Theology

A Hurricane Doesn’t Tell Us Who to Hate

What natural disasters reveal about God and neighbor.

Public Theology Project

How the โ€˜Jezebel Spiritโ€™ Keeps Empowering Sin

The phrase is convenient for demonizing womenโ€”while teaching people to excuse immorality.

The Cross in an Age of โ€˜Spiritual Derangementโ€™

Twentieth century theologian P.T. Forsythโ€™s work reminds Christians today to put the cross before and the world behind.

Reading Scripture through Embodied Eyes

Engaging our senses can help us connect with the Bible in a more holistic way.

Public Theology Project

The Uneasy Conscience of Christian Nationalism

Instead of worldly control of society, Christ calls for renewed hearts.

Some of Christianityโ€™s Biggest Skeptics Are Becoming Vocal Converts

These โ€œNew Christiansโ€ are the result of apologetic work spanning decades. But is their faith merely intellectual?

Public Theology Project

Will Your Presidential Vote Send You to Hell?

Decisions made on Election Day have implications for Judgment Day. But letโ€™s not confuse one day for the other.

10 Prayers for a Volatile Election Season

From apathy to anger, how we pray for our country and its citizens matters.

THEOLOGIANS IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY

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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

Joseph and the Unintended Authoritarian Politics

His economic policies were later used by Pharoah to oppress the Hebrews in Exodus. What can this teach us about politics today?

Boomers: Serve Like Your Whole Life Is Ahead of You

What will our generation do with the increased life expectancy God has blessed us with?

Choose This (Labor) Day Whom You Will Serve

Exodus reminds us that our work can be exploitative, idolatrous, or kingdom oriented.

Public Theology Project

When to Respond to Slander (and When to Ignore It)

Correcting the record or remaining silent both involve the same thing: seeking to know Jesus.

Featured Books

Safety Shouldnโ€™t Come First

by Jeremy Lundgren

A Pastorโ€™s Wife Was Murdered. God Had Prepared Him for It.

by Davey Blackburn, Levi Lusko

Sincerely, Your Spiritual Mentor

by Brad East

Tracing the Bibleโ€™s History Through Time and Space

by Bruce Gordon

Itโ€™s a Theological World After All

We need trained theologians to help us think through ideological and ethical questions in light of Godโ€™s Word and world.

Public Theology Project

How a TikTok Trad Wife Decodes Our Cultural Moment

A viral video reminds us that God works through disciples, not edgelords.

Public Theology Project

Why the American Church Canโ€™t Fix Loneliness

Broken bonds and burned bridges canโ€™t be mended by imaginary networks of relationships.

N.T. Wright: What Jesus Would Say to the โ€˜Empireโ€™ Today

How Jesus and the Powers, cowritten with Michael F. Bird, calls Christians into the political sphere.

Wanted: No Visa Issues, Fast Wi-Fi, and a Ballroom that Inspires Intimacy with God

Global Christian organizations scour the world in search of the best conference sites.

Some Evangelicals Are Leaving Protestantism for Other Traditions

A number of high-profile Christians have converted to Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. What is driving them away?

Homeschooling for the Common Good

I never thought Iโ€™d be a homeschool parent, not least because I support public education. An improbable shift changed my perspective.

News

Died: Doris Brougham, Missionary Who Taught English to Taiwan

For more than 70 years, Brougham used Studio Classroom and her trumpet to introduce Taiwan to Jesus.

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