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New travel ban still anti-Muslim, critics charge
(The Christian Science Monitor) In the eyes of critics, President Trump’s executive order on travel to the United States by refugees a...
Dutch election highlights divisions about religion and immigration
Dutch Muslims are breathing a sigh of relief after the worse-than-expected performance by anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders in the mid-March election....
April 16, Resurrection of the Lord
At grief’s mercy, Mary stays at the site of her loss.
Ministry after communal trauma
In the wake of violence, pastors have to lead people out of hell. Jesus has been there.
What makes a family?
We tend to think biology matters, and matters very much—except when we don’t.
Does teaching submission encourage abuse?
Princeton Seminary is giving an award to Tim Keller, one of the loudest, most read, and most adhered-to proponents of male headship in the home.
Hamilton is so much bigger than Hamilton
Being in the audience felt like a communal experience, almost a liturgical one.
Who decides what my body means?
The next Reformation is about interpretation, but not of a book.
"Tell the judge he wasn't lying"
After Moises was killed, his brother asked us to write to the American official who denied his asylum claim.
What is forgiveness, and is it good?
“In the wrong hands, forgiveness can become a kind of tyranny.”
When theology fails
After Ruth Everhart was raped, she had to rebuild her beliefs about God’s will.
The grace of real and virtual presence
Theologian Deanna Thompson used to criticize the pervasive technological creep overtaking our lives. Then she was diagnosed with cancer.
Good church, bad church
When our evangelism focuses on apologies instead of God’s grace, we're burying the lede.
Why we miss Niebuhr now
Martin Doblmeier’s new documentary shows how theology drives our use of power.
Don't worry, give money
Organizations rating nonprofits appeal to the results-oriented. But is that what charity is about?
Truth and revelation
Our truth is the sort of truth that acknowledges that we see through a mirror dimly.