Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
August 21, 1874: Henry Ward Beecher, a popular Congregational clergyman from Connecticut, is accused of adultery. Sued for $100,000 by the alleged adulteress's husband, the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe (and son of evangelical leader Lyman Beecher) would eventually be exonerated by his congregation and the jury (which voted 9-3 in favor of Beecher).
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As we learn from the surprising journeys of several holiday classics, the term defies easy definition.
Motherhood is honorable, but being a disciple of Jesus is every woman’s primary biblical vocation.
As a curator, I love how contemporary art makes the world feel strange. So does the story of Jesus’ birth.
Public Theology Project
How Christmas upends everything that draws our culture to astrology.
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University president praises the community’s “calm resilience” as students and staff shelter in place in fireproof buildings.
The Russell Moore Show
Ashley Hales, CT’s editorial director for print, and Russell discuss this year’s reads.
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Seventeen years after the former Hindu kingdom became a secular state, Christians have a pathway to legal recognition.