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Kevin BrownFeaturedEducation
According to legend, thousands of years ago the mighty King Croesus of Lydia consulted with the oracle of Delphi to determine whether he should battle the great Persian Empire. The oracle famously replied, “If Croesus goes to war he will […]
Joshua HeavinFeaturedCreation Care
In clean, cool air the morning after a thunderstorm, while blazing pink and golden light spills over the horizon before becoming a deep cerulean crown over a sweltering summer afternoon, it is difficult to imagine the conditions in Texas only […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
In the previous two essays of this triptych, I have attempted to sketch how the Gospel of Jesus Christ might shape our understanding of justice in order to clarify what our responsibilities as Christians might be in our own time. […]
Henry GeorgeFeatured
Matthew Arnold mourned the long withdrawing roar of faith in the 19th century. Fin de siècle European culture moved to the rhythm of Nietzsche’s poetry-by-jackhammer that proclaimed the death of God and the rule of the value-less Last Man. The […]
Joshua FarrisFeaturedembodiment
I have heard it said time and time again: “Wearing a face covering is a small sacrifice to love your neighbor.” All this in the context of discussing face masks ever since the CDC and, some experts, decided that it […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon in the Anderson household a few years back, full of books and tea and other comforts. My wife had momentarily interrupted my reading by giving me a kiss, seemingly without cause. It captured just […]
J. Brandon MeeksFeaturedEvangelicalism
“We need revival.” ~The Teeming Masses This phrase, ubiquitous among broad evangelicals, has transmogrified from banal cliche to axiomatic mantra. Having been chanted with such frequency that there is virtually no quarter among popular Christianity where it doesn’t reverberate, it […]
Caleb Wait
The pitfalls surrounding our public speech and proclamations are many: Why is it that we avoid topics so as to appease certain constituencies, and why is it that we are more than happy to engage others and make a show […]
Colleen LuleyChurch ResourcesFamily
With the pandemic, society argues whether church is “essential” or “non-essential.” What about you? How important is Sunday morning church?
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCulture WarCurrent Politics
Christians can't embrace all aspects of contemporary ideas of social justice. But we must also recognize that what came before was similarly dangerous.
Emily BrighamFeaturedCurrent Politics
“. . . [F]or the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived […]
Myles WerntzBooksrace
Jones's new book uses sociological data to lay out a plain and uncomfortable truth for America's white churches: the problem of racism is pervasive.