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An "Ordinary Saint" in Wartime
William Wilberforce saw two long charitable campaigns through, even in war's distracting shadow
By Chris Armstrong
Posted November 8, 2002
Coming to America
Commentators who call proposed INS policies an unprecedented invasion of privacy forget what foreign visitors were asked 80 years ago, and why.
by Elesha Coffman
Posted June 14, 2002
The Profligate Provocateur
In the twelfth century, an intellectual challenge to church authority proved much more dangerous than a sex scandal.
by Elesha Coffman
Posted April 19, 2002
Spurgeon's Epiphany
The event he recounted more than 280 times in his sermons first occurred on January 6, 1850.
by Mary Ann Jeffreys
Posted January 04, 2002
The Communion Test
How a "Humble Inquiry" into the nature of the church cost Jonathan Edwards his job.
by Elesha Coffman
posted June 22, 2001
Mega-ministers
If they figured out a way to meet, Bill Hybels and fourth-century preaching star John Chrysostom would have a lot to talk about.
by Elesha Coffman
posted June 15, 2001
Beyond Pearl Harbor
How God caught up with the man who led Japan's surprise attack.
by Elesha Coffman
posted June 1, 2001
Plus: Read Fuchida's testimony, "From Pearl Harbor to Calvary".
Intro to the Inklings
Meet C.S. Lewis's coterie of close friends and sharp critics.
by Elesha Coffman
posted May 18, 2001
Innovating with the Flow
By combining some of the best religious ideas of their day into a cohesive movement, John and Charles Wesley became just the pioneers England was looking for.
by Elesha Coffman
February 9-15, 2001
Church vs. Galileo
From 131 Christians Everyone Should Know, by Mark Galli and Ted Olsen.
by Elesha Coffman
January 5-11, 2001
The Saga of St. Chad
If anyone should be named patron saint of botched elections, ironically, it's Chad.
by Elesha Coffman
Week of November 24 - December 1, 2000
Accidental Radical
Jan Hus's ideas were so sound, it's amazing they were ever considered revolutionary.
by Elesha Coffman
Week of November 17-23, 2000
Sacrifice at Sea
The untold story of a true Titanic hero.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, August 11, 2000
The Fifth Evangelist
Besides being the baroque era's greatest organist and composer, J.S. Bach was a theologian who just happened to work with a keyboard.
by Mark Galli
CH, July 28, 2000
Like Father, Like Son
A look at the Mathers—three generations of ministers who maintained a virtual dynasty over New England Puritanism for nearly a century.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, June 16, 2000
Maniac or Martyr?
John Brown was a man you either loved or hated, feared or followed.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, May 5, 2000
Dietrich's Friend Eberhard
Most of what we know about Dietrich Bonhoeffer came from the pen of his closest confidant, Eberhard Bethge.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, April 28, 2000
Modernism's Moses
"The question," conservative J. Gresham Machen once said of Harry Emerson Fosdick, "is not whether Dr. Fosdick is winning men, but whether the thing he is winning them to is Christianity."
by Bruce Shelley
CH, March 10, 2000
The Man They Made a Monkey
How "The Great Commoner," William Jennings Bryan, won a battle but lost a war.
by Bruce Shelley
CH, March 3, 2000
The Caged Bird Wrote
Phillis Wheatley's life would make for a fairly depressing TV miniseries, but her inner strength and contributions to African American literature shouldn't be overlooked.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, February 11, 2000
A Cave of One's Own
The story of Thecla highlights the difficulty of reporting on early female monastics.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, February 4, 2000
For Better or Worse
The Anglican Church's struggle with divorce is nothing new—just consider King Henry VIII.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, January 28, 2000
Out With the Old?
Cardinals are supposed to retire at age 80, but popes are popes for life—except Celestine V.
by Elesha Coffman
CH, January 21, 2000
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