A change to a popular translation of the Bible could affect readers’ views on marriage and gender roles.
How technology helped Martin Luther change Christianity
Luther’s spectacular success was in large part a propaganda phenomenon. His broadside against Catholic Church practices might have gone unnoticed were it not for the introduction a few decades earlier of a new technology: the printing press.
‘Sanctuary churches’ vow to shield immigrants from Trump crackdown
During his campaign, Donald Trump vowed to deport an estimated 11 million foreigners. Since his election victory, he said he would immediately deport 2 to 3 million undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of crimes.
Pope extends permission on abortion forgiveness
Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of the “grave sin” of abortion, extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended Holy Year of Mercy.
A Detroit pastor and her church are building something big with tiny homes
As both pastor and nonprofit executive director, the Rev. Faith Fowler is known for her outreach to the poor. Her latest effort: a village of tiny homes that will allow people to become stakeholders in their neighborhood and in their…
White evangelical leaders distancing themselves from the ‘81-percenters’
Faced with the embarrassment of having helped elect Donald Trump to the presidency, some conservative Christian leaders have begun to argue that evangelical support for Trump was far lower than the commonly reported 81 percent.
Out thyself
When you speak out in a moment of congregational crisis because what you believe is more important than the money you make keeping quiet, you give reason to believe in a God who would rather alienate God’s self than other…
I was an evangelical magazine editor, but now I can’t defend my evangelical community
When evangelical starts to sound like very bad news for very many Americans, it has drifted far from its roots. A prophetic consensus has emerged that U.S. evangelicalism is irreducibly linked with white privilege.
A Baylor student was shoved and called the n-word. This is how the school responded.
The exchange lasted just a few seconds, too quick for Natasha Nkhama to register anger, fear or rage. “He sort of shoved me off the sidewalk and he said … ‘no n—–s allowed on the sidewalk,’” Nkhama recounted.