Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
June 23, 1683: English Quaker William Penn, an advocate of peace and religious toleration, signs a treaty with the American Indians of Pennsylvania. Voltaire said the agreement was the only treaty never sworn to and never broken.
June 23, 1780: American troops, using hymnal pages from the First Presbyterian Church for gun wadding, stops the British advance on Springfield, New Jersey (see issue 50: American Revolution).
Six Christian leaders reflect on the civil rights giant’s triumphs and tragedies.
News
An Ecuadorian immigrant with legal status fell into a detention “black hole.” Church leaders across the country tried to pull him out.
The Bulletin
The future of artificial intelligence, Trump repeals landmark climate finding, and the existence of aliens.
CT condemned the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade and questioned the seriousness of Watergate.
The former senator is battling cancer. Losing him would be one more sign that a certain kind of conservatism—and a certain kind of politics—is disappearing.
Kenoly fused global sounds with contemporary worship music, inspiring decades of praise.
Review
The contemporary Christian film sequel explores life after writing a megahit, asking whether hardship can bear good fruit.