Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
July 20, 1054: Patriarch of Constantinople Michael Cerularius, having been excommunicated from the Roman church four Days earlier, excommunicates Pope Leo IX and his followers. This precipitates the Great Schism (see issue 54: Eastern Orthodoxy).
July 20, 1910: The Christian Endeavor Society of Missouri begins a campaign to ban all motion pictures that depicted kissing between nonrelatives.
Wire Story
Following a string of scandals, the accusations against Archbishop Steve Wood come amid plans for the denomination to overhaul its abuse response.
The Russell Moore Show
Russell takes a listener’s question about church membership and the Communion table.
Slow Theology highlights how a long obedience in the same direction grows.
News
The administration’s compact with universities would freeze tuition for five years and cap the number of international students, among other measures.
An explainer on sectarianism, and how it keeps the region divided.
Being Human
Unlocking prayer, presence, and relational wisdom
The Bulletin
Controversial Republican texts, Anglican Communion splits, and George Santos’s sentence is commuted.
Review
A Lutheran pastor identifies five false teachings that threaten to corrupt the church’s public witness.