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We Need the Doctrine of Hell
The harsh reality shows us our depths of depravity and the depth of Christ’s redemption.
Public Theology Project
8 Things I’ve Learned About How to Make a Major Life Decision
Russell Moore on the mid-level choices that perplex us.
Public Theology Project
Against the Casinofication of the Church
The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins told me about problems that feel eerily similar to what I see in the church.
Just War Theory Is Supposed to Be Frustrating
The venerable theological tradition makes war slower, riskier, costlier, and less efficient—and that’s the point.
What Is Godly Resistance?
Exodus’s midwives can teach us a lot about how to fear God more than the king.
Public Theology Project
Trump’s AI Jesus Might Be the Messiah We’ve Been Looking For
Perhaps this blasphemous image can expose what we’ve become—and, ironically, lead the way back to what’s real.
Public Theology Project
The Bible Doesn’t Justify War Crimes
Old Testament warfare ultimately points us to the Cross, where God’s justice and mercy meet in Christ.
The Rebellious Act of Rolling Back the Stone
From Jesus to angels to the apostles, Resurrection Day instructs us on earthly and heavenly authority.
Featured Books
The Cross that Saves and Heals
Good Friday’s message to a wounded world.
The Scandal and Grace of Christ’s Saturday in the Grave
How Fyodor Dostoevsky saw the whole story of redemption in Holbein’s painting of the dead Jesus.
The Eternal Meaning of the Cup
Across the church, our Communion practices reveal a broken world and anticipate the one to come.
Theologians in Christian History
Anselm
Reluctant bishop with a remarkable mind
Martin Luther
Passionate reformer
Thomas Aquinas
The brilliant “dumb ox”
Augustine of Hippo
Architect of the Middle Ages
John Calvin
Father of the Reformed faith
Athanasius
Five-time exile for fighting “orthodoxy”
Karl Barth
Courageous theologian
Every Head Bowed, Every Eye Closed
Is the way we talk to God for our comfort or for his glory?
Public Theology Project
Stop Being Anxious About Your Anxiety
Jesus meets our worries with reassurance, not rebuke.
‘We’re God’s Guerilla Warriors’
Theologian Fleming Rutledge sits down with CT’s Ashley Hales to discuss the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, and how Christianity isn’t self-help.
Urgency Is Not Faithfulness
A church that quickly reacts to every controversy is echoing the culture, not God’s Word.
Public Theology Project
Why John Perkins Stood (Almost) Alone
The civil rights leader treated love of God and love for others as inseparable.
Teaching ‘the Mystery of Joy’ to Protestants and Catholics
Philosopher Peter Kreeft, like Augustine, gains a reading from both sides of the Reformation.
Public Theology Project
Why I Changed My Mind on Bible Prophecy and Politics
“It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.”
A More Literal View of ‘the Body of Christ’
Scripture’s description of the church is more than a comparison to human anatomy.
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