Latest Articles
What preachers get wrong and Peter gets right about the Transfiguration
If Peter is wrong in his response to his mountaintop spiritual experience—as so many sermons suggest—why doesn’t Jesus rebuke him?
, 
A roominess within the soul
In the Bible, freedom is always more than a simple choice or the absence of coercion.
What kind of freedom does a republic promise?
American liberty has been corrupted, and it’s up to us to restore it.
My church and its two different Lents
Our lives are overstuffed, and we desperately need to fast.
A more intimate portrait of Bonhoeffer
Diane Reynolds’s book would be worth its price for its insistence on noticing the women at every turn in Bonhoeffer’s life.
Reprove thy neighbor (Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; Matthew 5:38-48)
It's not immediately clear what this command means.
Perfection really is overrated
It is the ultimate in human foolishness when we think we need to be perfect in order to earn God’s love or anyone else’s.
The Century invites reader submissions
The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives on the topics storm and door.
Alternative facts in Bonhoeffer’s Germany
Bonhoeffer is speaking to his social context, which is shaped by Nazi propaganda. But what he interrogates in Of Folly parallels our current discourse labeled as post-truth or alternative facts.
The roots and branches of the sanctuary movement
“We weren’t trying to break the law. We were offering humanitarian assistance.”