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Saints
Communion of the Saints from The Rhythm of Doctrine
Acknowledging those who have run the race before us.
November 2, 2007
More on Saints
Was the Real St. Nick Better than Santa Claus?
Author Adam C. English says St. Nicholas was social activist, businessman, lawyer—and man of God.
December 7, 2012
How God Makes Beauty from Barrenness
What I learned from three female saints who never bore children—physical ones, anyway.
November 20, 2012
Seeing the Hidden Grace of Alzheimer's
Those who appear weak and foolish can be powerful conduits of God's love.
November 6, 2012
Restless Heart
This St. Augustine biopic is memorable more for its subject's merit than its own.
September 12, 2012
Back to the Fathers
Every turn in Thomas Oden's theology took him further left, until he came face to face with Augustine and Wesley.
October 21, 2011
Testify!
In nightclubs, coffeehouses, and iPods, true first-person storytelling is becoming a cultural force as it borrows from Christian tradition.
January 7, 2011
Happiness Now!
We can grab hold of joy in this life, not just in heaven, says theologian Ellen Charry. A review of 'God and the Art of Happiness.'
December 14, 2010
A Curious Saint
A new biography helps us sense what life was like for the "pretty weird" and highly influential Julian of Norwich.
August 10, 2010
My Top 5 Biographies of Theologians
Picks from Timothy George, founding dean of Beeson Divinity School.
August 2, 2010
American Idols and Saints
Newsweek, Fox News, and others debate whether the "Christian viewer vote" has become too powerful.
May 25, 2010
Reclaiming St. Patrick's Day
But if we are to choose a social issue for March 17, what would it be?
March 17, 2010
Valentine's Dynamic Love
Our love is most godly when it is against the world for the world.
February 12, 2010
How the Early Church Read the Bible
The church fathers show us how to read Scripture imaginatively.
January 18, 2010
Let us Tell You a Story
Recovering the lost spiritual discipline of reading biographies.
November 6, 2009
Augustine's Origin of Species
How the great theologian might weigh in on the Darwin debate.
May 8, 2009
What We Can Know about Saint Patrick
He wasn't the first to bring Christianity to Ireland, but he was a pivotal figure.
March 17, 2009
IrishWatch
Get into the Saint Patrick's Day mood with an eclectic selection of websites concerning all things Irish.
March 17, 2009
Keeping St. Nick, the Man Not Myth, Alive
More and more churches are finding ways to practice the St. Nicholas story.
December 19, 2008
The Poverty of Love
The desert fathers and mothers would know instantly why our gospel is too small.
April 30, 2008
Red Herring: Mikhail Gorbachev's Not-Quite Conversion
Asking whether the former Soviet leader is a Christian has a long history.
April 4, 2008
A Higher Ecclesiology for Evangelicals
Bryan Litfin, author of Getting to Know the Church Fathers, says that we need to reclaim our spiritual heritage.
October 26, 2007
Moved into the Presence of God
Ruth Graham tells what book has influenced her the most.
June 14, 2007
Saints Gone Wild 
Saints Behaving Badly tells about what went on before saints' conversions.
January 29, 2007
Theology for an Age of Terror
Augustine's words after the 'barbarian' destruction of Rome have a remarkably contemporary ring.
September 1, 2006
How We All Think Like Augustine
Take a mind-blowing journey with the great philosopher-saint in this audio course from the Teaching Company.
March 31, 2006
Erasmus's Revolutionary 'Study Bible'
The spiritual father of so many English Reformers died at the hands of the church he refused to leave.
January 13, 2006
Is It Wrong-Headed to Translate the Gospel for Culture?
Christian History Corner takes on the Christ and culture debate.
October 28, 2005
The Politicians' Patron
As the Roman Catholic patron saint of politicians, Thomas More is not quite a model for all seasons.
October 1, 2004
For All the Saints
A new book reminds us to get our heads and hearts together, in the company of the cloud of witnesses.
June 1, 2004
Mel Gibson's Next Act: The Man of the Passion?
Thousands want Mel to make his next movie about a famous medieval friar.
April 1, 2004
Patrick's Italian Brother
Lost amid the celebration of Patrick is the important story of Benedict, the father of western monasticism.
March 1, 2004
'St. Mugg' and the Wrestling Prophets
A modern British journalist gives us timely words from yesterday's sinner-saints.
March 1, 2004
In Troubled Egypt, Copts Turn to Beloved Saint
The past week, hundreds of thousands of Copts from across the country flocked to the monastery of Mar Girgis, as St. George is known in Arabic, in one of the biggest and most exuberant events of the year for Egypt's Christians. (ABC News)
Opinion: It’s time to fast-track sainthood for Pope John XXIII
None of John Paul II's achievements would have been possible if Pope John XIII had not ended Catholicism’s war with modernity by calling the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s. (E. J. Dionne, The Washington Post)
Opinion: Pope John Paul II and the Arab Spring
If he were still alive, John Paul would view the current upheavals in North Africa and the Middle East with hope. (Andrew Nagorski, The Wall Street Journal)
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