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.
The Russell Moore Show
What if the most radical thing about Christmas isn’t that God came near—but that he came to serve?
Excerpt
Meet the unlikely characters who defined this musical classic.
News
After Myanmar’s military raided a compound, a network of ministries helps trafficking victims return home.
Technologies like AI privilege “growth” and “effectiveness” over imagination and inefficiency. God operates differently.
News
Australian Christians are finding ways to support the Jewish community after an ISIS-motivated shooting killed 15.
News
God “draws near to us in our suffering,” local pastor Scott Axtmann preached after Saturday’s deadly attack. Area ministries were active too.
The Bulletin
Shootings prompt a conversation about antisemitism and violence, and Being Human’s Steve Cuss discusses God’s hospitality.
Review
Steven Félix-Jäger’s new volume on biblical, aesthetic, theological, and pastoral considerations in worship will serve many churches.