Benjamin Brown 6/1/26 Benjamin Brown 6/1/26

The Tip of the Iceberg: Fear, Proximity, and the Moral Imagination of Christian Nationalism

There is a powerful truth that people in recovery have discovered: hearing someone’s actual experience, strength, and hope can be transformative.

Benjamin Brown 5/29/26 Benjamin Brown 5/29/26

“Why I Signed”Salt & Light Resistance

Thank you so very much for organizing this coalition of concerned Christians! Thank you, the authors, for drafting the Open Letter and putting prayer and time into this much needed discussion.

Benjamin Brown 5/29/26 Benjamin Brown 5/29/26

The Cost of the Ballot: Voting Rights, the Long Arc of American Democracy, and the Legacy of Medgar Evers

This essay begins with a courthouse in Decatur, Mississippi, in the summer of 1946. A twenty-one-year-old veteran named Medgar Evers, who had participated in the Normandy landings and earned multiple military decorations fighting for American democracy, walked to that courthouse to register to vote.

Benjamin Brown 5/29/26 Benjamin Brown 5/29/26

Moving the Needle: The Law, the Gospel, and the Legacy of Attorney Fred Gray

This essay was inspired by the 2026 National Symposium of the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights, held in Montgomery, Alabama. At the Symposium, JaTaune Bosby Gilchrist, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alabama and the first Black woman to lead that organization, delivered a charge at the close of a panel discussion that proved to be a defining moment.

Benjamin Brown 5/10/26 Benjamin Brown 5/10/26

A Plea from Churches of Christ: Salt and Light Resistance

Collin Packer discusses the formation of Salt and Light Resistance, a movement within the Churches of Christ addressing the rise of Christian nationalism and its threats to democracy and Christian witness.

Benjamin Brown 5/10/26 Benjamin Brown 5/10/26

Understanding Christian Nationalism: What It Is, Why Our Founders Rejected It, and Why It Matters Now

This essay offers a careful examination of Christian Nationalism as a political ideology, distinguishing it from the personal exercise of faith in public life.

Benjamin Brown 5/10/26 Benjamin Brown 5/10/26

The Strategy of Violence

The strategy of violence involves numbers. Jesus said that before a king goes to war he must first calculate the number of soldiers he has (Luke 14.31).

Benjamin Brown 5/10/26 Benjamin Brown 5/10/26

Killing with Certainty: John 8 and the Church’s Call Beyond Either/Or

John’s Gospel presents a striking portrait of the Pharisees’ manipulative use of Scripture—weaponizing the law to condemn a woman and undermine Jesus’ ministry.