Theology+Spirituality
Memories and reflections of the famed theologian from his last overseas doctoral student and friend of 33 years.
An excerpt on grief, forgiveness, and the gospel from Beechdale Road: Where Mercy Is More Powerful Than Murder.
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Evangelicals Don’t Love Donald Trump EnoughChristians who wave away the former president’s sexual immorality may be the most anti-Trump constituency of all.
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Doubting Thomas: Why the Evangelical Crush on Aquinas Needs to MatureThomism is experiencing a renaissance in theology, but there’s a reason it’s controversial.
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This Is the Way: How the Dao Helps Chinese People Understand ChristAncient philosopher Zhuangzi’s teachings can be a means of evangelism.
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Inside the ‘Secret World’ of Global Evangelism to MuslimsWhile reporting from conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East, Adriana Carranca met evangelical missionaries sent from surprising places.
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Died: Jürgen Moltmann, Theologian of HopeA German soldier found by Christ in a prisoner of war camp, he became a renowned Christian scholar who taught that “God weeps with us so that we may someday laugh with him.”españolPortuguêsFrançais简体中文Indonesian繁體中文
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What Silicon Valley’s New Ethical Thinking Gets Right—and WrongEffective altruism and longtermism are all the rage these days. How should Christians engage?
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Kwame Bediako Still Defines the Debate on African Culture and ChristianitySeven leaders weigh in on the late Ghanaian scholar’s provocative legacy 20 years after his best-known book.Français
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Died: Sam Butcher, Artist Who Created Precious MomentsHis porcelain figurines sold millions while he built a church inspired by the Sistine Chapel.
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‘I Thought I’d Be Further Along by Now’An excerpt on risk, worship, and spiritual growth from The Expectation Gap: The Tiny, Vast Space between Our Beliefs and Experience of God.
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Boy Meets Girl, Fans Meet Jesus?As Christian romances make their way to theaters, their writers are seizing opportunities for evangelism.
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To Guard Against the Monsters in My Life, I Became a Monster MyselfA lifestyle of violence and addiction nearly destroyed me, but it brought me to the foot of the cross.
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How to Face the Headlines with HopeThe Papua New Guinea mudslide is yet another reminder that our world is not as it should be. But take heart! Christ has overcome the world.
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What I Would Change After 30 Years of MarriageI should have invited Ruth to our wedding—to acknowledge how much our ordinary moments point to the story of Christ.
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Iranian Christians Contemplate God’s Justice after President’s Death in CrashBelievers in the diaspora reference Daniel and the “writing on the wall” as many mull if helicopter accident portends more changes to come.العربية
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In Succor and SilenceOn praying past the end of silver linings to a God who often does not answer as I hope.简体中文繁體中文
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What Believers Can and Can’t Affirm in Those Who Affirm Same-Sex MarriageRebecca McLaughlin takes care to filter their legitimate claims from their flawed assumptions.
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The Flannery O’Connor Novel That Might Have BeenHer final work was continually revised but never finished. Can we know what she was aiming to achieve?
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How to Be a Christian Influencer Worthy of the NameWe do not deserve to wield influence in the church while being simps and sycophants to the secular world.
News & Reporting
- Baptism by Flood: Kherson Christians Persevere After Ukraine Dam’s DestructionOccupied, liberated, and now underwater, Kherson remains on the frontline of fighting—and faith, as a local seminary president explains.
- Digital Bibles Help Men Read More But Retain LessData suggests Christians are unaware of the effect the medium has on the message.español
Global Gospel Project
Even in the New Testament, talking with God is mostly unilateral. But he does answer.
Português简体中文繁體中文A Word Can Be Worth a Thousand Pictures
Why the pulpit—and not the screen—still belongs at the center of our churches.
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The first African American to have both a study Bible and a full Bible commentary bearing his name said he will submit to the “biblical standard of repentance and restoration.”
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