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Each week the editors of Christianity Today go beyond hashtags and hot-takes and set aside time to explore the reality behind a major cultural event.

#306

The Case for Hope in a Year of Despair

There’s not a lot making Americans hopeful these days. More than half of the country [told... more

01 Dec 2022

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:22

01 Dec 2022

#305

There's No Good Plan to Stop 100,000 Opioid Deaths a Year

100,000 Americans died from April 2020 to April 2021 due to opioids, according to numbers ... more

19 Nov 2021

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:13

19 Nov 2021

#304

Fewer Politicians Are Seeking Compromise. Should Christians?

Last Friday, both chambers of Congress passed an infrastructure bill that will commit more... more

12 Nov 2021

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:02

12 Nov 2021

#303

Why the Climate Change Movement Needs the Church

Politicians, business leaders, and activists from around the world are meeting this and ne... more

05 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:45

05 Nov 2021

#302

Should Christians Be Disturbed by Facebook’s Mess?

This week, the revelations from a number of internal Facebook documents came to light, tha... more

29 Oct 2021

48 MINS

48:14

29 Oct 2021

#301

Does God Really Want Missionaries to Risk Their Lives?

On Saturday, a gang kidnapped 17 North American missionaries in Haiti as the party returne... more

22 Oct 2021

48 MINS

48:01

22 Oct 2021

#300

What ‘Ted Lasso’ Understands About Redemption

Season 1 and Season 2 spoilers ahead. The second season of Ted Lasso ends with an image of... more

15 Oct 2021

58 MINS

58:15

15 Oct 2021

#299

What Francis Collins Changed for Christians in Science

This week, Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, announced t... more

09 Oct 2021

47 MINS

47:21

09 Oct 2021

#298

Did We Get Tammy Faye Wrong?

In this third decade of the 21st century, we’ve seen a lot of religious scandals, with Chr... more

24 Sep 2021

56 MINS

56:05

24 Sep 2021

#297

Drones Have Changed the Moral Calculus for War

On August 29, as American troops were accelerating their pullout from Afghanistan, the U.S... more

17 Sep 2021

44 MINS

44:44

17 Sep 2021

#296

Did 9/11 Change How Evangelicals See Muslims?

This year marks 20 years since 19 men hijacked four planes, driving two of the aircraft in... more

10 Sep 2021

52 MINS

52:43

10 Sep 2021

#295

Wisdom, Folly, and Taking Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19

In recent weeks, some Americans sick with COVID-19 have been looking for a cure from a ver... more

03 Sep 2021

56 MINS

56:48

03 Sep 2021

#294

Slow to Speak: Listeners React to Our Critical Race Theory Episode

Here's a special, stand-alone Slow to Speak where guest host Kate Shellnutt joins Morgan L... more

31 Aug 2021

23 MINS

23:48

31 Aug 2021

#293

Is the Quest for ‘Meaningful Work’ a Scam?

This spring and summer, a lot of headlines about the economy sang a similar tune: From CNN... more

27 Aug 2021

39 MINS

39:30

27 Aug 2021

#292

'My Heart Is Broken’: An Afghan Pastor Grapples with the US Withdrawal

Earlier this year, Joe Biden announced that after close to 20 years, the United States wou... more

20 Aug 2021

43 MINS

43:40

20 Aug 2021

#291

Paul's Advice on Letting Conscience Be Your Guide on Vaccines and Masks

This week, the Christian Post [reprinted a blog] (https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why... more

13 Aug 2021

1 HR 05 MINS

1:05:48

13 Aug 2021

#290

Rerun: The Fire This Time: How Climate Change Shifts Our Understanding of Suffering

Due to production issues, we are not running a new podcast today. Instead, we are replayin... more

07 Aug 2021

59 MINS

59:04

07 Aug 2021

#289

Before Simone Biles Becomes Christians' Next Sports Metaphor

After one vault on Tuesday, Simone Biles took herself out of the US gymnastics women’s tea... more

30 Jul 2021

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:12

30 Jul 2021

#288

Billionaires Are Traveling to Space. Should Christians Celebrate?

This Tuesday, Amazon founder and the richest man on the planet, Jeff Bezos, entered space ... more

22 Jul 2021

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:27

22 Jul 2021

#287

Why Some Indigenous Christians Still Have Hope in the Church

Half a dozen Canadian churches have been set on fire or burned down this summer. This arso... more

16 Jul 2021

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:29

16 Jul 2021

#286

After the President's Assassination, What Haitian Christians Really Need from the Western Church

On Wednesday, Haiti’s president Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. His death came after prote... more

09 Jul 2021

1 HR 14 MINS

1:14:48

09 Jul 2021

#285

Critical Race Theory: What Christians Need to Know

Christians should be afraid of critical race theory. That’s the message that a number of c... more

02 Jul 2021

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:23

02 Jul 2021

#284

The Story of Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Matters in 2021

On October 14, 2014, Pastor Mark Driscoll resigned from Mars Hill, the Seattle-based churc... more

24 Jun 2021

59 MINS

59:09

24 Jun 2021

#283

Critical Race Theory, Sex Abuse, and Southern Baptists

More than 16,000 Southern Baptists met in Nashville this week for their convention’s annua... more

18 Jun 2021

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:03