Stories from the pandemic remind us that hope abounds even in the most difficult circumstances. Without question, the pandemic was one of the most difficult…
I’ve Been a Prosperity Gospel Parent
As a young mom, I tried to do everything right. The longer I parent, the less I seek “success” and the more I rely on…
Died: Carlton Pearson, Pentecostal Preacher Who Rejected Hell
The former COGIC leader and Oral Roberts mentee said he wore his “heretic” label “like a badge.” When Carlton Pearson was a teenager, he cast…
First Woman Steps into Leadership of Evangelical Theological Society
Wheaton professor Karen Jobes becomes president a decade after a study found “hostile and unwelcoming” atmosphere. The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) has instated its first…
What Dallas Pastors Preached After JFK’s Assassination
Sixty years later, their sermons calling for change and greater civility still resonate. Less than a year before the US presidential election, pastors took to…
Flashes of Glory—and Brutality
A conversation with artist Kieran Dodds and academic Christian Gonzalez Ho on their new exhibit, ancient pilgrimage sites, and the church of the future. This…
Loaves and Casserole Dishes: Will Church Cookbooks Survive?
The spiral-bound tomes guarding the secrets of the best sugar cookies, sheet cake, and seven-layer salad are disappearing–but not completely. Did someone say Jell-O salad?…
God’s Promises Are Clearest When We Turn Out the Lights
Christians have every reason to reduce light pollution. It’s hard not to be sentimental about a Northern Hemisphere December, with its snow (or in the…
Pharaoh Did You Know?
How the shepherds upended Egyptian power. Those familiar with the Bible know how to imagine Pharaoh of Exodus: heart-hardened as he heard from Moses and…
Franklin Graham prays with Netanyahu
American Evangelical leader Franklin Graham, the son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, met and prayed with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday after visiting…