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The Halftime Show that Had No Chance Even Lamar can’t defeat the Super Bowl

Even Lamar can’t defeat the Super Bowl. Check out Daniel Hummel's piece "The Halftime Show that Had No Chance": currentpub.com/2025/02/18/t...

Glorious ruins: on fragility of magazines and other institutions If little magazines are a public good, how do we ensure their continued existence?

"Still, the sad reality is that while the mantra 'small is beautiful' resonates with so many, and Current did (and is still doing, until April 4th!) truly beautiful work, small things are much more fragile than bigger ones." currentpub.com/2025/02/15/g...

Blessing of Unicorns: Looking back, part I Looking back with gratitude

Nadya Williams blesses unicorns: currentpub.com/2025/02/14/b...

Commonplace Book #337 I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up--either religious or

"I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that’s the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up–either religious or social laws–become meaningless. Things just get really dark." currentpub.com/2025/02/14/c...

A Symposium on Love Love’s complexities endure–and love does, too

Love's complexities endure--and love does, too. currentpub.com/2025/02/14/a...

Why are conservative evangelicals attacking the "He Gets Us" Super Bowl ad? As I wrote yesterday, MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. They thrive on outrage. "Likes" and reposts

MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. currentpub.com/2025/02/12/w...

REVIEW: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union When religious nationalism becomes a religion of nationalism

When religious nationalism becomes a religion of nationalism. Check out Robert Tracy McKenzie's review of Richard Carwardine's *Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union*: currentpub.com/2025/02/12/r...

Enjoy full access to CURRENT As we close up shop here a Current, we invite you to explore what we've done over the past four years. No more paywall! Non-members now have access to:

As we close up shop here a Current, we invite you to explore what we’ve done over the past four years. No more paywall! currentpub.com/2025/02/11/e...

No Cat Is an Island In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own

My review of FLOW is out today in @currentpub.bsky.social. I loved this beautiful movie and am so glad I got to write about it.

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I learned this news yesterday pm myself: @currentpub.bsky.social's final day of publication will be April 4th--the 4th anni of launch. Words cannot express what an honor this has been to work with kind mentors, cherished friends, and incredible writers and readers.

On the end of CURRENT Today the founders of Current sent an email to our members. Here is a taste of that email: Dear Current Members, We are writing today with some sad news.

We will publish until April 4: currentpub.com/2025/02/11/o...

MAGA sets its sights on Wheaton College Have you heard about this dustup? Read Kathryn Post's piece at Religion News Service. Here is a taste: On Friday (Feb. 7), Wheaton College, the

As someone recently wrote on my Facebook author’s page: “…the shocking thing about this era is how much [Trump’s] Christian followers have become more like him instead of them converting him.” currentpub.com/2025/02/10/m...

No Cat Is an Island In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own

In ‘Flow,’ a world that’s almost ours helps us see our own. Check out Amanda McCrina's piece, "No Cat Is An Island": currentpub.com/2025/02/11/n...

"...this conceptualization has also been used to portray unwanted immigrant groups throughout American history as God’s enemies—as the plagued, idolatrous, sexually immoral, and criminal in the Book of Revelation." currentpub.com/2025/02/10/t...

Roads Not Taken: Evangelicals and Politics, 1998-2006 Here is a taste of a lecture I gave last week at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio:

The Christian Right could have traveled a different way in 1998. There were options--evangelical options--for thinking about political engagements in a different way. It chose not to take these roads: currentpub.com/2025/02/10/r...

Does listening to audio books count as “reading”? A roundup of views It's complicated.

Does listening to audio books count as “reading”? A roundup of views: currentpub.com/2025/02/10/d...

Denying Denialism I am not denying climate change. I am skeptical that we know how to fix it.

I am not denying climate change. I am skeptical that we know how to fix it. Check out Jim Cullen's piece "Denying Denialism": currentpub.com/2025/02/10/d...

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for they will get an executive order." The day after Trump's inauguration, the president attended an interfaith service at the National Cathedral. During the sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for they will get an executive order.” currentpub.com/2025/02/07/b...

Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism "Zionism has never been and is not one thing."

Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism: currentpub.com/2025/02/07/i...

The Full-Bodied Apologist Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young

Chesterton’s ‘The Everlasting Man’ is one hundred years young. Check out Tim Larsen's reflection: currentpub.com/2025/02/07/t...

Over the next 22 weeks, CURRENT is grateful to serialize Marvin Olasky’s memoir, *Pivot Points: Adventures on the Road to Christian Contentment*. Thanks to P&R Publishing for its permission to serialize the book. You can read a chapter here every Thursday. currentpub.com/2025/02/06/p...

REVIEW: Two-Step Devil In her new novel, Jamie Quatro turns against facsimile for the sake of reality itself

In her new novel, Jamie Quatro turns against facsimile for the sake of reality itself. Check out Paul Luikart's review of Quatro's *Two-Step Devil*: currentpub.com/2025/02/06/r...

Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on 'Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present' "I wanted to center the book on the history of Christianity as believed and lived by everyday pastors, Christians, and churches."

Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on ‘Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present’ currentpub.com/2025/02/05/i...

REVIEW: Glimmers of Truth We need a theology of fiction

We need a theology of fiction. LuElla D'Amico reviews Cassandra Nelson's *A Theology of Fiction*: currentpub.com/2025/02/05/r...

The Author's Corner with Matthew J. Tuininga Matthew J. Tuininga is Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity at Calvin Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new

"The wars through which the Puritans subjugated New England’s Native peoples were inseparable from the spiritual warfare the Puritans were waging to win Native souls for Christ. English and Indians alike experienced colonialism as a religious conflict..." currentpub.com/2025/02/03/t...

Commonplace Book #326 The trouble with anti-elitism is not that elites do not exist. It is that they exist everywhere, in every movement and party, on all sides. A mere revolt

"...the vast majority of American voters are regularly asked to make decisions about things that they do not understand. They are democratically enfranchised, but they are democratically incompetent." currentpub.com/2025/02/03/c...

CURRENT Managing Editor Nadya Williams wins public life fellowship Congratulations to Nadya Williams for her selection as Center for Christianity & Public Life "Public Life Fellowship." The Public Life Fellowship

Congratulations to Nadya Williams for her selection as Center for Christianity & Public Life "Public Life Fellowship." currentpub.com/2025/02/03/c...

Current winter books week is here! All books, all week.

"...grab another cup of coffee if you need it (I always do), and enjoy a week dedicated to one of the most incredible and revolutionary technologies to serve the good of humanity—books." currentpub.com/2025/02/03/c...