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).
Analysis
Jewish-Christian friendships offer solace and solidarity after antisemitic violence.
Lebanon’s civil war is a taboo subject. A group of Christians and Muslims is broaching it.
Review
Artistically, it’s ambitious. Narratively, it works. But it’s no “The Prince of Egypt.”
Christmastime comes with its own losses and longings. God understands them.
The Russell Moore Show
What if the most radical thing about Christmas isn’t that God came near—but that he came to serve?
Excerpt
Meet the unlikely characters who defined this musical classic.
News
After Myanmar’s military raided a compound, a network of ministries helps trafficking victims return home.
Technologies like AI privilege “growth” and “effectiveness” over imagination and inefficiency. God operates differently.