In the latest DC Comics film reboot, Superman operates out of the conviction that his duty is to others, not himself. Even when shaken by the unexpected, he resolves to move forward rather than inward. He offers up his life and well-being countless times to further the commonweal.

When we come together to worship and to fight back against the powers and principalities of this world, we can unleash a spiritual power that the most powerful forces in this country fear.

While the discovery of “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery” is important for its historical value, it also provides a witness about a denominational legacy ongoing today for the American Baptist Churches USA, the spiritual and organizational descendants of those abolitionist Baptists.

Each Friday in The Christian Citizen, we publish a Religion News Roundup with summaries of religion news stories and links for those who want to read more.

The Psalms are an important theological encounter with Israel’s traditions, but they also represent an intentional artistic encounter with those traditions. They have grandeur, and it is good for the human spirit to explore beautiful texts.