Why the church should learn to appreciate Christ as the world’s greatest thinker.

How the sharing of prayer and pain leads to trust—and then to change.

Maintaining a balance between gathering and scattering is the key to avoiding spiritual pneumonia.

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

How the stresses and strains of aging can strengthen the bonds of love.

How did a forgotten colonial text become a national origin story?

Our most controversial stone statues carry layers of communal history that aren’t easily cast aside.

Fellow believers might abandon you or cover you in happy talk. But the Bible offers companionship with saints who know sorrow.

How the church can shape public policy without losing its soul.

Chosen by Bradley L. Sickler, author of "God on the Brain: What Cognitive Science Does (and Does Not) Tell Us about Faith, Human Nature, and the Divine" (Crossway).

Why serving up a diet of hard, rationalistic Christianity might be counterproductive.

As black Christians have long understood, the New Testament has a strong theology of law enforcement.

Brenda Salter McNeil says she put too much faith in an approach that downplayed justice in order to seem nonthreatening.

Religious people aren’t bit players in this movement. But they aren’t necessarily central figures either.

Christian husband-wife duo share their research on how couples approach love and work.

Tara Isabella Burton’s report on the ascendance of “Remixed” spirituality is equal parts fascinating and dismaying.

How a lovestruck literature student learned that lesson while walking Oxford’s cobblestone streets.

Chosen by Erin Bartels, author of "We Hope for Better Things" and "The Words between Us."

Artificial intelligence can be helpful in fighting COVID-19. But there are ethical worries that cry out for Christian reflection.