The Real Problem with AI Prayers
A computer’s praise or petition sounds a lot like our human Christianese. That doesn’t make them equivalent.
Come to Me, All You Networking Techies
Silicon Valley might be drawn to Jesus in the hopes of wealth and power. He can work with that.
Duane Rollins’s Life Testified to the Cost of Abuse
When will churches step up to help carry the weight too many survivors bear alone?
A Splintered Generation
Evangelicalism’s fracturing is chronic, but not terminal. Here’s how we can move forward.
Should We Bring AI into the Church?
A church-tech skeptic talks values with technologists from faith-aligned AI company Gloo.
Writers
The Limits of Liturgy
I love liturgy, but it’s not a means to make better, cooler, more politically with-it Christians. It doesn’t even guarantee orthodoxy.
Why We Visit Graves on Memorial Day
Rituals of death can remind us of America’s “new birth of freedom”—and our rebirth and renewal through Christ’s sacrifice.
I Have a Baby Face. It Shouldn’t Discount My Leadership.
Ageism persists in majority-Asian churches. But Scripture exhorts us to transform how we speak and act toward young pastors and leaders.
Confessions of a Striver
My ambition and eagerness for recognition were apparent from childhood. Is that sin?
Diapers of Glory
Now that I’m a stay-at-home mom, success looks different than it once did—and, like the disciples, I realize I’ve been asking the wrong questions.
One Cheer for Donald Trump
Reflections on the necessity of disruption—and rule of law—from a former White House domestic policy adviser.
The Fox Will Lie Down with the Hedgehog
Isaiah Berlin’s intellectual metaphors shed light on church history—and my own theological trajectory.
Q&A: Rand Paul on Trump’s Tariffs, Habeas Corpus, and His Faith
The Republican senator from Kentucky spoke with CT about his goals and motives in recent controversies in Washington and the import of the rule of law.
Get Up and Stop Sinning
Social disadvantages are real. But both personally and corporately, we must honestly confront the ways in which we’ve injured ourselves.
We Should Not Be Silent This Time
Most churches did nothing as Japanese Americans faced mass incarceration during World War II. We must do better for immigrant communities today.
Cash Can’t Create Families
Government support helps. But the Black church shows good parenting requires the nourishment that flows from intentional congregations.
My Child’s Success Isn’t My Crowning Glory
In a culture that prizes academic achievement, prayers for our kids can sound like shallow negotiations with God.