The Surprising Staying Power of Dispensationalism
As a school of theology, it’s in decline. As a cultural and political force, it’s more influential than ever.
The Little-Known History of Evangelicals’ Changing Israel Views
Responses by Christian leaders to today’s war in the Holy Land are 50 years in the making.
Close Encounters of the Elite Institutional Kind
How a contested alien abduction claim from the 1960s helps explain modern cynicism toward credentialed experts and organizations.
Cuando la mejor herramienta de lectura bíblica empeoró la lectura de la Biblia
Las inesperadas consecuencias de las concordancias ofrecen una advertencia a los cristianos de hoy.
Rainn Wilson’s Spiritual Revolution Gets Spirituality Partly Right and Jesus Mostly Wrong
“The Office” star offers a welcome critique of privatized faith. His other ideas are harder to swallow.
Christian Influence Is Only One Explanation for America’s ‘Special Relationship’ with Israel
But here, as in other foreign-policy debates, Christians are well equipped to mediate between competing theories.
When the Best Bible-Reading Tool Made Bible Reading Worse
The unintended consequences of concordances offers a warning to Christians today.
A Religious Movement Divided Against Itself (Probably) Cannot Stand
Liberal Protestants built a global elite in the 20th century. Its fracturing holds a caution for evangelicals today.
America Has Tried Three ‘Narratives of Belonging.’ None Worked as Planned.
How a sober look at failed projects of nationalism can help Christians envision a better way.
Is Jemar Tisby’s Bestselling Book About Racism a Fluke?
Publishers tried for years to get evangelical readers to care. Then one succeeded.