Articles on Church

Faith and Reason: Kierkegaard's Legacy

Pagans blamed the downfall of Rome, and other calamities as well, on Christianity. This prompted a reply by a North African bishop that shaped the...

Vigilance Through the Fire

Even on the surface, a story about a community of believers standing to together to save their church is moving. But, for the individual Christian,...

The Rise of Christianity in the Global South

Like other northern European countries, Denmark has historically been a homogenous society. Also like its neighbors, this has changed in recent years...

Apostles, Prophets and the Ministry of the Saints

The church is no longer seen as a building with four walls, but as a people.

Institutes of the Christian Religion

Preconceptions abound when it comes to Calvin and the movement he began. But as C.S. Lewis wrote concerning the reformer, “We mistake the influence...

Pope Urban II's Speech Calling for the First Crusade

In 1094 or 1095, Alexios I Komnenos, the Byzantine emperor, sent to the pope, Urban II, and asked for aid from the west against the Seljuq Turks, who...

Quiet Time is the Right Time at Some Churches

This worship tradition was originally created by Brother Roger in Taize, France, in 1940.

Hearing the Sound of the Shofar

Ancient Israel needed to be periodically alarmed—by the awareness of sin that separated her from God, and by her need for atonement. In the synagogue...