Over at “Get Religion,” veteran religion writer Terry Mattingly responds to my recent Current piece “The New York Times’ ‘Come to Jesus’ Moment.” Here is a taste: …This brings us to a rather short John Fea “think piece” essay that […]
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The New York Times’ “Come to Jesus” Moment
Has the “paper of record” become the new hub of Christian social criticism?
REVIEW: The Middle Children of History
Do you think ChatGPT can write a novel? Read this book.
What I am reading: binge-reading Vodolazkin on the fly
It has been an unusually excitement-packed couple of weeks for the Williams household. Last week, Dan traveled to Wheaton College to give a lecture on the fragmentation of American evangelicalism (and you can read his blog post about it). This […]
The fragmentation of evangelical politics
This week I traveled to Wheaton College to deliver a lecture titled “The Fragmentation of Evangelical Politics: What Happened – and How Can We Pick up the Pieces?” Here’s a brief excerpt from my presentation. Evangelicals are divided in their […]
The Poisonwood Bible at 25
Revisiting the Barbara Kingsolver bestseller—in which a person becomes a parable
Evangelical roundup for February 27, 2023
What is going on Evangelical Land?: The Kings College needs $2.6 million to survive. So far it has raised $178,000. Brazilian evangelicals and political patience. Randall Balmer on Jimmy Carter. Mike Cosper on how evangelicals reacted to the Asbury Revival. […]
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 […]
FORUM: The War on Book Reviews
The substantive and the accessible meet in a good review
Evangelical roundup for February 6, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Pentecostalism A 77-year-old woman is baptized. Bob Smietana on the “He Gets Us” campaign. Wheaton College is doing kingdom work: More on Wheaton: Marvin Olasky on Christian journalism. Russell Moore on police brutality. The […]
Teaching John Henry Newman’s “What is a University”
Once again I am teaching “Created and Called for Community,” Messiah University’s first-year core course. Today I taught an excerpt from John Henry Newman‘s 1852 book The Idea of a University. If you are a longtime reader of this blog, […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog:
Evangelical roundup for January 26, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals in Cambodia celebrate 100 years. More on an evangelical church in Boston engaging Black theology. Evangelical and other Protestant views on abortion. LeCrae on YouTube comments: And he is doing free shows in […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog:
Evangelical roundup for January 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Christianity Today‘s Mike Cosper talks to Bono. A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit brought by Christian college students claiming that religious exemptions were incompatible with LGBTQ rights. Southern Baptists on Dreamers. A Southern Baptist […]
Why Everyone Is Watching Yellowstone. And Why You Should Too.
Can anything disarm our ignorance of the people we think we know?
Current‘s most read features in 2022
Thanks to all of you who read Current features in 2022. Editor Eric Miller and his team did a wonderful job recruiting high-quality writers who wrote thought provoking essays. And there is more to come in 2023! Here are the […]
Evangelical roundup for December 22, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land (our last roundup of the year!) Will conservative evangelicals stick with Trump in 2024? Eurasian evangelicals and Christmas. Evangelicals are fans of a Jesuit prayer app. Shirley Hoogstra, the president of the Council for […]
FORUM: A Diagnosis in Need of a Different Cure
Amidst our divides, meaningful relationships and a listening posture hold out hope
Evangelical roundup for December 15, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Evangelicals and celebrity. Megan Lively, the woman who called out Southern Baptist sexual abuse. The evangelical megachurch pastor who attended the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act. The National Association of Evangelicals on […]