The following 25 Virtual Voices columns from the past year generated the most reader traffic on WORLD's website.

1. Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: A bold mistake

HOMOSEXUALITY | by Barnabas Piper | July 31

2. A message to WORLD readers on the David Barton controversy

RELIGION | by Marvin Olasky | Aug. 16

3. The day I became a fiscal conservative

ECONOMY | by Warren Cole Smith | Jan. 10

4. How an affair begins

FAITH & INSPIRATION | by Andrée Seu (Peterson) | March 19

5. What’s a Christian business owner supposed to do?

RELIGION | by Mark D. Taylor | Oct. 16

6. Gabby Douglas vs. secular journalism

MEDIA | by Marvin Olasky | Aug. 3

7. Richard Dawkins encourages atheists to mock and ridicule Christians

RELIGION | by La Shawn Barber | March 28

8. Slow train coming

POLITICS | by Marvin Olasky | Nov. 7

9. Four more years of decline

POLITICS | by Cal Thomas | Nov. 8

10. That's not fair?

FAMILY | by Barnabas Piper | April 10

11. A good night for Ron Paul

POLITICS | by Mindy Belz | Oct. 23

12. Kirk Cameron is right

RELIGION | by La Shawn Barber | March 7

13. Paul Ryan vs. Ayn Rand

POLITICS | by Marvin Olasky | Aug. 11

14. The Frank Schaeffer mystery

RELIGION | by Marvin Olasky | April 25

15. Obama unleashed

POLITICS | by Cal Thomas | March 29

16. Carrie Underwood and the 'gay friendly' Christians

RELIGION | by La Shawn Barber | June 13

17. Not even Jesus passes Obama's test

RELIGION | by Ken Blackwell | April 20

18. The Hunger Games: Welcome to dystopia

WORLDVIEW | by Janie B. Cheaney | March 19

19. 40 days of pro-evil prayer

ABORTION | by Marvin Olasky | April 12

20. Christians and Ron Paul: A counterpoint

POLITICS | by Alex Tokarev | Jan. 18

21. The virtue of questioning 'science'

SCIENCE | by James A. Wanliss | April 3

22. A note from Eric Metaxas’ early spiritual mentor

RELIGION | by Mickey McLean | Feb. 3

23. Civil unions and true marriage

MARRIAGE | by Ken Blackwell | Aug. 24

24. Should Christianity contribute to celebrity status?

SPORTS | by Barnabas Piper | Nov. 16

25. Paul Ryan on marriage and the unborn

POLITICS | by La Shawn Barber | Aug. 15