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Filmmaker wins Gabriel Award for Reinhold Niebuhr documentary
Martin Doblmeier, founder of Journey Films, won a Gabriel Award for his documentary An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story....
United Lutheran Seminary in Pennsylvania names first president
Theresa F. Latini has been named the first president of United Lutheran Seminary, with campuses at Gettysburg and Philadelphia....
A health care bill that takes away people’s health care
Caring for the sick means keeping them in our risk pool.
An executive order churches didn't need
Trump says pastors are bullied and silenced. That comes as a surprise to me.
The problem with idols
Like the Athenians Paul speaks to in Acts 17, we create substitutes for the Creator.
June 18, 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Exodus 19:2–8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1–8; Matthew 9:35–10:8
What have the Romans ever done for us?
The aqueduct. The roads. An enforced peace to allow a young faith to spread.
A storyteller who respects his audience (Acts 17:22-31)
Paul's approach in Athens is refreshing.
Pastors need to see 13 Reasons Why
The Netflix series is troubling and difficult to watch. Watch it anyway.
Hungarian priest welcomes refugees amid differing local views
In Körmend, a Hungarian town of 12,000 people about 160 miles and two train rides from Budapest, the community has been split by the decision of Zoltán Németh, the local Catholic parish priest, to ...
Indonesian Christian leader jailed under blasphemy law
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, an Indonesian Protestant whose popularity as a politician in the world’s largest Muslim nation appeared to be a sign of interreligious tolerance, was convicted of blasphe...
Another “Ask the Pastor” session with the confirmation class
Why are there only 12 disciples? Will we be with our families in heaven? Does God think pineapple should go on pizza?
Flesh and bones in an Acts commentary
Willie James Jennings writes about tangible things—bodies, incarceration, healing—with graceful language that’s hard to pin down.
Justification by faith for fragile and broken souls
Ted Peters translates theological concepts into a folksy manual for pastoral care.
Duke Divinity professor disciplined amid diversity training complaint
Duke Divinity School has taken disciplinary action against a professor who wrote in an email to all faculty that a racial equity training event they had been encouraged to attend was “definitively ...
A chat with the refiner’s fire
“You’ve talked about a lot of things,” says your refiner’s fire. “Which is the one that really matters?”
A chat with the refiner’s fire
“You’ve talked about a lot of things,” says your refiner’s fire. “Which is the one that really matters?”
Liberty University, your roots are showing
On Saturday, Donald Trump gave his first commencement address—at Liberty University. How could the Moral Majority and a famously immoral president form this alliance?
The fall of a Niebuhrian
James Comey's story illustrates Niebuhr’s conviction that historical events tend to refute our illusions.
Kierkegaard and his gifts for the church
Stephen Backhouse’s accessible biography reveals a man who worked hard to conceal himself.