Christianity Today
Mark Galli, former Christianity Today editor and Trump critic, to be confirmed a Catholic
By Yonat Shimron — September 10, 2020
(RNS) — Galli, who bucked prevailing evangelical sentiments when he penned an editorial in December denouncing the president, says his faith decision has nothing to do with politics.
Evangelical ‘Never Trumpers’ appear at alternative RNC
By Yonat Shimron — August 25, 2020
(RNS) — The four-day Convention on Founding Principles features former Christianity Today editor Mark Galli as well as a new group called Christians Against Trumpism and Political Extremism.
Melissa Rogers, Christianity Today’s Ted Olsen hope for common ground in divided US
By Adelle M. Banks — January 24, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Author Melissa Rogers said ‘being opponents on one issue does not make us enemies; it makes us potential collaborators on something else.’
An open letter from black church leaders and allies to Christianity Today
By — January 10, 2020
(RNS) — We support the magazine's recent call to remove Trump, and offer a rebuke to those pastors and leaders outraged by its support of the president's impeachment.
Trump’s tweets and actions aren’t good fruit — or moral
By Matthew Arbo — December 31, 2019
(RNS) — A recent essay by theologian Wayne Grudem lists 20 achievements that he believes reflect well on the president’s character. It's also possible in a few of these achievements to see corruption.
Behind Christianity Today’s editorial is a deeper crisis of America’s religion of whiteness
By J. Kameron Carter — December 24, 2019
(RNS) — The editorial is an attempt to rescue evangelical religion and, more deeply, the American project from Trump’s threat to the supposed civility of whiteness itself.
An open letter from friends of Christianity Today affirming Mark Galli’s editorial
By — December 24, 2019
(RNS) — 'One may or may not agree with Galli’s message on impeachment,' say 15 prominent evangelicals, 'but the heart of his words encouraged American Christians to spiritually reflect about the repercussions of support of the president.'
Christianity Today roils the evangelical waters
By Mark Silk — December 22, 2019
(RNS) — Whatever its effect on the impeachment debate, CT's editorial calling for Trump's removal started a fight over Billy Graham's legacy.
Christianity Today’s anti-Trump editorial misrepresents the evangelical masses
By Johnnie Moore — December 21, 2019
(RNS) — The editorial's chief contribution was to pull back the veil on the divide between self-proclaimed 'elite evangelicals' and the mass of Christians who support the president.
Christianity Today editor argues morally compromised Trump should be removed from office
By Jack Jenkins — December 19, 2019
(RNS) — 'It's just an unambiguous moment in which it is absolutely clear that there's just no question what (Trump) was trying to do,' Mark Galli said.
As impeachment looms, evangelicals defend Trump but pass on debating the issues
By Yonat Shimron — December 18, 2019
(RNS) — Twenty-one years ago, when President Bill Clinton was impeached, evangelicals debated the substance of allegations against him. Far fewer evangelicals are speaking to the issues at the heart of the Trump impeachment.
A goodbye to a man who taught us how to look at death
By Bob Smietana — July 25, 2019
(RNS) — Rob said that being willing to die was different than accepting death. He did not want to make friends with death. Instead, he called it the 'final evil' — which he, as a Christian, was willing to endure.
Author points to persistent ‘slaveholder religion’ among evangelicals for Trump
By Jana Riess — March 22, 2018
In the 19th century, Frederick Douglass distinguished between slaveholder religion and the Christianity of Christ. Evangelical author Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove says it's a lesson that Trumpvangelicals need to revisit.
Evangelicals haven’t always cozied up to Russia
By Jonathan Merritt — March 21, 2018
(RNS) — A generation ago, evangelical luminaries denounced the Soviet Union and Russian leadership in the strongest possible terms.
How romance king Nicholas Sparks fell in love with faith
By Jonathan Merritt — February 8, 2016
Nicholas Sparks says faith in God influences his life, books, and even his 11th feature film, "The Choice."
