Jump directly to the Content

News&Reporting

Search Results

One of Oldest Books in Existence Will Be Sold, Worrying Scholars
An ancient codex, containing perhaps the earliest complete versions of Jonah and 1 Peter, goes up for auction in June. Will it disappear?
Was Paul a Slave?
The surprising argument that Saul of Tarsus was born into bondage.
The Opposite of Abuse Is Care
In an age of spiritual abuse scandals, the early church offers a positive model of pastoral authority.
Turkish Christians Turn to Tabitha for Earthquake Relief—and Resurrection
Six months after disaster, the biblical Dorcas raised from the dead by Peter inspires Protestant generosity—just as she modeled for the early church.
Antioch Has Always Survived Its Tragic History. What Will the Latest Earthquake Change?
A city essential to the early church, Antakya has been all but reduced to rubble.
What Ancient Italian Churches Tell Us About Women in Ministry
An artistic record challenges the idea that Christian leadership was always restricted to men.
Do Single Christians Need a Better Theology of Singleness, or Better Relationship Training?
As two recent books demonstrate, the answer is both—together. (And not only for singles.)
How the Early Church Dealt with Racial and Cultural Division
They saw that their ability to truly be the church was at stake.
Visiting Prisoners in Jesus’ Day
Helping detained people was a shocking calling in the first century.
Are the Arts a Tool, a Temptation, or a Distraction?
In “Discovering God Through the Arts,” Terry Glaspey says Christians haven’t always been suspicious of creative expression.
Singleness Lessons I Learned from the Early Church
The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think.
close