the #BlackLivesMatter and Pro-Life Movements Learn from Each Other?](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66759.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What Can the #BlackLivesMatter and Pro-Life Movements Learn from Each Other?
Michelle Higgins, Al Mohler, John Perkins, and other evangelical leaders weigh in.
![The Angry Martin Luther King The Angry Martin Luther King](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66769.jpg?h=123&w=220)
The Angry Martin Luther King
Why we must resist the 'Santaclausification' of the great leader.
![My Real Life Hosea Story My Real Life Hosea Story](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66514.jpg?h=123&w=220)
My Real Life Hosea Story
Even when my wife was unfaithful, I continued to experience the faithful love of God.
简体中文繁體中文![Stop Asking ‘What Would MLK Do?’ Stop Asking ‘What Would MLK Do?’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66761.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Stop Asking ‘What Would MLK Do?’
Our speculation ignores the tragic reality of his death.
![How ‘Hamilton’ Made American History Cool Again How ‘Hamilton’ Made American History Cool Again](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66742.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How ‘Hamilton’ Made American History Cool Again
The smash Broadway hit is helping millennials reconcile themselves to their own history.
![David Bowie: The Pulse Returns to the Prodigal David Bowie: The Pulse Returns to the Prodigal](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66741.jpg?h=123&w=220)
David Bowie: The Pulse Returns to the Prodigal
What do we learn from the complicated legacy of a beloved icon?
![I Don’t Want to Win the Lottery I Don’t Want to Win the Lottery](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66691.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
I Don’t Want to Win the Lottery
Whether the prize is a few bucks or a billion, Scripture warns against becoming ‘greedy for gain.’
![Why My Grief Belongs on the Internet Why My Grief Belongs on the Internet](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66677.jpg?h=124&w=220)
Why My Grief Belongs on the Internet
Public lament is more than just another hot take or social media rant.
![Twenty Movies That Stuck With Me in 2015 Twenty Movies That Stuck With Me in 2015](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66621.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Twenty Movies That Stuck With Me in 2015
Among the year's movies, twenty of them resonated deeply with our chief film critic.
![Wheaton, Hawkins: Let Us Reason Together, Please Wheaton, Hawkins: Let Us Reason Together, Please](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66650.jpg?h=123&w=220)
Wheaton, Hawkins: Let Us Reason Together, Please
How might a Christian college handle a controversy that threatens to undo it?
![Passion, Revisited: Remembering When I Was Radical for Christ Passion, Revisited: Remembering When I Was Radical for Christ](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66638.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
Passion, Revisited: Remembering When I Was Radical for Christ
How can we stay ‘sold out’ for our faith?
![What to Watch When There’s Nothing New to Watch What to Watch When There’s Nothing New to Watch](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66577.jpg?h=123&w=220)
What to Watch When There’s Nothing New to Watch
You’ve resolved to expand your film horizons. But where do you start?
![When Planned Parenthood Praised Ed Dobson When Planned Parenthood Praised Ed Dobson](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66511.jpg?h=123&w=220)
When Planned Parenthood Praised Ed Dobson
The unlikely friendships the former Religious Right leader built while serving AIDS victims.
![How Patriotic Church Services Misunderstand the Military How Patriotic Church Services Misunderstand the Military](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66551.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How Patriotic Church Services Misunderstand the Military
They sing anthems that reverence God and country, but speak little of the lived experiences of veterans.
![C. S. Lewis Was No Sexist C. S. Lewis Was No Sexist](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66526.jpg?h=123&w=220)
C. S. Lewis Was No Sexist
Two recent titles explore the great apologist’s relationships with women.
![How ‘The Ninth Configuration’ Argues For God’s Goodness How ‘The Ninth Configuration’ Argues For God’s Goodness](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66506.jpg?h=123&w=220)
How ‘The Ninth Configuration’ Argues For God’s Goodness
The unofficial 1980 sequel to ‘The Exorcist’ offers an answer to its predecessor’s view of evil.
![‘Racial Indifference Is Not Hate… but It Is Not Love, Either’ ‘Racial Indifference Is Not Hate… but It Is Not Love, Either’](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66499.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
‘Racial Indifference Is Not Hate… but It Is Not Love, Either’
Why it matters that our organizations proclaim Black Lives Matter
![All the Justice Money Can Buy All the Justice Money Can Buy](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66482.jpeg?h=123&w=220)
All the Justice Money Can Buy
From the ‘affluenza’ teen to Steven Avery, there’s a reason we care so much about a fair trial.
![Streams of Joy: Into the Heart of Gilmore Girls Devotion Streams of Joy: Into the Heart of Gilmore Girls Devotion](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/66318.png?h=123&w=220)
Streams of Joy: Into the Heart of Gilmore Girls Devotion
The creator and co-host of the Gilmore Guys podcast reflects on a year of unexpected success.