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A college ministry in Texas sues over new restrictions on free speech on campus. |
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From news editor Daniel Silliman: I recently spent an afternoon tracking down the contact information for a Christian leader who is doing, I think, some really interesting and important work. I carefully crafted an email asking for the opportunity to do an interview. The reply came in under two minutes: No. Thank you, but absolutely not. |
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Oh well. That’s disappointing. But it’s part of the job. Journalists don’t have subpoena power, so we have to ask people to talk to us, and sometimes they don’t want to. |
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I was comforted, looking through the CT archives, when I found a postcard from theologian Karl Barth to news editor Gene Kucharsky. Kucharsky had asked Barth a question for something he was working on in 1963 and noted the reply could be brief—just 50 words. Barth said no. At length. And with force. |
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“I do not like that kind of short talk when serious problems are involved,” he wrote. “Let people become a little silent because there is spiritual food on which they may bite.” |
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The author of Church Dogmatics went on long enough that I couldn’t help but think, He could have just answered the question. But I guess it’s nice to know getting rejected is not a new challenge for CT journalists. |
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Today in Christian History |
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September 17, 1179: Hildegaard of Bingen, a German abbess, mystic, author, and preacher who received visions of God from the age of 5, dies at age 82. |
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New restrictions on campus speech in Texas have spurred a lawsuit from a coalition of student groups, including a Dallas ministry concerned about the impact on Bible studies, worship nights,…
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When students in my Old Testament courses contrast the allegedly messy world of the first testament with the allegedly simple, straightforward teachings of Jesus, I know for sure they haven’t…
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On Friday, the Brazilian supreme court sentenced former president Jair Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison for plotting an attempted coup after losing the 2022 election. The landmark…
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This is an article about penal substitutionary atonement, or PSA. I’d like to attempt the herculean feat of discussing PSA without slander, rancor, or resort to a straw man. I…
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The Christian story shows us that grace often comes from where we least expect. In this issue, we look at the corners of God’s kingdom and chronicle in often-overlooked people, places, and things the possibility of God’s redemptive work. We introduce the Compassion Awards, which report on seven nonprofits doing good work in their communities. We look at the spirituality underneath gambling, the ways contemporary Christian music was instrumental in one historian’s conversion, and the steady witness of what may be Wendell Berry’s last novel. All these pieces remind us that there is no person or place too small for God’s gracious and cataclysmic reversal. |
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