Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
February 11, 1790: The Society of Friends (Quakers) presents a petition to Congress calling for the abolition of slavery.
February 11, 1858: Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant from Lourdes, France, experiences her first vision of the Virgin Mary. By July she had 18 similar visions.
February 11, 1929: The Lateran Treaty is signed by Mussolini and the Holy See, recognizing Vatican City as a sovereign state. At a mere 109 acres, it became the smallest nation in the world.
The Bulletin
Americans’ growing frustrations with Israel, Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million, and the popularity of John Mark Comer.
News
An interview with Sunday Bobai Agang about the lessons he learned from his abduction last month.
News
An NBA player’s fall resurrects an old anxiety: When does talking about faith become “detrimental conduct”?
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.
The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.