Lynn White’s Provocative Claim Lynn White got one big thing right. The environmental mess is Christianity’s fault. We can blame religion—yes, Christianity—for allowing us to plunder the land, seas, air, and animals. Our religion has fostered a mindset that makes an ecological crisis, notably climate change, nearly unavoidable. And importantly, if religion is at the […]
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There was a time when the Church spoke to America. During the 1930’s, the New York Times printed the full text of sermons preached in the city’s large churches. Martin Luther King Jr. got ministers from an array of denominations to link arms and in so doing brought deep moral authority to the Civil Rights Movement. Cardinal
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Why did Jesus provoke so much opposition? This essay argues that the resistance Jesus encountered was not accidental. Demons, religious leaders, and political authorities all revealed the hidden powers protecting an unjust world. Sometimes opposition tells us more than success ever could.
How North American Seminaries Are Quietly ReinventingThemselves for the Whole Church Introduction: A Quiet Revolution For generations, theological seminaries were understood primarily as professional schools for clergy. That picture is rapidly changing. Across North America, a quiet but profound transformation is underway as seminaries increasingly design programs for thoughtful lay Christians, retirees,congregational leaders, and lifelong
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I’ve long been interested in the idea of Providence and in how we encounter God’s providence in the present moment. Providence sets forth the idea that God not only knows what the future holds but is steering events toward that future, which of course is a happy one. Providence is not a biblical word, but
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Few doctrines have caused more fear, anguish, and theological confusion than the idea of eternal hell. In That All Shall Be Saved, David Bentley Hart argues that eternal conscious torment is incompatible with the God revealed in Jesus Christ. His critique challenges centuries of Christian tradition while reopening one of the most consequential questions in theology: Can divine love finally fail?
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Is the War in the Middle East Part of Bible Prophecy? The war has begun. Iran’s long-time supreme leader and spiritual guide to millions is dead. Iran has sworn revenge and has mounted a ferocious response that is already spreading across the Middle East. Yet as the United States lurches into this conflict, the familiar
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Interest in the Book of Revelation has greatly increased in recent years. Some of the most prominent academic theologians have produced powerful and articles that have further fueled fascination with the last book in the Bible. Below is a sampling of recent resources that will get anyone unfamiliar with Revelation and the literature about it
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Introduction: Rediscovering Mission as Accompaniment Hopefully, the threat coming from Washington to defund SNAP benefits will never happen. But several members of the church where I attend were not willing to wait and hope for the best. They were frankly insistent that a program be put in place before lunch. Another large church in our
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