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Quick to Listen

Each week the editors of Christianity Today go beyond hashtags and hot-takes and set aside time to explore the reality behind a major cultural event.

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What Made Mental Illness a ‘Sin’? Paganism

What Made Mental Illness a ‘Sin’? Paganism

Is suffering from mental illness the result of personal sin? Last week, many Christians felt two prominent evangelical m... Read more

15 Feb 2018

43mins

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What Tim Keller Wants American Christians to Know About Politics

What Tim Keller Wants American Christians to Know About Politics

Last week, millions of Americans were caught up in the Senate’s Supreme Court hearings. There, psychologist Christine Bl... Read more

3 Oct 2018

1hr 2mins

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Depression or Spiritual Warfare: What If It’s Both?

Depression or Spiritual Warfare: What If It’s Both?

“As a psychiatrist, I diagnose mental illness. Also, I help spot demonic possession.” That’s the headline from a Washing... Read more

7 Jul 2016

31mins

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Can Josh Harris Kiss His Book Goodbye?

Can Josh Harris Kiss His Book Goodbye?

We’ve hit the 20-year anniversary of I Kissed Dating Goodbye, a book that’s provoked a reaction through the decades for ... Read more

20 Jul 2017

43mins

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John MacArthur's ‘Statement on Social Justice’ Is Aggravating Evangelicals

John MacArthur's ‘Statement on Social Justice’ Is Aggravating Evangelicals

Last week, John MacArthur and a dozen other Christian leaders launched a website presenting The Statement on Social Just... Read more

12 Sep 2018

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Why Reinhold Niebuhr Still Haunts American Politics

Why Reinhold Niebuhr Still Haunts American Politics

A couple weeks before President Trump fired James Comey, we learned that the then-FBI director was an admirer of 20th ce... Read more

25 May 2017

44mins

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What Lee Strobel Wants Christians to Know About Praying for Resurrections

What Lee Strobel Wants Christians to Know About Praying for Resurrections

Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.Last week, a California couple’s two-year-old d... Read more

20 Dec 2019

58mins

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When You Hear Sexual Misconduct Allegations About Your Pastor

When You Hear Sexual Misconduct Allegations About Your Pastor

Last week, the Chicago Tribune reported on multiple allegations against Willow Creek Community Church founder and longti... Read more

28 Mar 2018

47mins

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A Billy Graham Biographer Tells All!

A Billy Graham Biographer Tells All!

Evangelist Billy Graham died this week. Christianity Today published more than two dozen articles on our site as part of... Read more

22 Feb 2018

39mins

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What Message Is Jack Graham Sending to Russell Moore and Southern Baptists?

What Message Is Jack Graham Sending to Russell Moore and Southern Baptists?

Last week, two-time Southern Baptist Convention president Jack Graham announced that his church would withhold its donat... Read more

23 Feb 2017

46mins

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The History of the Fundamentalists Facing a Massive Abuse Scandal

The History of the Fundamentalists Facing a Massive Abuse Scandal

On Sunday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published a four-part series on more than 400 allegations of sexual misconduct a... Read more

12 Dec 2018

50mins

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What the Bible Says about Abuse Within Marriage

What the Bible Says about Abuse Within Marriage

Note: Malachi 2, ‘I hate divorce.’ Said by guest as 5:2, says “The man who hates and divorces his wife,” says the Lord, ... Read more

2 May 2018

57mins

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John MacArthur Is No Stranger to Controversy

John MacArthur Is No Stranger to Controversy

Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.Last week, John MacArthur celebrated 50 years i... Read more

23 Oct 2019

53mins

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The Deep Roots of Our Hillary Hostility

The Deep Roots of Our Hillary Hostility

Earlier this week, ESPN’s analytics site FiveThirtyEight gave Hillary Clinton a 60 percent of winning the presidency in ... Read more

28 Jul 2016

47mins

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No, Millennials Aren't Killing Evangelism

No, Millennials Aren't Killing Evangelism

Half of millennial Christians say it’s wrong to evangelize. This was the headline from CT’s report from new Barna Group ... Read more

13 Feb 2019

58mins

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What Bernie Sanders Revealed about Christian Literacy in the Public Square

What Bernie Sanders Revealed about Christian Literacy in the Public Square

Christians were left scratching their heads about Bernie Sanders’s grasp of their theology at a political hearing last w... Read more

15 Jun 2017

41mins

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LifeWay's Hatmaker Decision: What Evangelical Institutions Can Learn

LifeWay's Hatmaker Decision: What Evangelical Institutions Can Learn

Best-selling author and blogger Jen Hatmaker’s books are no longer sold by LifeWay Christian Stores. Last week, the nati... Read more

4 Nov 2016

35mins

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Eugene Peterson's New Message

Eugene Peterson's New Message

Kevin Miller didn’t see Eugene Peterson’s support for same-sex marriage coming. Miller, pastor of the Anglican congregat... Read more

13 Jul 2017

41mins

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What Iranian Christians Want

What Iranian Christians Want

For more than a week, thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest their government. Spurred by anger over... Read more

4 Jan 2018

36mins

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Kanye West's Long, Complicated Relationship with Christianity

Kanye West's Long, Complicated Relationship with Christianity

Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.Rapper Kanye West is one of the biggest pop cul... Read more

30 Oct 2019

1hr 7mins

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