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Idylls without idols (1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26; Luke 2:41-52)
There’s a lot of a certain sort of pleasure pursued around Christmas.
The ultrarich and their total depravity
The White Lotus is part of a growing subgenre that probes extreme wealth as moral deformity.
Becoming a blessing (Hebrews 10:5–10)
God the Son is committed to gladly and freely doing the Father’s will.
In Cairo, I sat in on a scriptural reasoning group with Christians and Muslims
Moving beyond amicable consensus to productive discomfort
How 20th-century mainline Protestants shaped immigration policy
And how that policy shaped the 21st-century mainline church
Sacred wrestling with the Bible’s “harsh passages”
That God would fight for Israel is meant to elicit horror.
How should I pray for the climate?
I followed COP26 from a distance. Other Christians showed up in Glasgow and asked God to intervene.
January 9, Baptism C (Luke 3:15–17, 21–22)
When we resist the powers that oppress this world, we are baptized through fire.
Episode 13: Community developer and editor Chris Smith, author of How the Body of Christ Talks
A conversation with community developer and editor Chris Smith about the Englewood Review of Books, spirituality for the journey, the messiness of life, and more
The Russian troops at the Ukraine border are part of a larger ploy
What can the US do to change Putin’s political calculus?
A novel about purity culture and its harm
At its core, God Spare the Girls is about a family history doomed to repeat itself.
Clinic at epicenter of SCOTUS abortion case stays open
As the US Supreme Court heard a Mississippi case that could topple abortion rights nationwide, the state’s only abortion clinic was busier than ever....
Church of Sweden apologizes for abuse of Sámi people
During a special worship service at its general synod, the Church of Sweden formally apologized to the Sámi people on November 24 for centuries of “mistreatment and complacency.”...
New Pew study looks at views on theodicy, afterlife
In September, the Pew Research Center dug into the views adults in the United States hold on theodicy (why do bad things happen to good people?), as well as their views on the reality of heaven and...
Archaeologists find structure corroborating Hanukkah stories
Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,100-year-old stronghold they believe constitutes physical evidence of the years-long armed conflict whose crucial battle is celebrated by Jews during Hanu...
Why ‘sorcery’ was the fastest-growing biblical search term in 2021
The topics people search for each year on Bible Gateway are always interesting, according to Jonathan Petersen, content manager of the website....
Clergy sexual abuse whistleblower Phil Saviano dies at 69
Phil Saviano, a clergy sexual abuse survivor and whistleblower who played a pivotal role in exposing decades of predatory assaults by Roman Catholic priests in the United States, has died....
Bridget Moix to lead Quaker lobbying group
Bridget Moix has been named the next general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, a Quaker organization that lobbies Congress on issues of peace, justice, and environmenta...
Dr. Oz hopes to be first Muslim in US Senate
Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and host of The Dr. Oz Show, has launched a campaign for Pennsylvania’s open US Senate seat....
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives inspired by the words Eye and Field.