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A common tendency among believers is to think of Jesus Christ in the past tense. He's the guy we study in the Bible that some taxidermist must have mounted on a wall.

New today from the Century.

When Scott Sorrentino's church started talking about a new "debt annihilation" program, his ears perked up.

This "Which denomination are you?" flowchart from Lutheran Satire has been making the rounds this week.

Do today's main advocates of sabbath (or “quiet,” “rest,” “time away,” whatever you call it) approach it from a spiritual-but-not-religious perspective?

New today from the Century.

The thing about serving as a prophet is that you are forever stuck between what God wants and what the people want.

Each week my church includes a prayer for the families of American soldiers who have died. As the names are read, I try to hold them in prayer. But I have wrestled with these prayers.

Mylo Xyloto strives to be melodic and grandiose, thoughtful and commercial, a big seller but not a sellout. It's the artistic equivalent of trying to serve Zeus and mammon, and it doesn't come without risks.

Simon and Andrew immediately left their nets and followed. If only we could respond so quickly.

When I first came to Harvard, the weekly worship service was recognizably Protestant but flexible and welcoming. Over the years, our students have urged us toward new ways of gathering.