Christianity’s sheer familiarity has desensitized us to its radicalness. Larry Hurtado aims to show how the “odd” became “commonplace,” by surveying the first three centuries of the Jesus movement. Continue Reading »
Today is a day to honor those who didn't get to come home. Continue Reading »
America’s conservative Christians should consider not only joining the vigils, but also visiting Ahok in his jail cell. Continue Reading »
Even chaotic debate (about cloning, gene therapy, and three-parent embryos) is preferable to our current, aimless drift. Continue Reading »
A removal of Trump would, absent some great show of wisdom from our elites, contribute to the embittering of our politics. Continue Reading »
This art of verbal jousting does not fit in the postmodern world, so concerned with providing safe spaces. Continue Reading »
This great country has come a long way from when Jews had to choose between their jobs and the Ten Commandments. Let us not let the Trump media frenzy take us back to that unpleasant time. Continue Reading »
When an entire continent—healthier, wealthier, and more secure than ever before—deliberately chooses sterility, the most basic cause for that must lie in the realm of the human spirit, in a certain souring about the very mystery of being. Continue Reading »
Saul’s dread of his younger rival transforms Saul into a power-grasping tyrant. Continue Reading »
Browsing the Catholic News Archive, you’ll notice how much things have changed—and not always for the better. Continue Reading »
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