Years after my dramatic, unlikely conversion, it seemed God had gone silent. I gaze around the tiny room, two chairs and a book shelf, the sunlight streaming through the windows. Stillness is foreign to me, a disquieting realization on this, my first day of a weeklong near-silent retreat. Susan Bowers Baker, a slip of a …
A glimpse at the important excavation work revealed this year. Archaeological discoveries announced in 2016 help us better understand the Bible and the biblical world, and affirm the Bible’s details about events and people. Below are the top findings from the important excavations taking place in the lands of the Bible or that have a …
What type of reaction will their thought-provoking response stir in you? Last week, I opened my email to continue a conversation about the new Star Wars movie, and I was immediately derailed by “breaking news” about deadly violence. And then another headline appeared, informing me that American leaders were quickly condemning the violence. My plans …
We need to read the Bible, certainly—but also history, literature, current events, and everything else under the sun. One of the defining characteristics of the evangelical tradition is the authority we find in Scripture and the value we place on reading it. Although we may vary widely in our convictions about the role of Scripture …
Southern Baptist leader’s critiques of Trump and his supporters are having an impact beyond the election. In the first presidential election since Russell Moore became the leading evangelical voice in Washington, America saw more of him than ever before. With each TV news appearance and op-ed parsing the complicated evangelical vote in this year’s contentious …
As ISIS flees, some of the first frontline Christians already know how to follow Jesus in a war zone. As Iraqi coalition forces claw their way into Mosul, the retreating ISIS fighters have booby trapped streets, sent suicide bombers against the liberating army, and used civilians as human shields. The civilians left in their wake …
A new twist on the tale of the Christ. Why would anyone feel the need to make another Ben-Hur? It's not strictly accurate to frame this film as a remake of William Wyler's 1959 classic, since that film was itself an adaptation of the 1925 silent film Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, and that …
An excerpt from ‘The Crucifixion,’ CT’s 2017 Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year. When affluent white Americans think of heaven, we tend to think of celestial serenity, natural beauty, and family reunions. Black Americans and other disadvantaged groups would be much more likely to think of God’s promise that there will be ultimate justice. For …
A CT fiction judge’s challenge to evangelical writers and publishers. Dear Christian novelists and publishers: For several years CT has asked me to serve as the preliminary fiction judge for the annual book awards. This means that every August, all the titles nominated by your publishing houses land on my front porch—roughly 40 titles or …
Fortune 500 CEO Brad Hewitt’s wisdom for moving past our insatiable cravings. My Grandpa Colby was a young teen when he was summoned to a neighbor’s farm to help milk a less-than-cooperative cow. Apparently the farmer was off on a drinking binge and had abandoned the cow for days. She was miserably full of milk …