Who would make sunshine, flowers, rainbows, puppies and babies without expecting anything in return?

History suggests the church is stronger than Mr. Douthat thinks.

To recognize the specific rights of disadvantaged people is to affirm God's love for all people.

If you cannot laugh at the ignominy of whispering your wretched little sins through a screen, then when will you laugh?

Will there ever be another Phyllis Tickle? Could there be?

The resurrection of the dead—along with the transformation of the world—is the goal of all history. And this fulfillment already has a beginning in Jesus’ resurrection.