River

Charles Cameron

Water into wine,
wine into blood, blood into
love, love into light …

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Books & Culture September/October 2012 Issue

The Chain of Belonging

Making Tea

Recommended Reading

Laura Bramon Good

Letters

The Face of the Nation

Stranger in a Strange Land: John Wilson

The Man Who Delivered the Computer

The Unknown Solzhenitsyn

Edward E. Ericson, Jr.

Reliable Narrator

Alissa Wilkinson

Sisters at War

Betty Smartt Carter

A Many-Sided Man

Stephen H. Webb

Beyond the Law

Leslie Leyland Fields

The New History of Methodism

Bruce Hindmarsh

Signs & Wonders

Christology, Christian Learning, and Christian Formation

Nicholas Wolterstorff

In the Soup

Peter T. Chattaway

Why Care?

Kendra Langdon Juskus

Color Blindness

Why Religious Liberty Matters

Allen D. Hertzke

Itching Ears

Neurohormonal Wars

Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen

In the Land of Ashes

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The Just Life with Benjamin Watson and Russell Moore

The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Angela Stanton King: Mothers, Babies and The Measure of Justice

Benjamin Watson

How ordinary people can create extraordinary change and why serving moms and protecting children belongs at the heart of justice.

Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall on September 04, 2025.

The National Guard Won’t Fix Our Crime Problem

Lasting solutions come when we draw near to victims and seek God’s help in prayer.

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News

Most Men Are Pro-Life. Activists Want Them to Speak Up.

Programs seek to help fathers voice opinions and take responsibility.

People gather around the memorial space during a Charlie Kirk vigil at Burlington Commons on September 17, 2025 in Burlington, Kentucky.

Analysis

For Kirk’s Fans, Provocation Wasn’t the Point

Young Christians in Kentucky remember how he treated question-askers and critics.

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How Then Shall America Pray?

The White House’s new prayer initiative reveals much about our national character.

The Bulletin

Online Gaming, Loneliness, and Remembering 9/11

Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Episode 209

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News

Harvest Christian Fellowship Accused of Negligence in Romania

Daniel Silliman

Church responds to lawsuits claiming abuse in orphanages it supported: “The target here should be the alleged perpetrator, not our church.”

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A Christian Pleads for Her Brother’s Life on Singapore’s Death Row

Convicted on drug trafficking charges, Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman was baptized in prison.