Religion
Rev Stephen Gardner and Paul R Baines respond to an article by Simon Jenkins Simon Jenkins makes his annual impassioned plea for the Church of England to be ...
All eyes were on me while I searched for the words.
I was interviewing for a pastoral role when a church elder asked, “I see you’ve published a lot of artic...
Until last year, I hadn’t heard of John Mark Comer. But something has shifted. Everyone now seems to be reading his books, listening to his podcast, or runni...
There’s a simple reason that fake stories get more attention on social media than real ones. They’re more surprising. By the time the truth gets out, no one ...
As a Bible teacher in western North Carolina, I often encourage my students to spend time outdoors, talking to God. Nature is evidence of God’s handiwork and...
The Atlantic contributor frets about religion, politics and America – and the questions he poses are existential“What happens to our liberal democracy if Ame...
Union with Christ forms the webbing that holds together everything else Paul says. It forms the canvas on which Paul paints a picture of the Christian life. ...
Imposter syndrome is real. Many highly qualified people in fields like medicine, sports, and teaching experience a sense of anxiety that despite their degree...
The UK is now a secular nation and the Church of England should no longer be one of the central pillars of stateThe national church “of England” has been mee...
Allegations of fraud against Gisella Cardia, who drew pilgrims by claiming statue wept tears of bloodEurope live – latest updatesA self-styled mystic who dre...
I met and married my wife, Crystal, in the most old-fashioned way possible. We went to the same high school. Our church youth groups went to the same Christi...
When Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) delivered a lecture series seeking to identify the main problems that plague modern thought, he argued that attempts to separ...
Anger is a natural emotion that every individual experiences at some point. However, if uncontrolled, anger can lead to harmful actions that disrupt relation...
For many generations, historians tended to emphasize the Puritans’ piety, faithfulness, and zeal for liberty—and how these virtues shaped the American experi...
“Just do it.” “Obey your thirst.” “Never stop exploring.”
History loves a three-word marketing slogan. The best ones burrow deep into our cultural psyche an...
My sister Dorothy Porter was a bohemian, gay poet; I was a respectable church handmaiden. But she cracked the door open for me to start seeing the world diff...
Neil Postman suggested every era in American history is represented by a city. Boston was the apotheosis of revolutionary fervor. Chicago was the incarnation...
Pope criticizes other anti-immigration policies and urges people not to accept administration’s harmful narrativesUS politics live – latest updatesPope Franc...
Unholy communion | Government badees | It won’t wash | Crime writing | History boy | Civilian waysRe your article (Church of England refuses call for gluten-...
As Christ’s followers, we’re called to imitate him in the way we live (Mark 8:34; 1 Cor 11:1). We tend to think of this command in terms of how we act, speak...
Ross Douthat isn’t what some would expect from a New York Times columnist. He’s religious and also a political conservative. And I bet he’s the first and thu...
