Theology

The Eternal Meaning of the Cup

John Anthony Dunne

Across the church, our Communion practices reveal a broken world and anticipate the one to come.

Every Head Bowed, Every Eye Closed

Is the way we talk to God for our comfort or for his glory?

Public Theology Project

Stop Being Anxious About Your Anxiety

Jesus meets our worries with reassurance, not rebuke.

Urgency Is Not Faithfulness

Thomas Anderson

A church that quickly reacts to every controversy is echoing the culture, not God’s Word.

Public Theology Project

Why John Perkins Stood (Almost) Alone

The civil rights leader treated love of God and love for others as inseparable.

Teaching ‘the Mystery of Joy’ to Protestants and Catholics

Philosopher Peter Kreeft, like Augustine, gains a reading from both sides of the Reformation.

Public Theology Project

Why I Changed My Mind on Bible Prophecy and Politics

“It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.”

A More Literal View of ‘the Body of Christ’

Thomas Anderson

Scripture’s description of the church is more than a comparison to human anatomy.

Theologians in Christian History

Anselm

Reluctant bishop with a remarkable mind

Martin Luther

Passionate reformer

Thomas Aquinas

The brilliant “dumb ox”

Augustine of Hippo

Architect of the Middle Ages

John Calvin

Father of the Reformed faith

Athanasius

Five-time exile for fighting “orthodoxy”

Karl Barth

Courageous theologian

Communion, Sex, and God’s Created Order

Kyle Wells

Our bundled partisanship misses Scripture’s focus on the body.

‘We’re God’s Guerilla Warriors’

Interview by Ashley Hales

Theologian Fleming Rutledge sits down with CT’s Ashley Hales to discuss the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and how Christianity isn’t self-help.

Public Theology Project

This Easter, Let’s Lose Our Hope

We need more than reassurance, punditry, or prediction.

Public Theology Project

What the Iran War Could Do to Your Soul

War, in every case, is hell. Let’s watch out for ourselves, lest it also make us hellish.

Featured Books

We Need More Than Generalities About Beauty and Justice

by Haejin Shim Fujimura, Makoto Fujimura

The Meaning of Your Life Can’t Rest on You

by Arthur C. Brooks

When ‘Nothing’ Happens

by Kyle Strobel, John Coe

We Aren’t Just Disenchanted. We Are Desecrated.

by Carl Trueman

What Kids Think About God Matters

by Sam Luce, Hunter Williams

Trashing Evangelicals Is No Way to Fight Conspiracism

by Jared Stacy PhD

The Prosperity Gospel of Comfortable College Grads

It’s easy to see the errors of health-and-wealth grifters. But a subtler addition to the gospel misleads many believers.

Public Theology Project

What If Aliens Are Real? A Thought Experiment

I don’t know how likely extraterrestrial life might be. But no matter what, the truth of Christianity will stand.

A Russian Drone Killed My Brother. Is the World Tired of Our Suffering?

Taras Dyatlik

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a Ukrainian theologian meditates on self-interested calls for a comfortable peace.

Public Theology Project

Your Understanding of Calling Is About to Change Radically

You can do little about what artificial intelligence is doing around you, but you can do something about you.

Christian Doctrine in 70 Hebrew Words

Martin Luther called Psalm 110 the core of Scripture for its 7 short verses of foundational doctrine.

Public Theology Project

Jeffrey Epstein and the Myth of the Culture Wars

Some leaders of different political stripes teach us to hate each other, but they’re playing for the same team.

We’re Not Made to Outlast Time

Bohye Kim

At the Korean Lunar New Year, everyone turns a year older. Psalm 103 frames aging as a sign of God’s sustenance.

We Are Not Workhorses

Xiaoli Yang

In a culture that champions power, Proverbs 21:31 reframes what strength and victory look like for Chinese Christians.

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