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Quick to Listen

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.

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The Case for Hope in a Year of Despair

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 pollsters last year that they ... Read more

1 Dec 2022

1hr 8mins

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

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 released this week from the Ce... Read more

19 Nov 2021

1hr 1min

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Fewer Politicians Are Seeking Compromise. Should Christians?

Fewer Politicians Are Seeking Compromise. Should Christians?

Last Friday, both chambers of Congress passed an infrastructure bill that will commit more than one trillion dollars to ... Read more

12 Nov 2021

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Why the Climate Change Movement Needs the Church

Why the Climate Change Movement Needs the Church

Politicians, business leaders, and activists from around the world are meeting this and next week in Glasgow, Scotland, ... Read more

5 Nov 2021

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Should Christians Be Disturbed by Facebook’s Mess?

Should Christians Be Disturbed by Facebook’s Mess?

This week, the revelations from a number of internal Facebook documents came to light, thanks to Frances Haugen, a forme... Read more

29 Oct 2021

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Does God Really Want Missionaries to Risk Their Lives?

Does God Really Want Missionaries to Risk Their Lives?

On Saturday, a gang kidnapped 17 North American missionaries in Haiti as the party returned from an orphanage in a subur... Read more

22 Oct 2021

48mins

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What ‘Ted Lasso’ Understands About Redemption

What ‘Ted Lasso’ Understands About Redemption

Season 1 and Season 2 spoilers ahead.The second season of Ted Lasso ends with an image of Nate. The once kitman, recentl... Read more

15 Oct 2021

58mins

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What Francis Collins Changed for Christians in Science

What Francis Collins Changed for Christians in Science

This week, Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, announced that he would retire at the end... Read more

9 Oct 2021

47mins

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Did We Get Tammy Faye Wrong?

Did We Get Tammy Faye Wrong?

In this third decade of the 21st century, we’ve seen a lot of religious scandals, with Christian leaders abusing their p... Read more

24 Sep 2021

56mins

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Drones Have Changed the Moral Calculus for War

Drones Have Changed the Moral Calculus for War

On August 29, as American troops were accelerating their pullout from Afghanistan, the U.S. military ordered its last dr... Read more

17 Sep 2021

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