Our most-read stories from around the world, from Brazil to Cambodia to Germany. Read 20 of Christianity Today’s most popular international stories of 2023. For regions where the church suffered significant disaster or violence, we’ve added additional context from our wider coverage: 20. 19. 18. 17. 16. As the war in Ukraine hit the one-year…
Here is the content readers were most engaged with this year. Amid wars, political chaos, and church controversies, Christianity Today’s readers came to our site in 2023 for faithful reflections and trustworthy reporting. In both its topic and reception, our most-read article of the year is a reminder of how God is still at work:…
The major biblical archaeology stories of 2023 contain a lot of doom, destruction, and disappointment. They also contain mysteries that may be resolved by future excavations—and perhaps, in one case, the resolution of an ongoing controversy that has dogged New Testament scholars for the past decade. The truly important discoveries of 2023, of course, may…
I picture a clean, sweet Nativity scene. But Jesus chose to come to a dirty, broken world. When I think about the night of Jesus’ birth, the first picture that comes to mind is straight from my childhood. It’s like I’m peering into a snow globe manger scene. Hallmark Channel perfect, it’s clean and serene….
Through Nativity art, the Word takes on flesh across diverse Eastern cultures. Jesus was born in Asia. He was Asian. Yet the preponderance of Christian art that shows him at home in Europe has meant that he is embedded deeply in the popular imagination as Western. The artists in this photo essay bring him back…
Netanyahu’s allusion to the Amalekites sparks discussion of how to responsibly apply Scripture stories to current events like Israel’s war in Gaza. When Benjamin Netanyahu announced the launch of ground operations in Gaza on October 28, weeks after Hamas terrorists murdered 1,200 civilians and abducted 240 hostages on October 7, he summoned the memory of…
Christians have to look beyond the typical Christmas carol lineup for music that captures the deeper themes of the Magnificat. Without question, the most popular contemporary Christian song about the figure of Mary is “Mary, Did You Know?” Mark Lowry and Buddy Greene’s 1991 hit has come to occupy a singular position in the Christmas…
The looming new year can be anxiety-inducing—but God has all the mercy, grace, and rest we need. The glitz and glamour of the Christmas season are here, but you and I both know there’s a ball waiting to drop at midnight on December 31 that has us more uncomfortable than we care to admit. And…
The book of Ruth’s narrative reminds us that God’s salvation is not simply accomplished through “heroic” men, but that women, too, play a vital role. I grew up in Japan in a household where my mother was a follower of Jesus but my father was not a believer. My mother took my siblings and me…
… for American Christians to take climate change seriously. At the COP28 climate summit, fellow Christians wait too. The 28th annual meeting of the United Nations Climate Change Conference—commonly called COP28—is winding down in Dubai. I’ve been here with the Christian Climate Observers Program (CCOP), which brings 30 emerging leaders from around the world to…
