Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
How a gay atheist teenager found Jesus, how a Southern Baptist Bible teacher is shaking up her denomination, and why our editor in chief spoke out against Trump.
This year’s top articles reflected the biggest political stories in the US, the importance of forgiveness and justice, and why we need a better word than “sharing” the gospel. Readers were also interested in hearing more about Kanye’s conversion, Beth Moore and women’s role in the church, and what a current US senator thinks about an ancient heresy. In case you missed our most-read pieces of 2019, here they are, listed in reverse order with the most popular at the bottom.
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.
