History

High Time for an Honest Conversation about THC

Legal cannabis may be here to stay, but the Christian conversation is just getting started.

Learning to Forgive the Country That Oppressed Mine

On Korea’s 80th Liberation Day, I exhort fellow evangelicals to view Korea and Japan’s relationship through one of Jesus’ parables.

The Christian Women Who Helped Build the American West

Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants.

Jesus People and the Vibe Shift

Half a century ago, established churches looked askance at young men newly interested in Jesus. Let us welcome and exhort them today.

Why Pro-Life Black Christians Rejected Pro-Life Politics

Black and white Christians in America could have been allies in the fight for life across racial and partisan lines. Post-Dobbs, can we learn from recent history?

Today in Christian History

September 6

September 6, 1620: With 101 colonists and 48 crew members aboard, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England. Thirty-five colonists board ship, Separatists from Leiden, Holland, and later known as the Pilgrims (see issue 41: The American Puritans).

September 6, 1651: Obadiah Holmes, who had been arrested for preaching Baptist doctrine, is given 30 lashes with a three-corded whip in Boston Commons. During the beating, he was so filled with divine joy that he told the magistrates, “You have struck me with roses.” His punishment occasioned the conversion of Henry Dunster, president of Harvard, to the Baptists, and led to the founding of Boston’s first Baptist church.

Learning to Forgive the Country That Oppressed Mine

On Korea’s 80th Liberation Day, I exhort fellow evangelicals to view Korea and Japan’s relationship through one of Jesus’ parables.

The Christian Women Who Helped Build the American West

Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants.

Jesus People and the Vibe Shift

Half a century ago, established churches looked askance at young men newly interested in Jesus. Let us welcome and exhort them today.

Why Pro-Life Black Christians Rejected Pro-Life Politics

Black and white Christians in America could have been allies in the fight for life across racial and partisan lines. Post-Dobbs, can we learn from recent history?

PEOPLE IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY

Dorothy Sayers

Mystery writer and apologist

Augustine of Hippo

Architect of the Middle Ages

C.S. Lewis

Scholar, author, and apologist

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German theologian and resister

Athanasius

Five-time exile for fighting “orthodoxy”

Harriet Tubman

The “Moses” of Her People

Catherine Booth

Compelling preacher and co-founder of the Salvation Army

William Wilberforce

Antislavery politician

John Knox

Presbyterian with a sword

Dwight L. Moody

Revivalist with a common touch

Billy Graham

Evangelist to millions

Thomas à Kempis

Author of the most popular devotional classic

Perpetua

High society believer

Justin Martyr

Defender of the “true philosophy”

John of the Cross

Spanish mystic of the soul’s dark night

Teresa of Avila

Carmelite mystic and feisty administrator

Oswald Chambers

Preacher who gave his utmost

Joan of Arc

The courageous and controversial teenager who saved her country

Søren Kierkegaard

Christian existentialist

My Grandfather’s Greatest Legacy

His life as a pastor in rust-belt Illinois was rich in service, dignity, and the imitation of Christ. I want to follow in his steps.

Frederick Douglass Found His Mission in the Black Church

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their full humanity.

Ten Years After Charleston

Chris Singleton’s mother was killed at the Mother Emanuel church shooting a decade ago. He’s still preaching unity and love.

The Religious Roots of Hoosier Hysteria

Indiana’s storied basketball tradition was built on equality and faith—but only for some.

The Country We Could Have Had

An America without immigrants is a lesser America.

Remembering Cherokee Tears and Dying Groans

How some Christians warned about and mourned the Trail of Tears.

The Man Who Taught Us Orphan Care

Charles Loring Brace revolutionized America’s understanding and treatment of poor children—and he did it all for Christ.

Nailing Down the Truth of Christ’s Crucifixion

Apologizing for what I got wrong reporting on an idiosyncratic view on how Jesus died.

The Limits of Open Letters

American evangelicals love big statements—but we must first do the slow work of institution building and local discipleship.

MLK’s Famous Letter Changed a DC Church

A newly discovered note from CT’s first editor, Carl Henry, shows how King’s Birmingham Jail missive shifted a white pastor’s view on integration.

Was Jesus Crucified with Nails?

Why one evangelical Bible scholar thinks the answer might be no.

The Dean of American Church Historians

Memories and reflections on Martin E. Marty, a scholar of remarkable influence, kindness, and wit, from a friend and colleague of 50 years.

The Broken Promise of ‘40 Acres and a Mule’

In dealing with its Black citizens, America has acted not with the faithfulness of God but with the deceit of Laban.

The Truth of a Love Supreme

Our politics are bitter and retributive. In the Christians of the Civil Rights Movement, we have a model of a better way.

Robin Hood, Luigi Mangione, and Jesus

The alleged assassin has been widely compared to the outlaw hero. There are similarities—but real differences between this ethic and Christ’s.

Southern Border Gothic

ICE agents arrested a Honduran man at his church in Georgia. As Augustine chronicled after the sack of Rome, even the Visigoths never stooped to that.

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