What to Give Up for Lent

News Compassion: Why We're Leaving India, But Still Have Hope 'Frustrated' CEO explains how shutdown of 589 centers serving 145,000 children will affect staff, sponsors, and churches. Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Cover Story The Benedict Option's Vision for a Christian Village How to conserve and strengthen the American church. Rod Dreher

Under Discussion Is It Time for Evangelicals to Strategically Withdraw from the Culture? Four evangelical thinkers consider what Rod Dreher's Benedict Option means for the church. CT Editors

Gleanings What to Give Up for Lent 2017? Consider Twitter's Top Ideas Where will Trump fall among this year's 100 choices? CT Staff

Entertainment 'Moonlight' Is a Flawed, But Rewarding Exercise in Christian Empathy The Oscar favorite's portrayal of black, gay experience is at odds with a biblical sexual ethic—but for some, it might be worth the discomfort. David Roark

Lent Is Here to Throw Us Off Again Finding healing in repetition, community, and art. W. David O. Taylor

Where We Stand The Local Church Is More Awkward Than Your Facebook Wall Embrace it anyway. Richard Clark

Women I Was an Ash Wednesday Rookie How the liturgical service enriched my non-liturgical faith. Carolyn Arends

News Evangelical Critics: Franklin Graham's Evangelism Won't Work in Vancouver Canadian pastors debate whether Trump baggage will hurt local outreach efforts. Kate Shellnutt

Women Lent, Unplugged In a time of digital consumption, here's how the church can lead the way on healthy media fasting. Christina Crook

News A Tale of Two Calvary Chapels: Behind the Movement's Split Chuck Smith's successor says he is expanding founder's vision. Other leaders say he's diluting it. Kate Shellnutt

The Exchange Chaplain: They Jeered My Prayer in Jesus' Name at GOP Town Hall. Here's My Response. "Jesus has been booed many times," says chaplain jeered during town hall prayer. Ed Stetzer

Women Study: Female Pastors Are on the Rise And so are our impossible expectations for them. Halee Gray Scott

Quick to Listen Tim Keller's 20-Year Plan to Avoid Building a Megachurch Mark Dever joins Quick to Listen to discuss pastoral succession, raising up church leaders in your congregation, and megachurch pitfalls.

Entertainment The Story Behind the World's Most Complete Graphic Bible A conversation with the Kingstone Comics editor who oversaw the massive effort to adapt sacred Scripture into comics form. Interview by Jelani Greenidge

Entertainment In 'Logan', Wolverine Confronts the Wages of Sin Hugh Jackman's final performance as the iconic mutant brings him face to face with his own mortality. Wade Bearden

Gleanings Egyptian Exodus: 100 Christian Families Flee ISIS in Sinai Peninsula Evangelical church at heart of interfaith and government efforts to provide relief and shelter. Jayson Casper in Cairo

Entertainment Does 'The Image of God' Extend to Robots, Too? On-screen depictions of artificial intelligence like 'Westworld' complicate our understanding of the imago Dei. Douglas Estes