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Our Perennial Political Temptation

Reckoning with a half-century of American evangelicals’ pursuit of a “seat at the table.”

How Evangelicals Became a Voting Bloc

Evangelical voters’ focus on policy over character came much earlier than you think.

Politicians, You Keep Saying ‘City on A Hill’

But it doesn’t mean what you think it means.

Wire Story

Died: Former NAE President Arthur Gay, Who Introduced Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’ Speech

The longtime Illinois pastor led the National Association of Evangelicals and World Relief around the fall of the Soviet Union.

From the Archives: Mikhail Gorbachev and Christianity

A selection of articles on the late leader’s global legacy.

Review

The Most Famous Metaphor of American Exceptionalism Is a Warning, Not a Boast

John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill” language wasn’t meant to puff up his hearers with pride but to send a chill down their spines.

The Embattled Career of Dr. Koop

Despite political pressures, the surgeon general was out to fight disease, not people.

Ronald Reagan’s Mission Trip to Moscow

At the close of the Cold War, the American president embarked on a personal crusade to promote religious liberty in the U.S.S.R.

Hot Words in the Cold War

In his controversial “Evil Empire” speech, Ronald Reagan sought to re-moralize America’s conflict with the Soviet Union.

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