Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
June 10, 1692: Bridget Bishop becomes the first of 19 suspected witches hanged during the "Salem Witch Trials" (see issue 41: American Puritans).
June 10, 1854: James Augustine Healy is ordained the first African-American priest in Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral. In 1875 he became the first African-American bishop in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Bulletin
Controversial Republican texts, Anglican Communion splits, and George Santos’s sentence is commuted.
Review
A Lutheran pastor identifies five false teachings that threaten to corrupt the church’s public witness.
In its first full year of publication, CT looked at Civil Rights, Cold War satellites, artificial insemination, and carefully planned evangelism.
News
Gen Z–led protests on the African island nation led to a military takeover.
News
Locals see the price of flour rise and fall as truce is strained and some borders remain closed.
News
Meanwhile, the GOP candidate draws from Trump’s playbook to focus on transgender issues in schools.
Scrupulosity latches onto the thing we hold most dear—our relationship with God.
The two-actor play uses C. S. Lewis’s classic work to warn people—especially Christians—about the dangers of lukewarm faith.