In the past few years, there’s been a wave of new churches targeting the young professionals who have moved into Washington in droves. Over the past five years, churches all over the District — and all over the country — have discovered…
Clinton, Trump, or neither? 3 views on the 2016 presidential election
As most readers know, a not-for-profit publishing company like Christianity Today has to remain not-for-prophet when it comes to (prophetically) endorsing a presidential candidate. This year, however, we’re trying something completely different: advocacy pieces for each of the major party…
Teaching Calvin in California
In my history of Christianity course, we read a number of challenging writers. Each one I ask students to read with as much sympathy, charity and critical perspective as they can muster. But nothing outrages them — not the writings…
Uber and Amos: Economic justice in the gig economy
Taxi or Uber? It’s a question with moral implications that extend far beyond what kind of car you choose.
Mercy, the gospel and the urgency of criminal justice reform
There is much to learn about justice reform from Jesus’ exchange with the woman at the well. The first lesson is that those cycled through the criminal justice system need to be seen as more than criminals.
Brian McLaren wants Christians to be better
Asking why there is so little progressive Christianity in America is a bit like asking the question so famously posed at the start of the previous century:“Why is there no socialism in the United States?”
Evangelical gathering a sign conservative Christians slow to embrace Trump
But a steadily growing number on the religious right now view a potential Trump presidency as their only chance at reasserting conservative influence on the Supreme Court, which may very well make decisions on many key social issues.
The 6 words a Christian should never want to hear
Conviction can come at strange times and in strange places. I learned this the other day.
Mother Teresa sometimes didn’t believe in God. That makes her an example of faith.
Mother Teresa spent a long period of her life struggling with faith, losing the presence of God, and even believing that she didn’t believe in God, as she wrote in many poignant letters that were only released after her death.