The Past in the Present
In Search of the Real Balian
In Kingdom of Heaven, Sir Ridley Scott turns Balian of Ibelin into an agnostic, but what do we know of the Balian of history?
Steven Gertz | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
Think TV
A PBS special personalizes the questions of God, morality, miracles, and the afterlife in the lives of C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.
David Neff | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
Dr. Luther's Tribulation
Feelings of God's absence didn't plague only Mother Teresa.
David Neff | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
Robert Webber's Ancient-Future Legacy
He reminded evangelicals that "the road to the future runs through the past."
Compiled by Rebecca Golossanov | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
Spirituality for Busy People
The monk-pope Gregory the Great assured Christians that a life of contemplation and a life of active service go hand in hand.
Chris Armstrong | posted 11/25/2008 02:05PM
Misusing History
Thomas Jefferson's "wall of separation" metaphor allowed the Supreme Court to redefine church-state law and policy—and not necessarily in a good way.
Daniel Dreisbach | posted 11/12/2008 02:13PM
"The Lord Can Make You Free"
Slave-turned-abolitionist Frederick Douglass crusaded against the "soul-destroying religion" of the slaveholders.
Compiled by Tim Stafford | posted 2/11/2009 03:10PM
Celebrating Advent with Martin Luther
The Protestant reformer loved Christmas, as these excerpts from his sermons show.
Compiled and introduced by Paul L. Maier | posted 12/04/2008 10:35AM
Why Do We Have Christmas Trees?
The history behind evergreens, ornaments, and holiday gift giving.
Edwin and Jennifer Woodruff Tait | posted 12/11/2008 09:37AM
The "Praise and Worship" Revolution
The Jesus People movement of the 1960s and '70s generated new kinds of music that transformed worship in evangelical churches.
Larry Eskridge | posted 10/29/2008 01:47PM
Preaching Augustine
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library came to my rescue in a homiletical emergency.
David Neff | posted 8/08/2008 12:33PM
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