Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
August 18, 1688: John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim’s Progress preaches his last sermon, in London (see issue 11: John Bunyan).
August 18, 1732: In an emotional farewell service, Moravian Christians at Herrnhut sing 100 hymns and commission Leonard Dober and David Nitschmann as missionaries to slaves in the West Indies. Herrnhut, a community of only 600 members sent more than 70 missionaries between 1732 and 1742 (see issue 1: Nicolaus Zinzendorf).
News
Young people are using social media to spread the gospel and denounce the Communist regime.
Public Theology Project
The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins told me about problems that feel eerily similar to what I see in the church.
Wire Story
Women still dominate church pews, but studies find that devotion among Gen Z women has cooled to levels on par with Gen Z men.
From Pat Robertson’s soap opera to creation science, CT reported evangelical efforts to go mainstream in 1982.
The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.
The Russell Moore Show
How should the church address infertility and childlessness?
Young men are looking for online presence. The church needs to offer more than weekly breakfasts.
Wire Story
A survey found denominational differences in pastors’ use of the technology, as well as widespread skepticism about its reliability.