The Importance of Leading Kids to Love Jesus

MOVIES & TELEVISION

Why Pop Culture Is Obsessed with 'Identity'
2015 was a year when many movies and TV shows showed characters searching for their 'authentic self.' What Christians can learn from that search.
Alissa Wilkinson
Last spring, after seven seasons of women, work, two wives, and a lot of whiskey, Don Draper reached the end of his journey to define himself. And a record 3.3 million Americans settled in to watch how it would end. The broad appeal of Mad Men was surprising, given that the show's protagonist—an affluent, straight, white male working on 1960s Madison Avenue—epitomized everything that social media pundits... continue reading >>

Interview Meet the Christian Doctor Who Changed How We Play Football Bennet Omalu, played by Will Smith in the new film 'Concussion,' says it's time to ban children from playing high-contact sports. Interview by Katelyn Beaty

Gleanings The Top 20 Most-Read Christianity Today Articles of 2015 The Supreme Court decision, C.S. Lewis' secret life, loving my sister-brother, and more. Josh Wood

Gleanings Bible on Demand: What 160 Million People Searched Scripture For in 2015 Bible Gateway offers year-end analysis of the most-popular verses and chapters, and whether anyone finished their Bible-in-a-year reading plans. Andy Rau

Gleanings The Top 20 Most-Read Gleanings of 2015 The 50 countries where it's most difficult to be a Christian, 'The Boy from Heaven' retracts his story, Elisabeth Elliot passes through gates of splendor, and more. Josh Wood

People Died: Vonette Bright, Co-Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ Bright, 89, was known for her love of prayer and her faithful witness. Bob Smietana

CT Classic Bill and Vonette Bright's Wonderful Plan for the World Evangelicalism's power couple closes in on their radical mission. Wendy Murray Zoba

Her.meneutics Best of 2015: Duggar Scandal, Beth Moore, and the Yoga Pants Debate We rank the top 10 posts of the year. Kate Shellnutt

Book Review Dispatches from the Wondrous, Terrifying World of Bible Scholarship Why studying Scripture professionally can bring great joy—but also great pain. Andrew Byers

Tarantino's Incarnational Aesthetic Quentin Tarantino is an unlikely contributor to the theology of Incarnation. Brett McCracken

Recent Studies True Grit in the Face of Poverty Economists are showing that hope makes a real difference. Bruce Wydick

The Exchange The Importance of Leading Kids to Love Jesus I recently asked #kidmin leaders how they help children love Jesus for themselves. Ed Stetzer

Movie Review Joy The film is uneven, but Joy knows just who she is. Alissa Wilkinson