Making Married Sex Mutual

Book Review Walking with Refugees on the Resurrection Road Patrick Kingsley's frontlines account of the global crisis is a gift to concerned Christians. Bethany Hoang

Quick to Listen Why Football Will Never Be America's New Civil Religion Sports-lover and Falcons fan David Prince on why the Super Bowl brings the country together and why losing matters. CT Editors

Women Making Married Sex Mutual Pervasive ideologies distort our view of female sexuality. God's Word shows us a better way. Dorothy Littell Greco

Refugees Welcomed Me I was plunged into a world all-too familiar with trauma and death. Thank God. D. L. Mayfield

Christian History Richard Allen Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal church

CT Pastors We Were Seduced by Power Five pastors confess their temptations to manipulate, control, and cling to worldly significance. Jamin Goggin with Glenn Packiam, J.R. Briggs, Joshua Ryan Butler, and Tyler Johnson

The Exchange We Won't Know Until We Get to Heaven: A Snapshot of By The Hand Ministry Faith-based after-school program takes kids from inner-city Chicago by the hand. Donnita Travis

Pivot 8 Characteristics of a Great Podcast (Plus Some Church Leadership Podcasts I Like) If you're a podcaster, here's one listener's blunt assessment of what works and what doesn't. This is the stuff your friends won't tell you. by Karl Vaters

Movies Can 'The Resurrection of Gavin Stone' Raise Christian Movies from the Dead? The church-friendly comedy aims to replace cringes with laughs—but does it succeed? E. Stephen Burnett.

The Inconceivable Start of African-American Christianity Why slaves adopted their oppressor's religion—and transformed it. Mark Galli

Gleanings Trump's Supreme Court Pick: Religious Freedom Defender Neil Gorsuch Scholarly Denver judge who ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby would fill Scalia's seat as the court's only Protestant. Kate Shellnutt

Women 6 Things Your Church Can Do During the Refugee Ban The recent executive order has thrust refugees and resettlement agencies into limbo. Here's how you can help. Dale Hanson Bourke