Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. No playbook: Agnus Dei: Another testimony via FB I can type what God is doing and what I experienced but it will never […]
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Moving Images
What can history teach us about pictures of violated Black bodies?Â
Asbury University revival roundup: February 15, 2023 (12:50am)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. An Asbury alum and insider sends this: Some changes in campus to help keep students safe and valued today. 3-4 overflow venues opened […]
REVIEW: Smashing Statues
Unintended consequences threaten ongoing harm
Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 at 1:30am
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. A visitor from Northern Ohio on FB: We are from Northern Ohio. On Thursday we heard about “Revival at Asbury” It’s been going […]
What Comes to Mind When I Think About Love
Love bears all things. Sometimes that’s a heavy load.
Some evangelicals will be tempted to support Trump in 2024 if it means striking a blow to the LGBTQ community
When Donald Trump was president he said very little about gay marriage and other LGBTQ issues. But when he did speak about the LGBTQ community it was usually positive. In April 2016, The New York Times published a piece by […]
Evangelical roundup for January 23, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? More on the contractual relationship between Trump and evangelicals. And here. Evangelical support for Trump in South Carolina is “softening.” A Boston evangelical church is facilitating conversations on Black theology and evangelicalism. Evangelicals resettlement […]
House passes a resolution condemning attacks on anti-abortion facilities and groups
Last week the House of Representatives passed H.Con Res. 3 “expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches. Here is some of the text: Whereas since the May 2, 2022, leak of the […]
When You Measured the World
The past finds us. The lights come on.
Evangelical roundup for January 5, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? French evangelicals fight for the human dignity of children. Evangelical boomers and the legacy they have left behind. Florida’s Latino Evangelicals and politicized Christianity. The National Association of Evangelicals president on how to fix […]
David French joins The New York Times
The Dispatch and Atlantic writer, known for a conservativism that celebrates pluralism and rejects Trumpism, will be a regular columnist at The New York Times. Here is the press release: Writing about politics and current affairs in the era of […]
REVIEW: Out There with a Lantern
Cormac McCarthy inspires a consequential question: What is the worth of holy awe?
Bricolage
A life crafted from what’s on hand
The Author’s Corner with John Rodrigue
John Rodrigue is Lawrence and Theresa Salameno Professor in the Department of History at Stonehill College. This interview is based on his new book, Freedom’s Crescent: The Civil War and the Destruction of Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley (Cambridge […]
When the Wolf Looks Like Family
Sometimes little boys cry wolf. Sometimes they become wolves, too.
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If you read our mission statement you will learn that: Current is an online journal of commentary and opinion that provides daily reflection on contemporary culture, politics, and ideas. We seek to ground ourselves in the broad tradition of American democracy—a tradition […]
The Stooch and the Burnout
Can you win a showdown with the issues of the day using only the written word?
Court evangelical James Robison: Trump acted “like a little elementary schoolchild”
The Washington Post is covering a speech by the seventy-nine-year-old James Robison at the November 16 meeting of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers. Read the Post piece here. According to its website, the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) […]
BOOK MARKS: Small Joy to Be Won
“Seeing that these young ones have enough to eat is a great hindrance to one’s reading.”