I can’t shake the feeling that every time I open Christianity Today, or Christianity Astray, I’m not reading Christian journalism—I’m reading a liturgy for the world. It’s like they’re holding a perpetual worship service where the saints are chosen not by God’s standard but by the culture’s applause meter.
When George Floyd died, CT didn’t just report it. They practically canonized him. “George Floyd Left a Gospel Legacy in Houston,” they proclaimed, calling him a “person of peace.” No mention of repentance. No call to the cross. Just an instant halo, as though his rap sheet and the riots that burned cities in his name had no bearing on the story.
But then Charlie Kirk is murdered in cold blood—a young man who spent his short life pushing back against the cultural tide, calling out the rot in our institutions—and what do we get? “Died: Charlie Kirk, Activist Who Championed ‘MAGA Doctrine.’” That’s it. No righteous anger. No sense of tragedy. Just a sterile line, like they were filing paperwork at the morgue.
And that’s the part that sticks in my throat. CT will mourn with the world over its chosen martyrs, but they won’t shed a tear for ours. They’ll light candles for George Floyd but leave Charlie Kirk’s obituary as cold as the slab his body was laid on.
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I didn’t agree with everything Charlie said, and I was critical of his movement at times. But I have no doubt that he knew the gospel and believed it. This isn’t just bad reporting by a publication that’s lost its way under bad leadership, namely, Russell Moore. It’s a magazine that has thrown its lot in with Caesar, baptizing the world’s revolution and calling it gospel work.
They treat George Floyd like a saint and treat murdered conservatives like collateral damage in a war they’d rather not talk about.
I’m done, been done, pretending CT is neutral or thoughtful or “winsome.” They have chosen their kingdom, and it isn’t Christ’s. They will keep telling us who they are with every issue they publish — and I will keep on taking them at their word.
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