As Indias monumental elections finally come to an end this week, all eyes are on the extent of the mandate that will be handed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party. Especially among the subcontinents estimated 28 million Christians, for whom the result will test whether religious freedom and secularism will be preserved in the worlds largest...

　　Donald Trumps historic felony conviction in New York on Thursday hasnt deterred his evangelical supporters. Instead, along with fellow Trump loyalists, they have directed their ire at the justice system that issued a guilty verdict against him. 　　People think this is kind of the end of America, Chad Connelly, CEO of Faith Wins, a conservative Christian organization, told CT. I...

　　Peter Chih-Ping Lin (林治平), who launched a Christian magazine for those outside the church that grew into a sprawling, eclectic ministry, died of pancreatic cancer on April 27 at the age of 86 in Taipei. With little financial support, in 1973, Lin founded what became Christian Cosmic Light Holistic Care Organization, which sought to reach non-Christians through art, academic research,...

　　It’s a well-known fact that historians generally don’t like historical fiction. Movies set in past periods of history, “based on real events” or not, generally put our teeth on edge. Such fictions are ordinarily filled with ridiculous anachronisms. The anachronisms are most obvious when mushy modern phrases from our therapeutic culture—urging us to share our feelings or hoping we are...

　　For much of the twentieth century, films about faith were either earnest epics such as The Greatest Story Ever Told and The Robe or syrupy depictions of self-effacing clergy as in The Bells of St. Mary’s and Boys Town. The end of the old production code in the late ’60s provided new opportunities not only for more challenging depictions of...

　　God is Worthy of Devotion 　　Weekly Overview: 　　It’s vital to the Christian life that we as sons and daughters of the most high God allow our affections to be stirred by the loving, powerful nature of our heavenly Father. Too often we feel that God is distant or separated from us. Too often we allow misconceptions or lies to place...

　　After months of delay and a legal dispute, the first episode of The Chosen, Season Four, will drop on the shows app at 7 p.m. Eastern on Sunday. 　　The wait is finally over. The response from those whove seen Season 4 in theaters was that this is our best season, so I cant wait to deliver these episodes free and...

　　Several years ago, my wife and I moved to an old stone farmhouse in a rural part of Frederick County, Maryland. In all the time we spent restoring the house and cultivating the land, however, we did not think much about the house’s history. In fact, for a long time we had naively assumed—and erroneously told people—that the house was...

　　The runaway entitlements of today’s transfer state reflect some of the inherent flaws in democracy. Liberal democracy has succeeded in protecting minorities by constitutionalizing rights. But it is much harder to prevent current majorities from harming future ones, endangering the liberty and security of all. 　　Democracy’s critics have always worried that the numerous poor would take from the rich, impoverishing...

　　Sam Butcher sometimes struggled to explain why Precious Moments figurines, his signature artistic creation, became such a cultural phenomenon. Half a million people joined special collectors clubs to get them. The manufacturer released 25 to 40 new ones every year. And Butcher, an art school dropout, earned tens of millions of dollars in annual royalties. 　　Im still trying to figure...

　　Words matter. George Eliot may have commented that correct English is the slang of prigs.But there is a reason—good reason—that we employ certain words and not others, and a reason that we demand accuracy from our students, our lawyers, and our thinkers. Lazy use of big words adds to smug self-righteousness and it is not helpful when talking about serious...

　　Early in my former career as a faculty member, I was teaching at a large public university and cultivated a reputation as a professor who actually knew his students’ names. I couldn’t help but notice, then, when a promising young African American woman who was doing very well in the course stopped attending or submitting assignments. Concerned, I e-mailed her...