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The House and Its Builder
A new sanctuary in Oklahoma, carved to tell the Bible’s story, raises an old question about who does the building.
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Goodbye, ‘Sam’s Club’ Megachurch. Hello, Stained Glass.
Trinity Presbyterian finally has a church building of its own. That building has arches. And carved hammerbeams that tell the story of the Bible. Just northeast of Tulsa, in Owasso, Oklahoma, the PCA congregation has met in many locations since it was established in 2011. Twelve,
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The Word Made Clear
When someone labours over how Scripture looks on the page, they join an old and quiet work: helping people read.
Died: Klaus Krogh, Pioneer in Bible Design and Accessibility
Klaus Krogh, cofounder of the graphic design company 2K/Denmark, died October 6 at age 74, after spending more than four decades creating beautiful and accessible Bibles. His typefaces appear in Bibles around the world. Krogh believed that better Bible aesthetics and readability
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Ready to Answer: Giving the Reason for Our Hope
When we are asked what we believe and why, Scripture calls us to answer with both clarity and gentleness.
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The Reason for the Hope You Have
When someone asks you why you believe, Scripture tells you not only what to say but how to say it.
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The Reason for the Hope You Have
When someone asks why you believe, Peter tells us how to answer — and the manner matters as much as the words.
Next Bishop of Jarrow announced
Downing Street has today announced that the Reverend Dr Jitesh Patel has been appointed the next Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow following approval by His Majesty the King. Jitesh (pictured above) succeeds the Right Reverend Sarah Clark who moved to become Bishop of Ely earlier this y
Pastor Interrogated Over Christian Doctrine in Chilling Religious Freedom Warning
What happens when a government investigation stops examining what Christians did and starts interrogating what Christians believe? That is the religious liberty alarm now being sounded after an Australian pastor faced questions from lawmakers not merely about political activity,
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With God All Things Are Possible
A familiar line of encouragement turns out, in its own setting, to be about something harder than success.
UK Christians Question Using the Term Christian Nationalism
While advising the bishops of the Church of England on the term Christian nationalism earlier this year, Luke Bretherton, regius professor of moral and pastoral theology at the University of Oxford, had a straightforward piece of advice: Don’t use it. “The term Christian national
Jay-Z’s Foray into Gospel Music Met with Skepticism
Veteran gospel recording artist Marvin Sapp announced in July his new distribution deal with Roc Nation, the entertainment company founded by rapper and businessman Jay-Z. The partnership, Sapp remarked at the time, is a “reminder that—as the scripture says—with God all things ar
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At the Jordan: Reading the Baptism of Jesus
Before Jesus spoke a word in public ministry, he stepped into a river and let himself be baptized, and the Gospel of Matthew tells us what happened next.
Pastor, Senate Nominee Adam Hamilton Says It’s ‘OK’ Not to Believe in Virgin Birth
Something terrifying is happening around one of Christianity’s most foundational beliefs. Scripture warned long ago that a time would come when sound doctrine would be challenged. Pastor Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas and longtime pastor of the me
Biblical Archaeology Points to the ‘True Place’ Where Jesus Was Baptized
For nearly 2,000 years, Christians have read the biblical account of Jesus stepping into the Jordan River to be baptized by John the Baptist. Now, an archaeologist says ancient ruins, centuries-old records, and Scripture itself are converging on the location of that defining mome
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The Warning and the Question
Before Jesus named what was dangerous, he turned his disciples toward the one question that mattered most.
How to Confront Social Ills Without Demonizing Others
After warning his disciples to beware of getting subtly infected with the toxic doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees, Jesus asked, “Who do people say that I, the Son of Man, am?” (Matt. 16:13, NKJV throughout). Our Lord knew the Jewish religious rulers stressed the law, posses
“Can Religion Save Democracy”? Yes, But Not Like This.
Two galvanizing events, 25 years apart, convinced many people that religious faith poses an existential threat to American democracy. On September 11, 2001, it was Islamic theology that motivated the terror attacks aimed at the World Trade Center, the White House, and the Capitol
How the Trinity Transforms Reading Scripture
The doctrine of revelation depends on God speaking, and God reveals himself as speaking in a Trinitarian way.
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The Book That Never Names God
Esther is often called the Bible's most political book, and the thing it leaves unsaid may be its clearest word to a tired reader.
What the Bible’s Most Political Book Can Teach Us
Even when Americans disagree vehemently on just about everything else, most agree on this: American politics is broken. In one study, nearly 6 out of 10 respondents refused to name a single strength in America’s political system, and only 4 percent of respondents said that system
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What to Do With Worry
Scripture does not tell us to stop feeling anxious; it tells us where to take the anxiety.
