Nearly 500 years after Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to a church door, the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. has approved a declaration recognizing “there are no longer church-dividing issues” on many points with the Roman Catholic Church.

If we live in right relationship with our buildings, we can use them as incredible tools for ministry. We can use buildings as signs we are rooted and planted in our communities, and that we are not going anywhere.

As Muslims struggle cope with shooting deaths of an imam and his assistant in New York City, some non-Muslims are offering to walk beside their Muslim neighbors to and from the mosque.

Half a century ago, such figures existed in America: serious Christian intellectuals who occupied a prominent place on the national stage. They are gone now.

American politicians claim to prioritize the middle class. But Christians who seek to let their faith shape their public engagement must recognize that the Bible does not.

What are the hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs of this civil spirituality? This year’s general election is providing a rich soundscape for discovering just what they might be.

All states prosecute parents whose children come to severe harm through neglect. But in 34 states, there are exemptions when medical treatment for a child conflicts with the religious beliefs of parents.

The physical is already illuminated with the presence of the sacred. If we care about the spirit, we cannot avoid concern with the here and now.

The country’s best-known Christian for-profit college, Grand Canyon University, has announced that it will open an independent, non-denominational, for-profit theological seminary this fall.