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Brian Scroggins, disaster manager, cares for Las Vegas survivors
Since the day after the mass shooting, Scroggins has organized donations, kept track of the 500 wounded, and organized the services of ministers.
Amid evangelical decline, split grows between young adults and church elders
Only 11 percent of evangelicals are younger than 30, according to a recent study.
Cross-shaped memorial is unconstitutional, court rules
Three secularist organizations objected to goverment funds maintaining the 40-foot-high World War I memorial.
I can't throw and catch at the same time
What kind of church doesn't have Sunday school? An honest one.
Amy Tan on writing, family, and writing about family
Some parents are horrified when their children write books that air family secrets. Not Daisy Tan.
Prepare the way of the Lord
When we live in God’s grace, the distinction between wilderness and city collapses.
God knows our names (Isaiah 45:1-7)
We want to know God, but we also want to be known.
Civil rights leader Gil Caldwell calls on Duke Divinity to confront its past
More than 60 years ago, the divinity school denied Caldwell admission because he is black.
8 recent films that take on the church
Across the globe, cinematic portrayals of Christianity are increasingly emphasizing its faults.
William Barber and Liz Theoharis take the Poor People’s Campaign on the road
The campaign is confronting four interlocking issues: systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation.
The rise and fall of Emmanuel Carrère’s faith
The Kingdom is a mess, but it refuses to be wholly dismissed.
Continued killing of Copts heightens debate over meaning of martyrdom
Some members of the 2,000-year-old church worry that the veneration of those martyred by militants goes too far.
November 26, Reign of Christ A (Matthew 25:31-46)
The criteria for separating sheep from goats do not include a confession of faith.
What I found when I packed up my office
Some things are worth keeping precisely because they will soon turn to dust.
Americans have never agreed on what religious freedom means
Peyote use has been defended with religious liberty arguments. So has Bible reading in public schools.
What’s behind the New Testament?
There is abundant documentation of the intertestamental period. We just haven't read it.
What will make us better humans?
As I think about all of the complex questions we have ahead of us concerning downsizing, restructuring, property, and buildings, I’ve begun to have one guiding question.
Being Muslim at an American airport
When I fly I smile a lot, type only in English, and pretend I'm not reading a book about the rise of ISIS.