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One Day Is Enough to Carry
A short study on worry, and the quiet discipline of living within a single day.
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When the Giant Is Named: A Study of David and Goliath
The account in 1 Samuel is read often and claimed widely, so it is worth reading slowly for what it actually says.
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When We Reach for Goliath: Reading 1 Samuel 17 Again
A story so familiar it is often borrowed carries more than we tend to remember.
James Talarico Compares Political Opponents to Goliath, Takes Aim at the Ten Commandments
The story of David and Goliath has inspired believers for generations. Now, Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is taking the biblical showdown straight onto the campaign trail. Speaking at Inspiring Body of Christ Church in Dallas on Oct. 11, Talarico presented his political f
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When a House of Worship Is Rebuilt
A rededicated church invites us to ask what makes any building holy, and what holds when the walls do not.
Photos of the Week: Historic church rebuilt, new seminary president
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes the rededication of a historic church in Virginia, a presidential inauguration at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and more.
‘Loser Theology’ Aims Too Low
I worry that the ambition of ‘High-Agency Christianity’ aligns more with the ideals of this world than with the countercultural values of the kingdom of God.
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Be Still: What It Means to Wait Well
A short study on stillness, and why resting in God is an act, not an absence of one.
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Enough Is a Place to Stand
Contentment is not a mood that arrives on good days; it is a foundation you can build on.
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The Gardener Who Gives Us Enough
God plants, tends and provides, and learning to receive what he grows in us is the beginning of contentment.
Christian, Be a Gardener
Scripture makes clear that God still plants a garden for himself, a kingdom of priests who put his rule on display in the world.
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Enough: The Quiet Strength of Contentment
In a culture that measures life by more, Scripture teaches that godliness with contentment is itself a kind of wealth.
Editor’s Pick: 7 Theology Books That Encourage Devotion
This list of recently published (or republished) theological texts includes books that can encourage Christians at various stages of spiritual maturity and equip them to serve the church.
In a World of More, We Need a Theology of Enough
A theology of enough is the foundation of contentment.
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What We Stopped Noticing
Some sins fade from view not because they end, but because the world around us stops counting them as sin.
The Sin the Church Forgot
Christians know well the biblical commands to be in the world but not of it (John 17:15–18) and to be conformed to God’s will rather than the pattern of fallen humanity (Rom. 12:1–2). Yet distinguishing what Scripture teaches from the influence of our surroundings is often more
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What Stones Can and Cannot Prove
A study on the place of evidence in a faith that was always meant to rest on more than evidence.
Dinesh D’Souza: Archaeological Evidence Is Creating a Major Problem for Bible Skeptics
For generations, skeptics have attempted to pick apart the Bible, questioning whether its people existed, whether its places were real and whether its historical accounts could withstand serious scrutiny. But Dinesh D’Souza says archaeology has created a major problem for that ar
Half a Billion Christians Around the World Can’t Access the Bible, New Analysis Shows
While technology has greatly expanded the availability of Scripture, a perfect storm of calamities has kept the Bible out of the hands of half a billion Christians around the globe. According to just-released data from the 2026 Bible Access List, the second such analysis from the
Stunning Biblical Discoveries Emerge Near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
The deeper archaeologists dig beneath Jerusalem, the more of the Bible comes to life. From the Pool of Siloam to the ancient Pilgrimage Road leading toward the Temple Mount, discoveries across Jerusalem’s City of David are revealing a physical landscape remarkably familiar to any
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Be Still: Learning to Rest Before God
Stillness is not idleness; it is the discipline of trusting God when we would rather act.
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Mercy That Rises With the Sun
A short study on why the morning is the right hour to begin again.
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How Do We Know What Is Good?
The oldest question in worship — whether a thing is good — is answered not by instinct or by age, but by the word that measures everything else.
How Great Is Our Claude
One of the most common questions Tyler Anson Newberry hears from young worship leaders is “How do I know if a song is good?” For Newberry, a Houston-based worship leader who has been in ministry for over 30 years, evaluating a new song takes only a few minutes. “I have an interna
Retrieve the Past. Retain the Truth.
We should show due deference to the Christian tradition, but Scripture still has pride of place as the sole, inspired, and inerrant Word of God.
The Rise Of The Jim Crow Theobros
How a network of pastors and influencers is repackaging segregationist theology—and finding an audience for it online.
