Some express skepticism as violent sect receives baptism.

The classic description of Puritanism from a 1646 tract by John Geree

How South African churches are acting like Jesus.

Why 'Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier' is somewhere between heresy and idolatry.

Those "in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier" are invalid.

Changes of heart renew centuries-old divisions.

He is the subject who forms us as we sing, tell, pray, and enact God's story in worship.

Daredevil Knievel's testimony triggers mass baptisms at Crystal Cathedral.

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An 18th-century book gave Richard Foster new eyes for the present moment. The ordinary had never looked so extraordinary.

Front line of Communion war spreads to homosexuality.

The threat of gay marriage challenges Christians to defend older, better definitions of marriage. But what are those definitions, and how did they develop?

Catholicism anchored Tolkien's life and suffused his writings.

Pastor Edwards spared neither loving care nor the rod.

The most powerful empire in Europe was no match for a peasant army led by a blind man.

Hus shared ideas with Wyclif and Luther, yet they were not all of one mind.

Even in the midst of his campaign for reform, Hus never forgot the faithful flock back home.

Forged in the heat of theological battle, Augustine's five most distinctive teachings remain controversial.