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There’s More to Romans Than Personal Salvation
How Western readers miss the meaning of Paul’s letter—and how an Eastern perspective can correct the imbalance.
Why Christians Have a Knack for Boundary-Crossing Friendships
Throughout history, believers have taken risks of love for the sake of the kingdom.
Fixing the Fellowship Deficit in America’s Struggling Communities
Why collapsing cities and towns need something more than a better economy or a bigger government.
Put Not Your Trust in Credentials
Chris Arnade’s moving account of “back-row America” made me reconsider my own definition of success.
Bibles Escape Trump’s Tariff Fight with China
America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an extra 10 percent.
How Devotional Poetry Unlocks the Bible's Surprises
A new anthology helps us see the “saints and stumblers” of Scripture with fresh eyes.
World Vision Helped Evangelicals Become Social Activists—Within Limits
A new history tracks the uneasy alliance between the organization and its core supporters.
‘Tis a Gift to Do ‘Undignified’ Work
Blue-collar labor often goes unappreciated and under-rewarded. How can that change?
What Christians Really Think About the Church’s Relationship Advice
New survey research sheds light on how believers navigate the stickier matters of dating and marriage.
Drilling for Oil, Contending for Truth
A historian shows how the pursuit of God and “black gold” went hand in hand—and how it changed the shape of American Christianity.
Seeing Immigrants Through God’s Eyes
Why their stories are always relevant, no matter the politics of immigration.
The Bible’s Impact on Human Rights
The ideas of human dignity and respect for all didn’t develop in a vacuum.
A Political Theology of ‘Power to the People’
Democracy is a useful way to organize our politics. Should it organize other areas of life as well?
Bibles Threatened by US Trade War with China, Christian Publishers Warn
HarperCollins, Tyndale, and others warn Trump administration that 25-percent tariff hike will make God’s Word harder to get—and could cause some translations to be discontinued.
A New Recipe for Ending Hunger
We have a crisis too large for any one church, nonprofit, or government agency to handle on its own, says food policy expert Jeremy Everett.
Sometimes, God Wants You to Go with Your Gut
Our intuitions aren’t infallible. That doesn’t mean we should ignore them.
The Apostles Never ‘Shared’ the Gospel, and Neither Should We
Why it’s time to retire our favorite evangelistic phrase.
The Nazis Persecuted Him. The Soviets Killed Him. Today He’s Barely Known.
James Edwards’s biography recovers the memory of German theologian Ernst Lohmeyer.
Proving That God Exists Without Opening a Bible
How human reason alone can lay a pathway from doubt to belief.
Celibate Gay Christians: Neither Shockingly Conservative nor Worryingly Liberal
A new book uses stories and statistics to dispel stereotypes and suspicion.
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